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New York Times, Tuesday, August 31, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,875
Across
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Peter or Paul. : CZAR
5
The French. : GAULS
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Busy place. : HIVE
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Impost. : LEVY
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Musical tone. : AFLAT
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Scene of strife. : ASIA
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Riffian. : ARAB
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People of Transylvania. : ROUMANIANS
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Moor of Spain. : MORISCO
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County in Ireland. : GALWAY
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___ water. : INHOT
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Feature of the hobble skirt. : SLIT
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City in Arizona. : TUCSON
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Part of "As You Like It." : EPILOGUE
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Identical. : ALIKE
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Wooded vales. : GLENS
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Staff member: Abbr. : ADC
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Zodiac sign. : LEO
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Starr of the Wild West. : BELLE
36
Cambridge school. : MIT
37
Ratite bird. : EMU
38
Jury. : PANEL
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Office worker. : STENO
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Notorious Russian. : RASPUTIN
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Kitchen utensil. : COOKER
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Der ___. : ALTE
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Apparition. : SHAPE
46
Composer De Falla. : MANUEL
49
Native of North Carolina. : TARHEEL
52
Time for good hunting. : OPENSEASON
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18th century portraitist. : OPIE
56
Varied: Abbr. : MISC
57
Businessman. : AGENT
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Photographer's purchase. : LENS
59
Ornamental ribbon. : SASH
60
Expensive pictures of a kind. : XRAYS
61
Whilom. : ERST
Down
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Chowder base. : CLAM
2
Cipher. : ZERO
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Grasping. : AVARICIOUS
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City on the Volga, now Shcherbakov. : RYBINSK
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Waiter at Maxim's. : GARCON
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On shank's mare. : AFOOT
7
Curved knife used by Eskimos. : ULU
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Wallop. : LAM
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Certain dance guests. : STAGLINE
10
"___ the Chief." : HAILTO
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What "vidi" means. : ISAW
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Guitarlike instrument of India. : VINA
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Marryat's Midshipman. : EASY
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Synonym for hardness. : NAILS
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Oxford. : SHOE
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Charm. : SPELL
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Old German coin. : TALER
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Body of Moslem scholars. : ULEMA
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Lady of Loch Katrine. : ELLEN
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Warden of a kind. : GAMEKEEPER
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City near Venice. : UDINE
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King Arthur's foster father. : ECTOR
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Aladdin's friend. : GENIE
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Formidable female. : BATTLEAX
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Whimpers. : PULES
39
Take wing. : SOAR
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First-class, in England. : TOPHOLE
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Falstaff's special feature. : PAUNCH
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Plain songs. : CHANTS
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Unyielding. : STONY
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VIP's on the home front. : MOMS
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Port of the South Seas. : APIA
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Suffix with thin or fat. : NESS
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German number. : EINS
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In case. : LEST
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Farmer's forte: Abbr. : AGR
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The Red or the Black. : SEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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