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New York Times, Saturday, February 27, 1965

61-Across : Cones, in geometry.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 67, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.61, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid is asymmetric.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,690
Across
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18th century music. : BAROQUE
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Performing art. : BALLET
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Perform. : EXECUTE
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Famous owner of a cow, 1871. : OLEARY
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Obsessed with book collecting. : BIBLIOMANIACAL
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The "Jazz Singer." : JOLSON
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Interpret loftily: Br. sp. : IDEALISE
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Month: Abbr. : APL
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Adverse critics. : CENSORS
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Tract of land: Abbr. : TER
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Glitter. : SPARKLE
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In any way. : EVER
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Withered. : SERE
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Permission. : LICENSE
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Bread. : RYE
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Wide open. : AGAPE
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Space. : GAP
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Kitchen aid. : DISHRAG
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Start of a magic word. : ABRA
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Actress Nell, of the 17th cen. : GWYN
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___ '65. : CLASSOF
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Month: Fr. : MAI
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Confounded. : BLASTED
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Stowe heroine. : EVA
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Self: Prefix. : AUT
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Vishnu incarnation. : RAMA
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Relative of E flat Major. : CMINOR
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Tightrope walkers. : SCHOENOBATISTS
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Liquefied. : THAWED
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Having too much wattage. : OVERLIT
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Cones, in geometry. : SOLIDS
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Namesakes of a Spanish saint. : TERESAS
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Jazz artist of sorts. : BEBOPPER
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Of the armpit. : AXILLARY
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Uprisers, for short. : REBS
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Time term. : OCLOCK
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Jai alai bets, Miami style. : QUINELLAS
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___-Aztecan. : UTO
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Changeable, as weather: Scot. : EEMIS
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Silly slip. : BONER
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Phony names. : ALIASES
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Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
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Ile de ___, in the Seine. : LACITE
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Part of a pencil. : ERASER
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Harrison's V.P. : TYLER
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Fuss. : ADO
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Swiss card game, pinochle's predecessor. : JASS
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Equine sound. : NEIGH
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Thin in tone. : REEDY
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Las ___. : VEGAS
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Vehicle. : CAR
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Excess of solar year over lunar year. : EPACT
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Careless one. : NEGLECTER
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In ___ (although not present): Lat. : ABSENTIA
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College administrators. : PROVOSTS
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Cattleman's term. : INBREED
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In the distance. : AFAR
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Pampas man. : GAUCHO
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Besides, old style. : WITHAL
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Look up to. : ADMIRE
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Booms. : MASTS
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Arrives. : LANDS
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Type of shoe. : SABOT
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Pedestrian safety areas: Abbr. : ISLS
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W. W. II group. : OWI
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"___ Maria." : AVE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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