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New York Times, Saturday, March 20, 1965

20-Across : Current best seller.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,711
Across
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The "Georgia Peach." : COBB
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Suburban sights. : POOLS
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Stuff. : CRAM
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State in N.W. Venezuela. : LARA
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Rye fungus. : ERGOT
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Wilson's predecessor. : HOME
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Auricular. : OTIC
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Malayan timber tree. : NARRA
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Issue. : EMIT
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Current best seller. : THEKENNEDYYEARS
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Difficulty. : SNAG
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Compass points. : SSES
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Sound. : VALID
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Numerical suffix. : ETH
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Lines. : SEAMS
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Photographer's developer. : AMIDOL
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On the ___. : AIR
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Noun suffix. : ION
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Nonfiction best seller. : LIFEWITHPICASSO
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Outside: Prefix. : ECT
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However, for short. : THO
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Guest. : CALLER
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Hurry, Shakespearean style. : SESSA
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Fish. : EEL
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Useful bit of Latin. : IDEST
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___ Maggiore. : LAGO
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Elder: Fr. : AINE
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Len Deighton's best seller. : FUNERALINBERLIN
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Edgar ___. : APOE
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Indian. : PONCA
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Fashion. : MODE
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Short distance. : STEP
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A moth. : EGGER
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Prayers. : AVES
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Divine. : HOLY
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Fabric workers. : DYERS
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Adroit. : NEAT
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Thicken. : CLOT
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Solemn statement. : OATH
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Kind of 10 Down. : BRIE
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Posterior. : BACKSIDE
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State: Abbr. : PENNA
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European ruling house. : ORANGE
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Fairy tale character. : OGRE
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Dominion. : LORDSHIP
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Nautical ropes. : STAYS
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Dairy product. : CHEESE
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City on the Tevere. : ROMA
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Eastern prince. : AMIR
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Ball team. : METS
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Bequeath. : ENDOW
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Moreover. : YES
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Dingles. : VALES
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White vestment. : AMICE
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Goes up. : LIFTS
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California-Nevada lake. : TAHOE
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Passage. : AISLE
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Well-known artist. : MOSES
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Angry sound. : SNORT
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Brightened. : LIT
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Realm: Suffix. : RIC
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Seminary course. : THEOLOGY
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English novelist. : CAINE
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City official. : ALDERMAN
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : SLEEPY
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Bern's river. : AAR
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Cavalry soldier. : LANCER
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Yawned. : GAPED
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Steel sections. : IBARS
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Annoy: Scot. : FASH
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Capable of: Colloq. : UPTO
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Coward. : NOEL
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"Picnic" author. : INGE
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Term of endearment. : LOVE
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Inspiration. : IDEA
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Cozy retreat. : NEST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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