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New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,807
Across
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Switches to the low beam. : DIMS
5
Mother of Judah's twins. : TAMAR
10
Blue, in Berlin. : BLAU
14
Govt. agency. : USIA
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The end. : OMEGA
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Neighbor of Vietnam. : LAOS
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Popular operetta. : MERRYWIDOW
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Elder: Fr. : AINE
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European capital. : PRAGUE
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Augmented. : ENHANCED
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Have ___ on (be angry): Colloq. : AMAD
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Port on the Sea of Azov. : EISK
26
College treasury. : BURSARY
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Cheerless. : DISMAL
33
Gather. : AMASS
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Color. : AMBER
37
I hate: Lat. : ODI
38
Señora's boy. : NINO
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To the ___ (without reserve). : SKIES
40
Conveyance of a sort. : PRAM
41
Practical joke. : GAG
42
Opera performers. : BASSI
43
Alpine ridge. : ARETE
44
Small rocky island: Scot. : SKERRY
46
Origin. : GENESIS
48
Eternity. : AEON
50
Darning ___. : EGGS
51
The one with the luck. : BEGINNER
55
Withdraw. : RETIRE
59
Greek god. : EROS
60
Advertising concern. : AGATELINES
62
Chief of a barrio, in Malaya. : DATO
63
Postpone. : REMIT
64
Famous first name, in movies. : GINA
65
Public school. : ETON
66
"___ Irish Rose." : ABIES
67
Famous last words. : ETTU
Down
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Type of truck. : DUMP
2
Elbe tributary. : ISER
3
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
4
Sea near the West Indies. : SARGASSO
5
Ready-___. : TOWEAR
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Parisian friend. : AMI
7
Ancient Asian. : MEDE
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Past: Archaic. : AGONE
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Whips. : RAWHIDES
10
Forms. : BLANKS
11
Secular. : LAIC
12
Of top quality. : AONE
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Secondhand. : USED
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Indians of the Southwest. : YUMAS
22
Part of Arabia. : ASIR
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Borneo tribesmen. : DYAKS
26
Hairdo. : BANGS
27
Eskimo boat. : UMIAK
28
Cowboy's milieu. : RANGE
30
Customs. : MORES
31
Cloth from Bengal. : ADATI
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Fruit. : LIMES
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Prefix with lead or read. : MIS
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Color. : BEIGE
39
Word of farewell. : SAYONARA
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Distinction. : PRESTIGE
42
Kind of gun. : BREN
43
Important man in show biz. : ANGEL
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___ d'être. : RAISON
47
Birds. : EGRETS
49
Israeli desert. : NEGEB
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George Eliot hero. : BEDE
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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___ town. : GOTO
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Branches: Anat. : RAMI
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Capital letter: Abbr. : INIT
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Torn asunder. : RENT
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The "hairy" one. : ESAU
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Rail support. : TIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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