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New York Times, Monday, June 14, 1965

60-Across : Like a cat's-eye.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,797
Across
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Humbugs. : FAKES
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Letters. : MAIL
10
Twin. : DUAL
14
On the qui vive. : ALERT
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Pride, wrath, ___ ... : ENVY
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Role in popular musical. : KINGARTHUR
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Make sound. : CURE
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One of the Leagues. : IVY
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Makes fast. : TIES
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Table ___. : DHOTE
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Philosopher of a sort. : REALIST
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Cast out. : EJECT
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Good hole card. : ACE
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Shines. : GLISTENS
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Piece of sculpture. : BUST
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Historic city of France. : RHEIMS
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Extent of rough water. : RIP
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Shelley's sobriquet. : ARIEL
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Legist: Abbr. : ATT
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Girl's name. : ELENA
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Container. : JAR
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Bacchanalia. : ORGIES
46
"But ye have made it ___ of thieves." : ADEN
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Native of Africa. : ALGERIAN
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Favorable. : PRO
51
Fire. : ARDOR
52
Fish: Fr. : POISSON
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Quirk. : TWIST
57
Campus building. : DORM
58
Brace. : TWO
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Native of part of India. : GOAN
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Like a cat's-eye. : OPALESCENT
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Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
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Doing: Colloq. : UPTO
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Where Taegu is. : KOREA
66
___ avail. : TONO
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Vacation spots. : SPAS
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Not moving. : INERT
Down
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Islamic ascetic. : FAKIR
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Still in use. : ALIVE
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Region on the Indian Ocean. : KENYA
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Work unit. : ERG
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See 68 Across. : STATIC
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Sacred song. : MOTET
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Teutonic exclamations. : ACHS
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Printers' group. : ITU
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Conrad hero. : LORDJIM
10
Boil down. : DECOCT
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Not put in words. : UNUTTERED
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Somme's tributary. : AVRE
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Caustic. : LYE
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Vertical pipe. : RISER
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Region of Germany. : HESSE
25
Recently. : LATE
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Choice. : ELITE
28
Arrive. : GETIN
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Rush hour. : NINE
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Bridge part. : SPAN
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___ California. : BAJA
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Orsk's river. : URAL
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See 17 Across. : SIRGAWAIN
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Handmaid of Sarah. : HAGAR
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House of ___. : LORDS
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Part of Asia. : LAOS
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Turbulent. : RIOTOUS
45
Gemmule. : SPORE
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___ bragh. : ERINGO
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___-Korsakov. : RIMSKI
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Marco and others. : POLOS
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Cubic meter. : STERE
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Landlord. : OWNER
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___ all. : NOTAT
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Corrida animal. : TORO
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Things known. : DATA
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Prepared. : GOT
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Musical direction. : PPP
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In opposition. : CON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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