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New York Times, Monday, January 11, 1965

56-Down : More than 300 years ago.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 33.7
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,643
Across
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Way. : PATH
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Starchy foodstuff. : SAGO
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Star of "Golden Boy." : DAVIS
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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One-eyed god. : ODIN
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Notre Dame eleven. : IRISH
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"Funny Girl" of Broadway. : STREISAND
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Songbird. : VIREO
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___ Jose. : SAN
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Los Angeles athlete. : DODGER
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Pulitzer prize author. : AGEE
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Wipe out. : ERASE
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Sea urchins. : ECHINI
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Start of a nursery rhyme. : TOMARKET
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Helmsman's course. : NBE
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See: Lat. : VIDE
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One or another. : ANY
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Algebra term. : NOMIAL
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French scholar. : ABELARD
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Carbine. : FIREARM
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Ice formations. : SERACS
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A little: Fr. : PEU
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Nickname for a little prince. : ANDY
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River of Devon. : EXE
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Surveyor. : CHAINMAN
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Creator of Gil Blas. : LESAGE
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Literary piece. : ESSAY
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More than 900 years ago. : MLIX
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Texas city. : LAREDO
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Couple. : TWO
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Coin for Shylock. : DUCAT
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Freight unit. : TRAINLOAD
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Tricky condition: Colloq. : CATCH
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Southern cape. : HORN
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Where the Shannon flows. : EIRE
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Robust. : LUSTY
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Laboratory abbreviation. : ATNO
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Where Reykjavik is: Abbr. : ICEL
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Old-fashioned. : PASSE
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Chancel part. : ALTAR
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Not ___ hair. : TURNA
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Make haste. : HIE
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Mediocre. : SOSO
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Storm god of Babylon. : ADAD
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Pungent. : GINGERY
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Ready: Colloq. : ONDECK
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Major general's command: Abbr. : DIV
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Early Christian. : ARIAN
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TV role. : VIRGINIAN
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Conversational cliché. : ISEE
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Oxford. : SHOE
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Mental image: Prefix. : IDEO
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Chemical element. : RHENIUM
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Ancient pillar. : STELA
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Take ___ leave it. : ITOR
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Parade leader. : MARSHAL
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Moreover. : AND
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Poet. : BARD
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Full of certain trees. : ELMY
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Boughpot. : VASE
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Wild goat. : IBEX
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Wrecks. : DERELICTS
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Wealth. : MEANS
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Certain figures: Abbr. : ACCS
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Quagmire. : FEN
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Columbine's admirer. : PIERROT
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Writer Christie. : AGATHA
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Eternity. : AEON
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Precise. : EXACT
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Unemotional one. : STOIC
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Informed. : AWARE
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Alpine call. : YODEL
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More than 300 years ago. : MDCL
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Hawaiian feast. : LUAU
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Merit. : EARN
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Terrible: Prefix. : DINO
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Your, old style. : THY
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Floral garland. : LEI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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