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New York Times, Wednesday, November 23, 1960

65-Across : Geological epoch (with "the").

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,149
Across
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Trend or course. : STREAM
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French sculptor Bartholdi. : FREDERIC
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Charles or Andrew. : PRINCE
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Bring back to good order. : RENOVATE
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Indulged in noisy talk. : RANTED
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Novel. : ORIGINAL
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South African fox. : ASSE
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19th cen. novelist and dramatist. : DUMAS
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Light, swingy rhythm. : LILT
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What the exception proves. : THERULE
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Class. : ILK
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Honey, in pharmacy. : MEL
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Where Gambia is. : SENEGAL
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Retrogress. : RELAPSE
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Descendant of Esau. : EDOMITE
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Oleoresin. : ELEMI
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Awnings. : TILTS
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Lady beloved by Manfred, in Byron poem. : ASTARTE
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Expenditures. : OUTLAYS
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Rotating blades in an ice-cream freezer. : DASHERS
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Simian. : APE
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Ready. : SET
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Horizontal layer. : STRATUM
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King of Israel. : AHAB
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American hostess and diplomat. : MESTA
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Dialect used in Buddhist writings. : PALI
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Be similar to. : RESEMBLE
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Scandinavian sea monster. : KRAKEN
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Embrasure in a battlement. : CRENELLE
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Geological epoch (with "the"). : EOCENE
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Color. : SEAGREEN
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Perfumes. : SCENTS
Down
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Small herring. : SPRAT
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Nonsense. : TRASH
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Wash out. : RINSE
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Make a beginning. : ENTER
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Card. : ACE
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Interferes unnecessarily. : MEDDLES
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By reason of. : FROM
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Elevate again. : RERAISE
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Placed apart. : ENISLED
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Mechanical device for holding or grappling. : DOG
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Harmful. : EVIL
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Indian title. : RANI
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Romance language: Abbr. : ITAL
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Irishman. : CELT
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River of the Congo. : UELE
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Scapegoats at the ball game. : UMPIRES
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Device for tying, as in a harvester. : KNOTTER
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Man's name. : EMIL
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Arizona river. : GILA
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Legal agent: Abbr. : ATTY
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With the deduction of. : LESS
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Get knowledge of. : READ
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Operatic princess. : ELSA
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Permits. : LETS
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Feel great fear or anxiety. : TREMBLE
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Girl's name meaning star. : ESTELLE
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Tobacco kiln. : OAST
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Pipes from a furnace to its chimney. : UPTAKES
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Swiftly. : APACE
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Occupied. : TAKEN
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Abounding in: Suffix. : ULENT
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Rich sources. : MINES
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Trajectories. : ARCS
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At this point. : HERE
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On the deep. : ASEA
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Part of British India: Abbr. : BENG
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Observed. : SEEN
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Mal de ___. : MER
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Bird that fed elephants to its young. : ROC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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