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New York Times, Saturday, November 20, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 69.5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,943
Across
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Misdeed. : SIN
4
River into the Danube. : ISAR
8
Popular TV program (with "The"). : FBI
11
Indigo. : ANIL
13
Commissary, for example. : STORE
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In case. : LEST
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List of foods. : MENU
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Beehive, page boy, etc. : HAIRSTYLES
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Where papers, data, etc., are readily available. : OPENFILE
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Village. : HAMLET
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Filter. : STRAIN
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Swampy. : MIREY
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Gnawing animals. : RATS
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Parvenu. : UPSTART
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Happen. : COMETOPASS
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Eight, in Spain. : OCHO
34
Peak. : APEX
35
___ supra. : UBI
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Aaron Burr's daughter. : THEO
37
Abbreviation in grammar. : MASC
38
Shoe style. : FRENCHHEEL
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Audience reaction. : PLAUDIT
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High spirits. : GLEE
44
Peter De ___, novelist of suburbia. : VRIES
45
Near. : ALMOST
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Type of engine. : DIESEL
51
Personnel. : MANPOWER
53
Solving. : UNRIDDLING
55
Exclusively. : ONLY
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Prank: Colloq. : DIDO
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Times of day: Poet. : EVENS
58
Verne captain. : NEMO
59
Part of a countdown. : TEN
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
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Fled. : RAN
Down
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Greek island. : SAMOS
2
Bungling. : INEPT
3
Forty-___. : NINER
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Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
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Robe de ___. : SOIE
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Transfers freight. : RESHIPS
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Astronauts' theme song. : FLYMETOTHEMOON
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Complain whiningly: Slang. : BELLYACHE
10
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
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Part of L.E.M. : LUNAREXCURSION
13
Oriental religion. : SHINTO
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Shushing sound. : TST
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Salts. : TARS
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Authoritative order. : FIAT
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Deep in thought. : MUSING
25
Gushes. : SPURTS
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Korean name. : RHEE
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Saw, for example. : TOOL
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Military life. : CAMP
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Jewel. : OPAL
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Park in Colorado. : MESAVERDE
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Presidential nickname. : ABE
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Diamond man. : FIELDER
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Trolley signals. : CLANGS
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Share the labor of. : HELP
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Faded away. : DIED
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Holder. : OWNER
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City in Alabama. : SELMA
48
Get fitted. : TRYON
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Ineffectual one: Slang. : DUD
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Letter of a sort: Abbr. : INIT
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Bearing. : MIEN
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Opposite of 6 Down. : LVE

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

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