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New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 1965

57-Across : Demur.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,957
Across
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___ impasse. : ATAN
5
___ deux. : PASDE
10
Pay-as-you-go man. : RUML
14
Half: Prefix. : DEMI
15
Jelly. : ASPIC
16
Mountain range of Asia. : ALAI
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Decides not to pursue a topic. : DROPSTHESUBJECT
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S. American republic: Abbr. : URU
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Canine of sorts. : POOCH
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Unnerved. : UPSET
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Dessert. : PARFAIT
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By way of. : THRU
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Classifieds. : ADS
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Trust to. : COUNTON
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See 39 Across. : BRUTE
34
Football intervals. : DOWNS
35
With 54 Across, historic mausoleum. : TAJ
37
Slangy negative. : NOPE
38
Fasten firmly. : RIVET
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With 31 Across, famous last words. : ETTU
40
Decoration. : DSO
41
City in Switzerland. : BASEL
42
Footrest. : STOOL
43
Worker in chemistry, for one. : ANALYST
45
Elf. : FAY
46
Instance. : CASE
47
Fabricate. : TRUMPUP
51
December purchases. : GIFTS
54
See 35 Across. : MAHAL
56
___ Branco. : RIO
57
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Snow house. : IGLU
61
Silver, in Spain. : PLATA
62
Eminence. : NOTE
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Companion of circumstance. : POMP
64
State. : TEXAS
65
From a distance. : AFAR
Down
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Total. : ADDUP
2
Earth: Lat. : TERRA
3
___-propre. : AMOUR
4
Pinch. : NIP
5
Lingo. : PATOIS
6
Have ___ at (try). : ASHOT
7
Type of train: Abbr. : SPEC
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Kitchen need. : DISHTOWEL
9
14th cen. shield. : ECU
10
Member of a Hindu caste. : RAJPUT
11
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
12
Spice. : MACE
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Part of a scholar's degree. : LITT
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Garden tool. : SPADE
19
Scottish poet. : BURNS
24
Lot. : FATE
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Act the Nimrod. : HUNT
28
Long for. : COVET
29
Palindromic man's name. : OTTO
30
Western pact. : NATO
31
Headed for: Abbr. : BND
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Bonheur. : ROSA
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Mounted. : UPON
34
Act the hypocrite. : DISSEMBLE
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Month: Abbr. : JUL
38
Marine creatures. : RAYS
39
Derivation: Abbr. : ETYM
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Sophisticated. : BLASE
42
___ Ste. Marie. : SAULT
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Is playful: Colloq. : ACTSUP
45
Brawl. : FRACAS
47
Greek letter. : THETA
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Verification. : PROOF
49
Mountain range of Utah. : UINTA
50
Conundrum. : POSER
51
Suitcase. : GRIP
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Othello's ancient. : IAGO
53
Surface haze. : FILM
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An Iliad hero. : AJAX
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Select. : OPT
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Once ___ lifetime. : INA

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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