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New York Times, Monday, April 19, 1965

38-Across : Sales tax, for one.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,741
Across
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___ vitae. : AQUA
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Wife of Hercules. : HEBE
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Pygmy antelope. : ORIBI
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___ ho! : GUNG
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Genus of hares. : LEPUS
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Secluded places. : HIDEAWAYS
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Reads copy. : EDITS
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Brew. : ALE
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Colored glass for mosaic work. : SMALTO
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Ancient Greek geographer. : STRABO
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Be proper with. : FITIN
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Certain candies. : CHEWS
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Hidden hoard. : NESTEGG
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Trail. : SPOOR
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Sidewalk ___. : CAFES
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Appearance. : AIR
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Sales tax, for one. : LEVY
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Kind of eclipse. : SOLAR
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Peak in Thessaly. : OSSA
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Cockney's expectation. : OPE
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Uncomplaining one. : STOIC
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Spiteful. : CATTY
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No longer useful. : WORNOUT
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Trunk. : TORSO
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___ on. : ANDSO
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Making a determined effort to get. : OUTFOR
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Very smooth. : SATINY
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Hearty's mate. : HALE
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Before: Poet. : ERE
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Banish. : EXILE
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Wolf, in a way. : GAYOLDDOG
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Contradict. : REBUT
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Kind of gun. : BREN
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Surface flaw. : DENT
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Gymnastic stunts. : FLIPS
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Noncom. : SERG
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Man's name meaning man. : ENOS
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Oriental princes. : AGHAS
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Patchwork item. : QUILT
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Kind of agent. : UNDERCOVER
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Stone ___. : AGE
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Elocution lesson phrase. : HOWNOW
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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___ Naples. : BAYOF
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Navy man. : ENS
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College nickname. : OLEMISS
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Insect. : REDANT
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Valuable tree of P.I. : IPIL
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Target. : BUTT
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"What ___ rare ... " : ISSO
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French composer. : AUBER
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Bovine. : STEER
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Nautical word. : AHOY
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Actually. : INFACT
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Hurries: Colloq. : SCOOTS
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Steinbeck novel. : EASTOFEDEN
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Pith. : GIST
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British poet. : GRAY
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Traffic sign. : SLOW
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Gourd or melon. : PEPO
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___ Baba. : ALI
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Room. : STUDY
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Kiln. : OAST
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Poetic works. : SONNETS
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Barbarous. : CRUEL
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Fasten securely. : NAILUP
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Kind of tea. : OOLONG
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Chicago airport. : OHARE
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Maine town. : ORONO
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Army groups. : REGTS
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Feudal worker. : SERF
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Conrad hero. : AXEL
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To you: Lat. : TIBI
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Town near Fort Devens, Mass. : AYER
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Literary light. : GBS
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Dwight. : DDE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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