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New York Times, Wednesday, October 27, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,919
Across
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Liverpool drummer. : RINGO
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Army man. : PFC
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Shouts noisily. : BAWLS
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___ parle français. : ICION
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River in mañana land. : RIO
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One of the satellites. : ECHOI
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Implying. : CONNOTING
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Palm tree. : ARECA
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Joint. : KNEE
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Bad ___. : EMS
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Ear ailment. : OTITIS
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Distress call. : SOS
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Cote sound. : BAA
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Unadorned. : BALD
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Visitor's adjunct of the good old days. : CARDCASE
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Abbreviation in grammar. : PLS
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Distinction. : HONOR
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Powder base. : ORRISROOT
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Samoan seaport. : APIA
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Growls, old style. : GNARS
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Girl's name. : OLGA
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Flirtation. : DALLIANCE
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Card. : JOKER
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"Cakes and ___." : ALE
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Apex of power demand. : PEAKLOAD
45
Mountain gaps. : COLS
46
Slogan. : CRY
47
"In the fire" item. : FAT
50
Trinkets. : CHARMS
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Article. : THE
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Boy meets girl. : DATE
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Dramatic role. : ROMEO
56
Contests of a kind. : DRAGRACES
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Move upward. : ARISE
59
Familiar "yes." : OUI
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Enough!: Sp. : BASTA
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Language: Abbr. : GER
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___ winks. : FORTY
Down
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Hay stacks. : RICKS
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Image: Prefix. : ICONO
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Twins and others. : NINES
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Used up. : GONE
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Biblical town, near Joppa. : ONO
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Temperamental persons. : PRIMADONNAS
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Winglike organs. : FINS
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Machine part. : COG
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Certain headliners. : BEATLES
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Sharp. : ACRID
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Sharpen. : WHET
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Places. : LOCI
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Mexican Indians. : SIAS
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Type of bomb. : TEAR
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Desert spot. : OASIS
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Piece of candy. : BAR
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Piece of furniture. : BARRELCHAIR
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Fuel. : COAL
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Chink. : CRACK
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11th President. : POLK
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Theater section. : LOGE
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See 1 Across. : STAR
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___ heart. : HADA
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October's stone. : OPAL
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Shade of green. : NILE
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Cross. : ROOD
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Celts. : GAELS
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Group of plants like the morning glory. : IPOMOEA
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Blue bird. : JAY
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State: Abbr. : OREG
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Feathered tuft. : CREST
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Poser. : FACER
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Nuclear problem. : ATEST
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Ill-tempered. : TESTY
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Kind of apple. : CRAB
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Israeli dance. : HORA
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Friends: Fr. : AMIS
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___ blue. : TRUE
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Wall part. : DADO
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Retriever. : DOG
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Region of Morocco. : RIF

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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