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New York Times, Monday, April 15, 1963

65-Across : Plunder: Slang.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,006
Across
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Gen. Wingate. : ORDE
5
Thespian of a sort. : COMIC
10
O.T. book: Abbr. : OBAD
14
Animal: Suffix. : ZOON
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Lariat. : RIATA
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State, for short. : BAMA
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New England capital city. : MONTPELIER
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Short article. : ITEM
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Arrays. : ATTIRES
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New York family. : ASTORS
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Marine fish. : COD
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Thrive (on). : BATTEN
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Was distressed. : ACHED
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Indus tribesman. : GOR
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Made a bobble. : ERRED
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Wire nail. : BRAD
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More pious. : HOLIER
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Chemical suffix. : OSE
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Poet's word. : OER
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Midwestern capital city. : MADISON
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Treat. : USE
40
Spoil. : MAR
41
Relish favorites. : OLIVES
42
Mild expletive. : EGAD
43
Señor's friend. : AMIGO
45
Large vehicle. : VAN
46
Weaver's reeds. : SLEYS
47
Native chief of India. : SIRDAR
49
Get-together. : BEE
50
Ball game term. : ONBASE
52
Most intrepid. : BRAVEST
56
Nine: Ger. : NEUN
57
Western capital city. : SACRAMENTO
60
Dessert. : TART
61
Venomous snake. : KRAIT
62
Time of day. : NOON
63
FAO, WHO, etc. : ORGS
64
Surfeits. : SATES
65
Plunder: Slang. : SWAG
Down
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Juvenile heroine. : OZMA
2
Word element. : ROOT
3
___ Walk. : DONT
4
Inveigled. : ENTICED
5
Confession of faith. : CREED
6
Certain paintings. : OILS
7
Spring time in Paris. : MAI
8
Common suffix. : ITE
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Weight unit. : CARAT
10
___ dicta. : OBITER
11
Southern capital city. : BATONROUGE
12
Part of the Occident: Abbr. : AMER
13
Beaver's forte. : DAMS
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Incite. : PROD
22
Noted violinist. : STERN
24
South American patriot. : BOLIVAR
25
Came up. : ARISEN
26
Serpent. : ABOMA
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Color. : CREAM
28
Eastern capital city. : HARRISBURG
29
Coventry heroine. : GODIVA
31
Literary product. : ESSAY
32
Legal papers. : DEEDS
34
Princely nickname. : HAL
35
Dawn goddess. : EOS
38
Heaths. : MOORS
42
Certain teams. : ELEVENS
44
One of the nines. : GIANTS
46
Coal deposit. : SEAM
48
Furniture items. : DESKS
49
Other people's children. : BRATS
50
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
51
Akin. : NEAR
52
French cheese. : BRIE
53
Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
54
Greek portico. : STOA
55
Chinese group. : TONG
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Macaw. : ARA
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Kind of fish. : CAT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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