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New York Times, Thursday, April 15, 1965

23-Across : Go ___ a tree.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,737
Across
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Catch, in a way. : LASSO
6
Duad. : TWO
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Dwell (on). : HARP
13
Senseless. : EMPTY
14
___ de veau. : RIS
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Take ___ out of one's book. : ALEAF
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Anticipate. : FORESTALL
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Rhode Island symbol. : MAPLE
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Unerring. : TRUE
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In a perplexing situation. : OUTONALIMB
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Go ___ a tree. : CLIMB
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More senseless. : INANER
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Sequoia's specialty. : AGE
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Go over copy again. : REEDIT
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Steam baths. : SAUNAS
34
___ spades. : ACEOF
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Colorado festival site. : ASPEN
38
Dendrology, for one: Abbr. : SCI
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Covered with frost. : RIMED
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Society name. : BIRCH
45
Clergyman. : CURATE
46
Mariner's direction. : SBE
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Henry Beecher, for one. : ORATOR
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Untried. : NEW
52
More ___. : ORLESS
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Kind of chemistry: Abbr. : INORG
57
Relative of a pedigree. : FAMILYTREE
60
Periods. : ERAS
63
Kind of seasoning. : ANISE
64
Novel subtitled "The Cavalier." : WOODSTOCK
66
___ pine. : SCREW
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Note of sorts. : IOU
68
___ ball. : HAVEA
69
Brinker. : HANS
70
Drop: Pharm. abbr. : GTT
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Bring to bear. : EXERT
Down
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Departed. : LEFT
2
Cupid. : AMOR
3
Emulate dapper Dan. : SPRUCEUP
4
Youngstown product. : STEEL
5
Grandchildren: Scot. : OYS
6
Bunch of grapes: Ger. : TRAUBE
7
Chamberlain. : WILT
8
European capital. : OSLO
9
Enemy of Esther. : HAMAN
10
Old war cry. : ALALA
11
Fret. : REPINE
12
Links player linked with Player. : PALMER
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Months: Abbr. : FEBRS
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Volumes. : TOMES
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Word on a billboard. : NITE
24
Middle Easterners. : IRANI
26
"Tall ___ poplar." : ASA
27
Neon, for one. : GAS
29
Country place, Russian style. : DACHA
30
Here: Fr. : ICI
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State: Abbr. : NEB
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City in Bolivia. : ORURO
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Shade of green. : FIR
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Scenario: Abbr. : SCR
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Swamp shrub. : MANGROVE
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Riviera season. : ETE
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Mountain ___. : DEW
44
Optimistic. : ROSY
45
Describing pines. : CONED
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Relatives of lounges. : SOFAS
47
Type of office. : BRANCH
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City on the Chemung River. : ELMIRA
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Rope anchorage. : TIEOUT
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Iron: Ger. : EISEN
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Lots: Colloq. : SLEWS
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Reassess. : RETAX
58
Understand: Brit. Slang. : TWIG
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Secretary of State, 1905-09. : ROOT
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See 19 Across. : ACER
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Card game. : SKAT
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Pronoun. : SHE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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