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New York Times, Friday, November 19, 1965

27-Down : Hillock: Sp.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,942
Across
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Good fellowship. : CAMARADERIE
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Noun ending. : ING
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Agents that exclude. : ELIMINATORS
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Names. : DENOMINATES
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___ Appia. : VIA
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Irish epic heroine. : EMER
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Girl's nickname. : SAL
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Abrasive. : EMERY
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Common suffix. : IVE
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Civet's relative. : GENET
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Stage direction. : EXIT
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Impart. : LEND
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Claw. : TALON
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Fluff. : LINT
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Wagon. : DRAY
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Addition to a building. : ELL
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Diluted. : THINNED
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Noted journalist. : REID
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Advantage. : EDGE
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Quicker on the uptake. : APTER
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Director Preminger. : OTTO
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Kentucky quarrel. : FEUD
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City on the Aire. : LEEDS
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Part of E.U.A. : ETATS
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Term of address. : SIR
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Public enthusiasm. : FUROR
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Fold (over). : LAP
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Cockcrow. : DAWN
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Wrath, in Italy. : IRA
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Noteworthy events. : MEMORABILIA
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Insects' nemesis. : DDT
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Uprooting. : ERADICATING
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Girl's name. : SUE
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Regards as essential. : DESIDERATES
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Grant, as territory. : CEDE
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Turkish standard. : ALEM
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Feature of Anaconda. : MINE
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Cupid, in art. : AMORINO
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Part of a glass. : RIM
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Flavoring substance. : ANISE
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Latinate abbreviation. : ETAL
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Bosh! : ROT
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Choler. : IRE
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Where the Krupp works are. : ESSEN
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Deep-rooted. : INVETERATE
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Rouge et ___. : NOIR
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English poet. : GRAY
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Declare a pinochle score. : MELD
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Small opening. : VENT
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Processed, as cotton. : GINNED
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Hillock: Sp. : OTERO
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Servitor of a sort. : VALET
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Unschooled. : ILLITERATE
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Suppresses. : ELIDES
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River into the Amazon. : XINGU
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Appointed. : NAMED
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Workers with cloth. : DYERS
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Raise aloft: Colloq. : HEFT
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Modern painter. : DALI
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"___ others ... " : DOTO
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Shakespearean heroine. : PERDITA
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___ to the teeth. : ARMED
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Part of NASA. : SPACE
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Nautical pins. : FIDS
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Language of Pakistan. : URDU
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City near Milan. : LODI
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Barren. : ARID
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Came down. : ALIT
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Dark red. : WINE
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Finds fault. : NAGS
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Poetic "before." : ERE
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Gender: Abbr. : MAS
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Tribunal. : BAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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