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New York Times, Thursday, July 29, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,842
Across
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Dancer's skirt. : TUTU
5
Business site. : STAND
10
Conjunctions. : ANDS
14
Jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUM
15
Housekeeping aid. : WAXER
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Chessman. : ROOK
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Complication. : PERPLEXITY
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Pre-eminent. : ONLY
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With: Prefix. : SYN
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Roman date. : IDES
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Indentation. : DIMPLE
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Get-togethers, country style. : BEES
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Marine skeletons. : CORAL
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Challenge as false. : IMPUGN
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Self-confident to an offensive degree. : COCKSURE
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Have ___ for. : NOUSE
33
Opera. : WORKS
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___ Rayburn, Polaris craft. : SAM
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Comfortable. : COZY
36
Deposits. : BANKS
37
Request on invitations. : RSVP
38
Cutting tool. : ADZ
39
Aircraft units. : WINGS
40
Sail: Poet. : SHEET
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Part of a word. : SYLLABLE
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In this manner. : THUSLY
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Betimes. : EARLY
45
Some canines. : CURS
46
U.S. space project. : GEMINI
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Partner of safe. : SANE
49
___ turn (perfectly). : TOA
52
Affirm. : AVER
53
Puzzles. : CONUNDRUMS
56
Afford. : LEND
57
Mistreat. : ABUSE
58
One. : UNIT
59
Branches of learning. : ARTS
60
Traduce. : LIBEL
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Cat: Sp. : GATO
Down
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Lights out. : TAPS
2
Nobel physicist. : UREY
3
Variety act. : TURN
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Man in blue. : UMP
5
Land of the Riksdag. : SWEDEN
6
One of life's certainties. : TAXES
7
Certain line. : AXIS
8
After expenses. : NET
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Ship repair facilities. : DRYDOCKS
10
Bouquets. : AROMAS
11
Baffles. : NONPLUSSES
12
Paper ___. : DOLL
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Terrier. : SKYE
18
City in Belgium. : LIEGE
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Annoys. : IRKS
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Engaged. : BUSY
25
Stoppers. : CORKS
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People of Peru. : INCAS
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Temperamental. : MOODY
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See 17 Across. : PUZZLEMENT
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Permission to leave. : CONGE
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French composer. : RAVEL
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Blank. : EMPTY
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Pallidly. : WANLY
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Of a sacred book. : BIBLICAL
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Poison oak or ivy. : RHUS
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Admonish. : WARN
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Fragment. : SHRED
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Men of the Highlands. : LAIRDS
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Engineering feat. : TUNNEL
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Antecedent. : CAUSE
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Festive. : GALA
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Unending. : EVER
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Rebuff. : SNUB
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Bluefin. : TUNA
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Oriental sash. : OBI
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Oriental. : RUG

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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