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New York Times, Thursday, May 6, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,758
Across
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___ Centre, scene of "Main Street." : SAUK
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Type of housewife. : FRAU
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Clock feature. : CUCKOO
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Brings into agreement. : ALIGNS
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Gallagher's partner, in old song. : MRSHEAN
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Irish county. : DONEGAL
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Loophole: Slang. : OUT
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Husky. : SLEDDOG
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Madame Butterfly's sash. : OBI
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Coin of Iran. : RIAL
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Jack-in-the-pulpit. : AROID
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Dally. : IDLE
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Dogwood. : OSIER
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Response: Abbr. : ANS
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City on the Rhone delta. : ARLES
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At last: Fr. : ENFIN
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Girls of the good old days. : TOMBOYS
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Abound. : TEEM
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Between morning and night. : NOON
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Barbecue. : COOKOUT
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Familiar French infinitive. : AVOIR
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City of Italy. : PADUA
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Pasture land. : LEA
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Village near Verdun. : ORNES
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Large quantity: Colloq. : ALOT
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Side formation. : FLANK
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Verb suffix. : ESCE
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Dock workers' union. : ILA
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American general and explorer. : FREMONT
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Cargo unit. : TON
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Rumpus. : RUCTION
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Ballerina's costume. : LEOTARD
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Numbers. : SEVENS
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Resort city of Florida. : DELAND
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Catamaran. : RAFT
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Famous stage name. : LUNT
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Uphold. : SUSTAIN
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"___, Du Lieber Augustin." : ACH
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Luau music-makers. : UKES
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Australian bear. : KOALA
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Spring phenomenon. : FLOOD
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Jingle. : RING
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Generation. : AGE
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Wicked. : UNGODLY
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Holiday of a kind. : CRUISE
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Responsibilities: Lat. : ONERA
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Steele's writing partner. : ADDISON
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Costly furs. : SABLES
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Italy's Prime Minister. : MORO
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Double talk. : LIES
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Word of admonishment. : DONT
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Ignored. : LEFTOUT
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Labrador product. : IRONORE
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Serbian name for Fiume. : RIEKA
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From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
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Latest: Prefix. : NEO
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Extinct bird. : MOA
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Mrs. J. Alden's maiden name. : MULLENS
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"Don't ___ ... " : CALLUS
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German chieftain of 5th cen. : ODOACER
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Indians, for example. : TEAM
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Kind of coffee. : INSTANT
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Collector's item. : RECORD
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Twosome. : PAIR
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"There was ___ woman ... " : ANOLD
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Consign. : SEND
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Vanguard. : FRONT
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Do homage. : KNEEL
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Feudal estate. : FIEF
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Large evergreen tree. : TOLU
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Southern power source. : TVA
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Skin tone. : TAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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