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New York Times, Thursday, October 28, 1965

55-Down : Possessive pronoun.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,920
Across
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Slender twisted piece. : WISP
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Seth's brother. : ABEL
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Girl's name. : LEILA
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Acidity: Med. : ACOR
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___ me tangere. : NOLI
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Witch of ___. : ENDOR
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Toy. : YOYO
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Pay. : COMPENSATE
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Grab. : SNATCH
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Alone on stage: Lat. : SOLA
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Wickiup. : HUT
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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Resist. : OPPOSE
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Jumble. : HUGGERMUGGER
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Reticent. : ALOOF
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Concerning: Lat. : INRE
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A dozen ___. : ORSO
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Look ___ (visit). : INON
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Money dealings. : AGIOS
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Lather. : FOAM
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Hindu queen. : RANI
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Mardi ___. : GRAS
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Passageway. : AISLE
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Describing a certain teen-ager. : SWEETSIXTEEN
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Speed. : HASTEN
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Tree. : ASH
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Cheese. : EDAM
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Latitude. : LEEWAY
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Make way for. : STANDASIDE
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Tabula ___ (clean slate). : RASA
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Home of a sort. : TEPEE
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Blame. : ONUS
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Composer Satie. : ERIK
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Caged (up). : PENT
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Colors. : DYES
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Habits. : WAYS
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Image. : ICON
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Bean. : SOYA
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Hero. : PROTAGONIST
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Fasten securely. : ANCHOR
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Scary sound. : BOO
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Deciduous trees. : ELMS
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Early Chinese poet. : LIPO
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Delaware Indian. : LENAPE
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Letters. : ENS
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Where Arco is. : IDAHO
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Flower. : LOTUS
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Relative of a hogback. : ARETE
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Panegyrics. : ELOGES
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Musical term. : CLEF
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Fugitive from a country. : EMIGRE
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Made money, in a way. : PROFITEERED
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Subject of many a commercial. : HAIR
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Bone. : ULNA
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Continue. : GOON
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Eastern Christian. : UNIAT
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___ Pointe. : GROSSE
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Sweetbrier. : ROSE
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Store sign. : SALE
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Foreshadowing. : OMEN
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Things to be done. : AGENDA
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Part of a car. : AXLE
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Worked in the garden. : WEEDED
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Worst, à la Webster III. : ILLEST
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Must. : HASTO
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Dahlia's cousin. : ASTER
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Form. : SHAPE
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Soaked. : ASOP
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Possessive pronoun. : MINE
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On one's guard. : WARY
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Where the Chinois live. : ASIE
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Asian beasts. : YAKS
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Educational group. : NEA
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Color. : DUN

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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