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New York Times, Tuesday, July 20, 1965

36-Across : Grammarian's problem.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,833
Across
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Walk. : STROLL
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Meal. : REPAST
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Ancient vehicle. : CHARIOT
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Arthurian lady. : ELAINE
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Voles, for example. : RODENTS
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Important occupation. : FARMING
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Noun suffix. : ARIAN
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Ike's old command. : ETO
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German name of Estonia's capital. : REVAL
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Lake in the Colorado River. : MEAD
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Budges. : STIRS
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Numerical prefix. : DECA
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___ Luis Obispo. : SAN
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Diamond performers. : BASEMEN
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Began. : LED
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Voiced. : UTTERED
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Fancy dessert. : MOUSSE
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Units in physics. : ERGS
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Grammarian's problem. : AINT
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Dixie school. : TULANE
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Values. : ESTEEMS
43
Brown ___ berry. : ASA
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Participants. : ENTRIES
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Zany. : OAF
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Took care of. : KEPT
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Old-time apparel. : TOGAS
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Soothe. : LULL
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Lochinvar's bride. : ELLEN
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Know: Brit. dial. : WOT
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All: Prefix. : PANTO
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Travel route. : SEALANE
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Lack of action. : INERTIA
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Owen Johnson's hero, Dink ___. : STOVER
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Religious establishment. : CONVENT
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Talks back. : SASSES
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Blinds. : SHADES
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Gets going. : SCRAMS
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Concord celebrity. : THOREAU
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Evincing happiness. : RADIANT
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Echo. : OREAD
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Waterfall, in Scotland. : LINN
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Share. : LOT
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Candidate's watchword. : REFORM
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Qua ___ (here and there): It. : ELA
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Young salmon. : PARR
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Intended (to). : AIMED
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Whines. : SNIVELS
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Card holdings. : TENACES
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African pests. : TSETSES
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Part of the forest. : GLADE
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Fastened. : TIED
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American painter. : SARGENT
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Arabs and Syrians. : SEMITES
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Swiss city. : BERNE
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Roman calendar period. : NONES
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Ceylon export. : TEA
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Redskin. : UTE
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Person from Pakistan. : ASIATIC
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Captures the fancy of. : TAKES
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Ineffectual. : USELESS
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Rio de ___. : LAPLATA
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Therefore. : ERGO
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Went up. : MOUNTED
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Kind of cracker. : SALTINE
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Rises. : TOWERS
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Parade features. : FLOATS
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Dodecanese island. : TELOS
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Insect stage. : LARVA
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Certain seaman: Abbr. : NAVS
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Pnom ___. : PENH
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Born. : NEE
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Figures: Abbr. : NOS

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

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