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New York Times, Friday, April 16, 1965

5-Across : Lively dance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,738
Across
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Several. : SOME
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Lively dance. : POLKA
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Unconsciousness. : COMA
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Seaport feature. : QUAY
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Worker's group. : UNION
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"What ___?" : OFIT
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Believe. : UNDERSTAND
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Enormous. : VAST
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Freeze. : ICE
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___ example. : ASAN
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Means. : AGENCY
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Fair ladies' rendezvous. : BEAUTYPARLOR
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Western time. : MST
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Commuters' rendezvous. : BUSSTOP
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Give one ___ (flirt with). : THEEYE
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Whiting. : FISH
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___ polloi. : HOI
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Noun endings. : IONS
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As if. : QUASI
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Popular blue. : TEAL
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Up-to-date: Abbr. : MOD
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Hurry up. : RUSH
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Ethically neutral. : AMORAL
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American sculptor. : EPSTEIN
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Diminutive ending. : CLE
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Military group. : ADVANCEGUARD
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Kind of clock. : CUCKOO
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Top-drawer. : AONE
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Fire: Fr. : FEU
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Israel's seaport. : ACRE
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Small combos. : QUINTETTES
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Form by braiding. : PLAT
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Habit. : USAGE
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Bidding: Archaic. : HEST
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Pudding ingredient. : SAGO
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Biblical town. : ENDOR
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Mineral aggregates. : ORES
Down
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Lampoon. : SQUIB
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Weight unit. : OUNCE
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Atoned. : MADEAMENDS
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Potato bud. : EYE
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___ willow. : PUSSY
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Available. : ONTAP
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Plant. : LIANA
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___ Tiki. : KON
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Region in Spain. : ANDALUSIA
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Table fittings. : COVERS
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"The way ___ eagle in the air ... " : OFAN
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Unsorted: Abbr. : MISC
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATTY
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Shabby: Slang. : RATTY
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Exclamation of surprise. : GOSH
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Operates. : USES
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Certain baseball statistics. : RBIS
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Thenceforth. : THEREAFTER
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Bird of Kauai. : OOAA
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Tablet. : PILL
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Occasion. : TIME
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Child's toy. : HOOP
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Ambiguous expression. : EQUIVOQUE
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Type of thermometer: Abbr. : FAH
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Annapolis. : USNA
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Balsam. : TOLU
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Make over. : REDO
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Radio's Fibber. : MCGEE
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Care for. : TAKETO
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Water nymph. : NAIAD
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African country. : CONGO
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Embark on. : ENTER
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Baseball's Peewee. : REESE
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Tidies up. : DUSTS
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Upper case, for short. : CAPS
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Western campus. : UCLA
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Rocky height. : CRAG
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The Fleet. : USN
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However, for short. : THO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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