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New York Times, Tuesday, April 6, 1965

35-Down : Hoax of a sort.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,728
Across
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Metropolitan basso. : SIEPI
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Sooty stuff. : SMUT
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Chantilly. : LACE
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Type of poem. : PSALM
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Scene of a miracle. : CANA
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"A miss ___ good as a mile." : ISAS
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Founded: Abbr. : ESTAB
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Believer in the supernatural. : OCCULTIST
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Canines. : EYETEETH
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Incensed. : IRATE
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Dark sooty-brown terns. : NODDIES
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Egyptian ruler, circa 3400 B.C. : MENES
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Day: Sp. : DIA
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Erstwhile dance craze. : WATUSI
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Man from Dubuque. : IOWAN
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Summaries. : EPITOMES
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Fixed in position. : STABILE
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River of the Yukon. : STEWART
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Rustic sight. : HAYSTACK
44
Threnody. : DIRGE
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Made into a more compact bundle. : RETIED
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A thousand ages. : EON
49
Molten rock. : MAGMA
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Great Lakes Indians. : OTTAWAS
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Eskimo's neighbor. : ALEUT
57
Show girls. : CHORINES
60
Memorable Indian maiden. : MINNEHAHA
63
That is: Lat. : IDEST
64
Brew. : BEER
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Augury. : OMEN
66
Cantankerous. : TESTY
67
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Wood. : PINE
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Organic compound. : ESTER
Down
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German admiral. : SPEE
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Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
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Corroded. : EATENAWAY
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Thinker, circa 400 B.C. : PLATO
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Set in firmly. : IMBED
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Poetic name for Scotland. : SCOTIA
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Type of knife. : MACHETE
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Librarian's abbreviation. : UNC
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Greek letter. : TAU
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European quart. : LITRE
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Oriental. : ASIAN
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Exclusive social group. : CASTE
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___ Park. : ESTES
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Express train. : LIMITED
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Man's name: Abbr. : EDW
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Takes a meal. : SUPS
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Ramekin. : DISH
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Hold council. : SIT
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College degrees. : ABS
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Type of fertilizer. : NITRATE
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W. W. II group. : OWI
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Hoax of a sort. : MARESNEST
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"Cogito ___ sum." : ERGO
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British gun. : STEN
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Ship's galley. : KITCHEN
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Constituent of natural gas. : ETHANE
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Large tree of the Philippines. : DAO
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Ballroom dance. : MAMBO
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Outsider. : ALIEN
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Civetlike animal. : GENET
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British author. : MUNRO
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Correspond. : WRITE
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General's staff. : AIDES
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Punta del ___. : ESTE
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River of the Ukraine. : STYR
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School dance. : HOP
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Pierrot, for one. : AMI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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