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New York Times, Tuesday, June 29, 1965

26-Across : Small bird.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,812
Across
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Evangeline's home. : ACADIA
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Shampooed. : WASHED
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Denizen of Thurber's garden. : UNICORN
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Arthurian town. : ASTOLAT
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Of a kind. : GENERIC
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Some poets. : RHYMERS
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Continue to be. : ARE
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"All ___!" : ASHORE
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Beverage in Tokyo. : SAKE
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City on Norton Sound. : NOME
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Parts of ranges. : OVENS
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Small bird. : TIT
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Rotating disk. : DIAL
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O'Neill character. : ORIN
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Collected by condensation. : ADSORBED
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Geronimo or Cochise. : APACHE
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Settled an account. : PAID
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Dolomites and Lepontines. : ALPS
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Sea, pea and forest. : GREENS
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Attends to a child. : BABYSITS
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Cut of meat. : ROAST
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Mariner's goal. : MARS
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Dorsal bones. : ILIA
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Wartime group. : OSS
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Harangue. : SCOLD
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Seemed to pass quickly. : FLEW
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Presidential prerogative. : VETO
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Party food. : OLIVES
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Twisted. : WRY
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Lift. : ELEVATE
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Silas Marner's sin. : AVARICE
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Mexican wearables. : SERAPES
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Worker with oil, sugar, etc. : REFINER
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Join up. : ENLIST
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Prepares for baking. : KNEADS
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Barometer. : ANEROID
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Theatres. : CINEMAS
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King's superior. : ACE
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Given name meaning "gift." : DORA
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Rainbow goddess. : IRIS
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Fastened. : ANCHORED
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Rabbits' home. : WARREN
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Pale. : ASHEN
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Porkers' home. : STY
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City in Syria. : HOMS
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Of Zeno's school of philosophy. : ELEATIC
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Not so bright. : DARKISH
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Entebbe's land. : UGANDA
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What "bit rich Aunt Betsy," à la Ogden Nash. : TSETSE
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Roman writer. : OVID
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Runs off, via ladder. : ELOPES
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Juicy. : SAPPY
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Certain sashes. : OBIS
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Mountain formation. : MASSIF
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Carries on. : RANTS
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Vestments. : ALBS
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Animal possibly welcome at picnics. : AARDVARK
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Orchards. : GROVES
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Gypsy. : ROSELEE
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Oriental. : EASTERN
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Indonesian island. : BALI
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Figuratively, something that brings no good. : ILLWIND
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Canonical hours. : TIERCES
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Lumberman. : SAWYER
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Annoy. : MOLEST
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Doves' homes. : COTES
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Rounded. : OVAL
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Regular. : EVEN
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Harmless. : SAFE
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Bee: Prefix. : API
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Inlet. : RIA

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

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