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New York Times, Friday, August 27, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,871
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Specter. : WRAITH
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The little man who isn't there? : MARTIAN
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Dull. : HUMDRUM
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Disinclination to move. : INERTIA
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Patti. : ADELINA
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Shows. : REVEALS
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Convex moldings in columns. : TORES
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"Le ___ s'amuse." : ROI
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Takes out, in editing. : DELES
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Fetid. : OLID
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Opponent. : RIVAL
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Angry: Colloq. : SORE
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Govt. agency. : FPC
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Places of entertainment. : CINEMAS
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Connective. : NOR
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Where Dartmouth is. : HANOVER
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Dogs, in the Bois. : CHIENS
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Arab chief. : EMIR
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Wild beast. : BOAR
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Musicale, for example. : SOIREE
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Ancient Egyptian, for short. : KINGTUT
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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Plains Indian sledge. : TRAVOIS
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Hang down loosely. : LOP
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In good trim. : NEAT
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Old Greek war cry. : ALALA
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Large bulrush. : TULE
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Better qualified. : ABLER
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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Gave (out) sparingly. : DOLED
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Private eye business. : TAILING
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Windward island. : GRENADA
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Crazy ___. : ASALOON
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Part of Mexico. : YUCATAN
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Governmental groups. : SENATES
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Flair. : TALENT
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___ it? : WHATOF
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Founder of the Hapsburg dynasty. : RUDOLPH
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North or South. : AMERICA
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Took it easy. : IDLED
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Thrice: Prefix. : TRIS
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Vandal's contemporary. : HUN
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Moses' sister. : MIRIAM
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One: Scot. : ANE
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Religious title: Abbr. : REVD
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Spruces. : TREES
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Go ___. : ITALONE
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Plane part. : AILERON
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Prominent Egyptians. : NASSERS
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Flyby of Mars. : MARINER
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Again. : OVER
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Renowned vacation spot. : RIVIERA
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New Hampshire resort. : LACONIA
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Phenomenon in space. : COMET
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Cloths with rough naps. : SHAGS
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Saul's uncle. : NER
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N.Y.C. subway system. : IRT
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Science. : BIOLOGY
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Concert pieces. : SONATAS
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Kind of hit, in a ball game. : ONEBASE
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Verdi, for one. : ITALIAN
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Russian beer. : KVAS
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Howl. : ULULATE
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Resident of an Ohio city. : TOLEDAN
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Makes even. : ALIGNS
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Narrow-minded one. : PEDANT
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"I cannot ___ lie." : TELLA
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Of sound. : TONAL
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Someone wildly amusing: Slang. : RIOT
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Numerical prefix. : DECA
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Early mariner: Fr. : NOE
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Furrow. : RUT

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

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