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New York Times, Thursday, February 11, 1965

39-Across : Twitching.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,674
Across
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Airfoil. : FLAP
5
Brilliance. : GLOW
9
Impatient exclamation. : POOH
13
Chatter. : RUNON
15
Opera role. : AIDA
16
Relative of "esse." : ETRE
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Flavoring. : ANISE
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Like certain sales. : STOREWIDE
20
Student's concern. : TESTPAPER
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Prepared, as vegetables. : DICED
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Of the cheek. : MALAR
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Hundredweight: Abbr. : CWT
25
Pittsburgh footballer. : STEELER
28
Yukon's neighbor. : ALASKA
31
Admonish. : WARN
32
Check. : HINDER
34
Church title: Abbr. : ABP
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"Exodus" hero. : ARI
37
Solitude: Sp. : SOLEDAD
38
Luau delicacy. : POI
39
Twitching. : TIC
40
Sheller. : HULLER
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State: Abbr. : CONN
42
___ wet hen. : MADASA
44
Opener of a sort. : DOORKEY
46
___ Miss. : OLE
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Divert. : AMUSE
48
Look after. : SEETO
51
Temperamental. : EMOTIONAL
55
Raft. : CATAMARAN
57
The flower. : ELITE
58
Eden, Earl of ___. : AVON
59
Healthy hue. : ROSE
60
Official accounts: Abbr. : REPTS
61
See 48 Across. : TEND
62
Snug. : COSY
63
Tells. : SAYS
Down
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College group. : FRAT
2
Crescent figure. : LUNE
3
Birds. : ANIS
4
Carriers. : POSTMEN
5
___ Parade, annual Tampa festival. : GASPARILLA
6
Metric unit. : LITER
7
Fragrance. : ODOR
8
Front-page news. : WAR
9
Laughing gulls. : PEWITS
10
Auditory. : OTIC
11
Gen. Wingate. : ORDE
12
Careful notice. : HEED
14
Where Katmandu is. : NEPAL
19
Queen Elizabeth's youngest. : EDWARD
21
Tavern. : ALEHOUSE
24
Decamp. : CLEAROUT
25
Clout. : SWAT
26
River of China. : TARIM
27
Heath genus. : ERICA
28
Purse "extra," in racing. : ADDEDMONEY
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Pillow stuffing. : KAPOK
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Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
33
Italian preposition. : NEL
35
Fragrant, as a forest. : PINY
37
Jewish greeting. : SHALOM
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Certain Louisianians. : CREOLES
43
___ dash. : DOTAND
45
Willow tree. : OSIER
47
Bring together. : AMASS
48
Get going! : SCAT
49
Roof edge. : EAVE
50
Town not far from London. : ETON
51
Slangy suffix. : EROO
52
Asiatic palm. : NIPA
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Barrister: Abbr. : ATTY
54
Smaller. : LESS
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Bow. : ARC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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