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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

INAUGURATION

New York Times, Sunday, January 17, 1965

31-Across : Hydrocarbon.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 597 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,649
Across
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Honshu peak. : FUJI
5
River to the Fulda. : EDER
9
Trifle. : SOU
12
Cultivated. : HOED
16
Sculptor of the "Fountain of Time." : LORADOTAFT
18
Take ___. : FORGRANTED
21
Union man. : LINCOLNITE
22
Malory's subject. : ARTHURIANA
23
Secretary. : DESK
24
Decaliters: Abbr. : DALS
25
In support of. : WITH
26
Capricorn. : TROPIC
27
Girl of song. : DAISY
29
Spiders. : PANS
30
Mandarin. : CHINESE
31
Hydrocarbon. : ETHANE
34
Middle part. : WAIST
36
Perch. : BASS
37
Subject of Benét poem. : BROWN
38
Inauguration time, pre-1934. : MARCH
39
Seed case. : BUR
40
Glanced at admiringly. : OGLED
45
Certain books, for short. : BIOS
46
City of Rumania. : GALATI
47
___ de Oro. : RIO
48
Snow: Sp. : NIEVE
49
Pound: Brit. slang. : SOV
50
Southern port. : JACKSONVILLE
53
Girl's nickname. : GWEN
54
Escape. : ELUDE
56
Eugene of fiction. : GANT
57
Touchstone and others. : CLOWNS
59
Seasons. : SPRINGS
61
Unit of weight in Asia. : CATTY
63
What banshees do. : ULULATE
64
Shrink. : CRINGE
65
Prefix with gram or meter. : BARO
66
Not written, in law. : PAROL
67
Marsh. : OOZE
68
U. S. author. : TRUMANCAPOTE
73
Housman boy. : LAD
76
Fetish. : OBEAH
78
Small one: Suffix. : ULE
79
Fabrics. : SATINS
80
Secretary of Army, 1950. : PACE
81
American inventor. : TESLA
82
V.P. Stevenson's home: Abbr. : ILL
83
Heroine of anc. Persian poem. : LAILA
84
Kind of coffee. : MOCHA
85
Merry-Andrew. : ZANY
87
Pace. : TEMPO
88
Henry's second. : BOLEYN
89
Shedding. : MOLTING
93
Italian musical instrument. : ARPA
94
Car part. : TRUNK
96
Finis. : THEEND
97
Hamsun. : KNUT
98
Way out. : AFAR
99
Navy men: Abbr. : ADMS
103
Collections. : GARNERINGS
105
Pulitzer prize novel, 1922. : ALICEADAMS
107
Franklin ___. : DROOSEVELT
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Kind of jacket. : EISENHOWER
109
Affectations. : AIRS
110
Wonder. : AWE
111
Himalayan goat. : TAHR
112
Depots: Abbr. : STNS
Down
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Liver: Fr. : FOIE
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Ceramic items. : URNS
3
Grackles. : JACKDAWS
4
"Yes." : IDO
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Heaters. : ETNAS
6
Truman's specialty. : DAILYWALK
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Newts. : EFTS
8
Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Of ___ (mediocre). : SORTS
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Straight: Prefix. : ORTH
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Pah! : UGH
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Westchester town. : HARRISON
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Edible bulb. : ONION
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Halting place: Fr. : ETAPE
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French saint. : DENIS
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Honorary degree. : LLD
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Something trite. : OLDIE
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Indistinct. : FAINT
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Sad things: Poet. : RUTHS
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Small fish. : DACE
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"___ here." : WASHINGTONSLEPT
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Cape NE of Boston. : ANN
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Painting: Prefix. : PICTO
30
Song. : CAROL
31
Declines. : EBBS
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Threesome. : TRIO
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Saves on food. : HOOVERIZES
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River of Armenia. : ARAS
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Formed. : BUILT
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Symbols of authority. : MACES
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Sea: Slang. : BRINY
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Escort of a sort. : GIGOLO
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Civil War general. : LEWWALLACE
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Unusual development. : EVENT
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Close. : DENSE
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Gizmo. : GADGET
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Swiss psychologist. : JUNG
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Tank. : VAT
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Dazzling effects. : ECLATS
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Hereditary. : LINEAL
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Inveigle. : LURE
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Dart. : SCOOT
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Inquiry. : PROBE
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Popular color. : CAMEL
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Macaw. : ARA
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"Once ___ ... " : UPONA
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T.R.'s favorite word. : BULLY
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Feeling regret. : RUING
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Cape hartebeest. : CAAMA
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___-toe. : ATIP
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Companion of a shark. : PILOTFISH
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Throbbing. : ACHY
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Big man on campus. : DEAN
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Foggy state. : HAZINESS
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Spot. : POLKADOT
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Japanese badge. : MON
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One of de Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
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Faith. : TRUST
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Van ___. : BUREN
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Real estate abbreviation. : MTGD
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Kipling hero. : OHARA
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"___ s'amuse," Hugo drama. : LEROI
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Voice part. : TENOR
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Fish. : ANGLE
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Track man. : RACER
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Recognized. : KNEW
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Dayspring. : DAWN
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Feminine titles. : MMES
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Soviet initials. : SSR
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Marsh eider. : IVA
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Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
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Exclamations. : AHS

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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