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New York Times, Friday, July 30, 1965

39-Across : Opera role.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,843
Across
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Serve, in handball. : TOSS
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Move swiftly. : FLIT
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Oriental civet cat. : RASSE
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See ___ of. : ALOT
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Wool: Lat. : LANA
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Character of a people. : ETHOS
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Breakfast dish. : FLAPJACKS
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North Pole resident. : CLAUS
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Escort: Colloq. : TAKEOUT
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Official of sorts. : KLEAGLE
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North African capital. : TUNIS
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Exclamations. : HIS
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First name in Washington. : HUBERT
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Insincere talk. : CLAPTRAP
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Copycat. : APER
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Promote: Colloq. : BOOST
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Relative of lv. : ARR
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Cow-headed goddess. : ISIS
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Former monetary unit in Brussels. : BELGA
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Opera role. : MIMI
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Young sheep. : TEG
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Home entertainment, in Britain. : TELLY
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Temptress of the Nile. : CLEO
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"Be ___ humble ... " : ITEVERSO
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Thurible. : CENSER
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Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Cleveland suburb. : PARMA
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Seaside resort near London. : MARGATE
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Fortune teller. : PALMIST
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Adjective suffix. : ARIAN
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Poker game. : PENNYANTE
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Dormant. : INERT
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Draft animals. : OXEN
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Get one's dander up. : RILE
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French saint. : DENYS
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Pause. : STAY
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Source of power. : ATOM
Down
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American sculptor. : TAFT
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Spanish cooking pot. : OLLA
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Drench. : SOAK
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World-famous church. : STPETERS
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Show off defiantly. : FLAUNT
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Milk: Prefix. : LACTI
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Stationer's item. : INK
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Assignment. : TASK
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Voucher. : RECEIPT
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Finally. : ATLAST
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Dance of the 1930's. : SHAG
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Vital quality. : SOUL
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Basic Latin verb. : ESSE
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Day: Fr. : JOUR
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Forbidden City. : LHASA
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Shellfish: Var. : SCOLLOP
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Neighbor of Santo Domingo. : HAITI
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Surprise result, in sports. : UPSET
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Hosiery hue. : BEIGE
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Sluggish: Colloq. : LOGY
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Dow-Jones term. : RAILS
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Napoleon's forces. : ARMEE
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Abbot's aide. : PRIOR
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Units named after an inventor. : BELS
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British soldier's cap. : BERET
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Noted name in Washington. : MCNAMARA
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Leaseholders. : TENANTS
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Caprice. : VAGARY
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Nook's partner. : CRANNY
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Little Miss Peggoty. : EMLY
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Asphyxia. : APNEA
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Bride's attendant. : MAID
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English composer. : ARNE
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Traditional poetry. : EPOS
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Norman city. : STLO
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Abound. : TEEM
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Type of telephone: Abbr. : EXT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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