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New York Times, Wednesday, October 6, 1965

9-Down : City-state in Rome.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { B F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.1
David Steinberg notes:

Original had jumbled clue lines at 55- to 58-Across and duplication of clue fragment from 4-Down; fixed this.

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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,906
Across
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Forte. : METIER
7
Hidden. : COVERT
13
Boat of the British Isles. : CORACLE
14
Conference of a kind. : PALAVER
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As a whole. : OVERALL
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In the Don Juan tradition. : AMATIVE
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Hebrew letter. : MEM
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Obelisk. : NEEDLE
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Central meaning. : IDEA
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Delete (with "out"). : EDIT
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Fish feature. : GILL
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Hundred: Fr. : CENT
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Part of Fonteyn's costume. : TUTU
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One of the Joneses. : DAVY
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Cowboy's domain. : RANGE
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Blank in a performer's schedule. : OPENDATE
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Intimated. : HINTED
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Valet. : DRESSER
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Native of Candia. : CRETAN
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Indefatigable. : TIRELESS
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Former Air Force chief. : LEMAY
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Merry prank. : DIDO
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City on the Humboldt. : ELKO
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Opposed, rural style. : AGIN
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Compos mentis. : SANE
47
Whitetail. : DEER
48
Darkness. : MURK
49
A language, Spanish style. : INGLES
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Tyro's mentor. : VET
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Island in San Francisco Bay. : ALAMEDA
55
Dined too well. : OVERATE
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Name for a Christmas girl. : NATALIE
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Nullified. : NEGATED
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Vogues. : TRENDS
60
Orchard. : GROWER
Down
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Received a promotion. : MOVEDUP
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Religious recluse. : EREMITE
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Substance in tobacco smoke. : TAR
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The youth replies, "___." : ICAN
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Sand's "___ et Lui." : ELLE
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Consign to an inferior position. : RELEGATE
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Alpaca's cousin. : CAMEL
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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City-state in Rome. : VATICAN
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Patent. : EVIDENT
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Vendetta's aim. : REVENGE
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Picked up the tab. : TREATED
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Arrive at. : COMETO
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Informally intimate. : PALLY
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Depriving of authority. : DIVESTING
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Cask. : TUN
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Do a housewife's chore. : DARN
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To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
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Time set for starting. : DDAY
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Star. : HERO
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Obliquely. : SIDELONG
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Noisy. : CLAMANT
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Orderly. : REGULAR
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Realm of a certain ruler. : EMIRATE
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Member of the armed forces. : TANKMAN
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Had charge of. : LED
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Exalt. : ELEVATE
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Bug: Colloq. : SKEETER
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Classified. : SORTED
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Mother of Perseus. : DANAE
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Nobles of Africa. : SIDIS
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Incessantly. : EVER
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Type of lily. : SEGO
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Antiquity: Archaic. : ELD
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Inexperienced. : RAW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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