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New York Times, Monday, March 29, 1965

55-Across : Systems of government.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,720
Across
1
Pb. : LEAD
5
Whitetail. : DEER
9
Squabble. : TIFF
13
Spindle. : AXLE
14
Type of soup. : PUREE
15
River into the Caspian. : URAL
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God of Hindu myth. : DEVA
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Bobbins. : REELS
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Where the Quirinal is. : ROME
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Tanager's color. : SCARLET
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Scrutinized. : SCANNED
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Birds. : JAYS
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Popular kind of "Follies." : ICE
25
Kitchen utensils. : SCOOPS
28
Guards. : SENTRIES
33
Thin layer of color. : WASH
34
Blended, as colors. : FONDU
35
Girl's nickname. : NAN
36
Straighten. : ALINE
38
Of long standing. : OLD
39
Ship of 1492. : PINTA
41
Oléron, for one. : ILE
42
Juliet's suitor. : PARIS
44
Humble. : MEEK
45
Told. : NARRATED
47
Shining. : STARRY
49
Outside: Prefix. : ECT
50
Explosive sound. : CHUG
51
Candidate for "What's My Line?" : PRINTER
55
Systems of government. : REGIMES
59
Absorbed. : RAPT
60
Famous inventor. : NOBEL
62
Mouse deer. : NAPU
63
Seine tributary. : OISE
64
Peg. : DOWEL
65
Colleen's home. : ERIN
66
Implored: Colloq. : PLED
67
Sideslip. : SKID
68
Merriwell. : DICK
Down
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Pages. : LADS
2
Officer: Abbr. : EXEC
3
Edison's middle name. : ALVA
4
Letter of a kind. : DEARJOHN
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Pieces of music. : DUETS
6
Before. : ERE
7
Smorgasbord dish. : EELS
8
Cancel. : RESCIND
9
English landscape painter. : TURNER
10
Fe. : IRON
11
Celebrity. : FAME
12
Ran away. : FLED
14
Ravages. : PREYS
20
Once around. : LAP
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Misbehave. : ACTUP
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Beau: Poet. : SWAIN
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Kind of lily. : CALLA
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Willow. : OSIER
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Cube. : SOLID
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Tips. : ENDS
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Centric. : INNER
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Trencherman. : EATER
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Tortuous. : SNAKY
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Golf call. : FORE
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Solar year excess. : EPACT
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Supposed. : IMAGINED
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Goes with. : ATTENDS
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Let. : RENTED
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Boat. : SHELL
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Boat. : TUG
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Confession of faith. : CREED
51
Stage item. : PROP
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Bird. : RAIL
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___ dixit. : IPSE
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Bird. : ROOK
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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"Paradise Lost." : EPIC
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Done for: Colloq. : SUNK
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The Bahamas et al.: Abbr. : BWI

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