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New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1965

49-Across : Sacred bull of Egypt.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,911
Across
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Curve in geometry. : PARABOLA
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Girls' gym attire. : TUNICS
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___ Beauty. : AMERICAN
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Kyushu volcano. : ASOSAN
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Send to ___ (ostracize). : COVENTRY
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Carry away. : REMOVE
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Dagger. : KRIS
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Albee. : EDWARD
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Scarf. : BOA
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Weather's opposite. : LEE
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Humid. : STEAMY
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Listen carefully. : HARK
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Fancy case for small articles. : ETWEE
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Suburb of New York City. : RYE
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Documents: Abbr. : CERTS
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Contemporary of Smollett. : STERNE
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Sneaker of a sort. : SNOOP
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Women's club. : SOROSIS
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Performers. : DANCERS
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Bright star in Cygnus. : DENEB
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Vacation activity. : TRAVEL
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Peaks of volcanoes. : CONES
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U. N. name. : DAG
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" ... and thereby hangs ___." : ATALE
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Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
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Romantic song. : BALLAD
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Went first. : LED
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French possessive. : MES
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Merchant-adventurer of legend. : SINBAD
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Egyptian king from 1922 to 1936. : FUAD
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Followed as a result. : ENSUED
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Take ___. (relax). : ONESEASE
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Rained heavily. : TEEMED
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" ... there arose such ___ ... " : ACLATTER
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Mean as a critter. : ORNERY
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Kelp, dulse, etc. : SEAWEEDS
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Unencumbered. : PACKLESS
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Infant cupid of Italian art. : AMORETTO
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Newspaper man. : REVIEWER
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Son of Zeus. : ARES
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Space for food or fuel. : BIN
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Musical group. : OCTET
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Provisions. : LARDER
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At all: Colloq. : ANYWAYS
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Linger. : TARRY
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Made a tool of. : USED
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Grammatical case: Abbr. : NOM
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Weather map line. : ISOBAR
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Prance. : CAVORT
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Moves furtively. : SNEAKS
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Revise. : AMEND
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Five (or six) faculties. : SENSES
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Jazz buff. : HEPCAT
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Rusts. : ERODES
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Gemini 5 passenger. : CONRAD
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German article. : EIN
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Word with cake or meal. : OAT
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Relative of a convertible. : SEDAN
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Appraise. : EVALUATE
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Set at liberty. : RELEASED
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Indulgers in a winter sport. : SLEDDERS
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Panamanian dollars. : BALBOAS
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Arrived at. : CAMETO
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Kitchen device. : OPENER
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Type of hut. : NISSEN
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Quick glimpse. : GLANCE
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Hen. : BIDDY
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Girl's name. : ADELA
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Seventh son. : SEER
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Entertain. : FETE
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Japanese apricot. : UME
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Maxim. : SAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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