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New York Times, Saturday, March 6, 1965

22-Across : Scram!

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,697
Across
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"___ the dawn." : CAME
5
Monumental works. : EPICS
10
Merganser. : SMEW
14
Nerve-impulse conductor. : AXON
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Whale man. : JONAH
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Had on. : WORE
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Organization, 1919-46. : LEAGUEOFNATIONS
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Energy: Colloq. : STARCH
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Trawl. : DRAGNET
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Scram! : GIT
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Frosh's schoolmate. : SOPH
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Burrowers. : MOLES
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Broadtail. : FUR
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Of a style of architecture. : IONIC
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From Cal. to Me. : USA
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Sword's conqueror. : PEN
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Goddess. : ATHENA
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Heroes of 1917. : RAINBOWDIVISION
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Came to terms. : AGREED
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"___ Got Rhythm." : IVE
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Compass point. : NNE
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Enticed. : LEDON
44
Field product. : HAY
45
City transport. : BUSES
47
Graven image. : IDOL
49
Brooch. : PIN
50
Turncoat. : TRAITOR
54
Pacific peninsula. : MALAYA
57
1917 watchword. : WARTOENDALLWARS
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
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Prepare again, in a way. : REARM
62
Nevada city. : ELKO
63
The Darlings' dog. : NANA
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Be in error. : STRAY
65
Do housework. : DUST
Down
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Presidential nickname. : CAL
2
Puts to the blade. : AXES
3
Type of ditch. : MOAT
4
Hire. : ENGAGE
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Throw out. : EJECT
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Milne's bear. : POOH
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Military group: Abbr. : INF
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Openness. : CANDOR
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Keen. : SHARP
10
Quaff: Colloq. : SWIG
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Ranger 8's target. : MOON
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Kind of eagle. : ERNE
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Occident. : WEST
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Novelist Leon. : URIS
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Pacific paradise. : TAHITI
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Time-Teller. : SUNDIAL
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Wall design. : MURAL
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Indian. : OSAGE
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Scottish landowner. : LAIRD
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Creditor of "so much from so many." : FEW
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Exclamations. : OHS
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Negatives of a sort. : NEINS
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Hole ___. : INONE
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Malaccas. : CANES
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Bean holder. : POD
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Latin salutation. : AVE
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Recent: Prefix. : NEO
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Mussolini. : BENITO
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Vine. : IVY
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Famed U.S. carrier. : HORNET
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Collector's item. : BILL
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Not frightened. : UNAWED
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Busy ones. : DOERS
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Flourishing. : PALMY
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Double. : TWIN
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___ avis. : RARA
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Galway Bay isle. : ARAN
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"___ boy." : ITSA
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A name for Naomi. : MARA
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Korean river. : YALU
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Boats. : ARKS
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Women's group. : DAR
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Tosspot. : SOT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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