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New York Times, Saturday, April 10, 1965

2-Down : "Room to swing ___."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,732
Across
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Pacific atoll. : WAKE
5
Small boy's deal. : SWAP
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Begone! : SCAT
13
Lover of Galatea. : ACIS
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Philippine island. : CEBU
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Prepare lumber. : SAWUP
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Certain bags, closets, attics, etc. : CATCHALLS
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Look. : STARE
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Famous Giant. : OTT
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What "nisi" means. : UNLESS
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___ lives. : NINE
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Court. : YARD
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Mayan realm. : YUCATAN
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Policeman: Slang. : JOHNLAW
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Loose end. : FLAP
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Smell ___. : ARAT
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Got away fast: Slang. : LITOUT
35
O'Hara. : KIM
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One-time V.P. : DAWES
40
Lion, astrologically. : LEO
41
Concert selection. : SUITE
43
Wapiti. : ELK
44
Soldiers-to-be. : CADETS
47
Mulligan. : STEW
48
Tom, for example: Abbr. : MASC
49
Daisies. : SHASTAS
51
City at Etna's foot. : CATANIA
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Part of a basilica. : APSE
55
But: Ger. : ABER
56
Line of planking on a ship. : STRAKE
59
Prefix with plus or profit. : NON
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Express. : TRAIN
64
Role in "Peter Pan." : TIGERLILY
66
City in Peru. : TACNA
67
German river. : EDER
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Conversational cliché. : ISEE
69
French feline. : CHAT
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Garnet and others. : REDS
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"Cat on ___ Tin Roof." : AHOT
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City on the Brazos. : WACO
2
"Room to swing ___." : ACAT
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Historic site, 1903. : KITTYHAWK
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Portuguese coin: Abbr. : ESC
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Backbiting. : SCANDAL
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Fit. : WELL
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Fit. : ABLE
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Hedges: Slang. : PUSSYFOOTS
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Draft org. : SSS
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Forty winks. : CATNAP
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Expect. : AWAIT
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Not ___ hair. : TURNA
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Part of a claw hammer. : PEEN
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Forceful throw. : HURL
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Philippine sea. : SULU
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Feed the kitty. : ANTE
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___ cradle. : CATS
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Greenish color. : JADE
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Kind of vaccine. : ORAL
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Oil man of sorts. : WILDCATTER
34
Links item. : TEE
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Playful. : KITTENISH
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Willow genus. : ITEA
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Royal stables. : MEWS
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Look over. : SCAN
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American vessel: Abbr. : USSS
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Unchanged. : ASIS
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Devices for mixing. : SHAKERS
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Boat basin. : MARINA
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Copycat. : APER
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Suffragist leader. : CATT
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Bric-___. : ABRAC
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Famous buccaneer. : TEACH
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Tease: Colloq. : RIDE
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Grown gray. : AGED
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Butterine. : OLEO
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Familiar vote, in the U. N. : NYET
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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___ Fail, Irish crowning stone. : LIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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