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New York Times, Wednesday, January 27, 1965

65-Across : Mosquito, in Britain.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,659
Across
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Cob or pen. : SWAN
5
Is energetic. : ACTS
9
Levantine vessel. : SAIC
13
Corrida participant. : TORO
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Insect. : FLEA
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Lamb: Lat. : AGNUS
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The Ould Sod. : ERIN
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Verse units. : FEET
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Our: Fr. : NOTRE
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Opposite of angst. : PEACEOFMIND
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Prevail. : WIN
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Offend. : HURT
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Menu specialty. : SEAFOOD
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Take into account. : REGARD
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___ things! : OFALL
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Expatriate. : EXILE
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Evening: Fr. : SOIR
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Turn out. : OUST
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Walter ___ Mare. : DELA
38
Regards. : GAZES
39
Capable of. : UPTO
40
Look at hastily. : SCAN
41
Some persons. : ONES
42
Kind of pipe. : BRIAR
43
Does a dance. : CLOGS
45
Infects. : TAINTS
46
Vacation of a sort. : TIMEOFF
49
Offends. : SINS
50
I hate: Lat. : ODI
51
Dazzling. : PYROTECHNIC
56
___ beaucoup. : MERCI
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___ about. : ONOR
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Hebrides isle. : IONA
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Participated. : SATIN
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That one: Lat. : ILLE
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Night: Prefix. : NOCT
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Kind of rug. : SHAG
64
Tinted. : DYED
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Mosquito, in Britain. : GNAT
Down
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Footfail. : STEP
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Lasted under use. : WORE
3
La Scala specialty. : ARIA
4
Aplomb. : NONCHALANCE
5
Yield. : AFFORD
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Crack. : CLEFT
7
Superabound. : TEEM
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Discharges, as an obligation. : SATISFIES
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Kind of shoe. : SANDAL
10
Gone by. : AGO
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Halved. : INTWO
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Virtu item. : CURIO
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Post. : SEND
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Department of France. : EURE
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Draws nigh. : NEARS
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Prosperous. : FLOURISHING
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Ruby and others. : REDS
28
Office VIP. : EXEC
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Desert lizard. : GILA
30
Exudes. : OOZES
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Aplomb. : SANGFROID
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___ arms. : UPIN
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Math course. : STAT
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Rocky hills. : TORS
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Silly as they come: Slang. : GOOFY
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Judge's bench. : BANC
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Running. : LOPING
45
Terraced. : TIERED
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Some turkeys. : TOMS
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Adman's forte. : IDEAS
48
Jollity. : MIRTH
49
Fur piece. : STOLE
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Except: Colloq. : ONLY
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Time of day. : NOON
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Quechuan. : INCA
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Famous Carrie. : CATT
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Washington group. : CIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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