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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.8
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,973
Across
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Tie fabric. : REPP
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Unvarnished. : BALD
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Minute difference. : SHADE
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"As ___ as a painted ship ... " : IDLE
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Sword. : EPEE
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Wyandot. : HURON
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Recondite. : DEEP
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Village. : SETTLEMENT
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Pass. : ELAPSE
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Square accounts. : SETTLEUP
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Midwestern city. : GARY
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Color. : AZURE
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Attain a worldly goal. : ARRIVE
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Abalone shape. : EAR
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Sacred bull. : APIS
34
Runs fast. : TEARS
37
Pitcher. : CREAMER
39
Architectural features. : TURRETS
41
Son of Jacob. : ASHER
42
Lacunae. : GAPS
43
Movie location. : SET
44
City ___. : EDITOR
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Articles. : ITEMS
48
Country place. : FARM
51
Circulate. : GETABOUT
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___ king. : ALA
54
Marshes. : FENS
55
___ with the times. : INSTEP
58
Lead a more routine life. : SETTLEDOWN
61
Wild plum. : SLOE
62
Instant. : TRICE
63
See 16 Across. : ERIE
64
"The Owl and the Pussycat." : LEAR
65
Feed a fire. : STOKE
66
Lease. : RENT
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Name meaning "delight." : EDNA
Down
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Float. : RIDE
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American biographer. : EDEL
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Joys. : PLEASURES
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Condiment. : PEPPER
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Assail. : BESET
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Simian. : APE
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Man of ___. : LETTERS
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Motorist's bugaboo. : DETOUR
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Spilled. : SHED
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Sound of hesitation. : HUM
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Stadium. : ARENA
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Contributor. : DONOR
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Small hall. : ENTRY
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Take (something) in greedily: Colloq. : LAPITUP
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Cooked in a certain way. : STEAMED
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Den. : LAIR
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Rigging: Naut. : GEAR
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Washington initials. : AEC
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Seaport of Yugoslavia. : ZARA
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Account from one point of view. : VERSION
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Space flight term. : PERIGEE
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Took root again. : RESETTLED
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Prow. : STEM
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Throat-clearing sound. : AHEM
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Irish hill. : TARA
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City ways: Abbr. : STS
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Was good and mad. : GOTSORE
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Part of TLC. : TENDER
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Struggle. : TUSSLE
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Eats sparingly. : FASTS
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Vigilant. : ALERT
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Math term. : RATIO
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Co-originator of the I.Q. : BINET
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Run away. : FLEE
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Of the dawn. : EOAN
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Istanbul's foreign quarter. : PERA
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Tongue-clucking sound. : TCK
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Triumph. : WIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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