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New York Times, Friday, August 20, 1965

30-Across : "Merry" fellow.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,864
Across
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Kind of apple. : ADAMS
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Nipped in the ___. : BUD
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Kind of glass. : SPY
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Kind of tree. : FAMILY
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Monster in Greek myth. : CHIMERA
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Kind of paper. : TISSUE
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Attendant. : SERVITOR
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Kind of rags. : GLAD
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___ out. : INAND
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Kind of bread. : RYE
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Kind of post. : LISTENING
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Mechanical being. : ROBOT
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Votes for. : AYES
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"Merry" fellow. : ANDREW
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Kind of house. : ALE
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Kind of door. : TRAP
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Main streets: Slang. : DRAGS
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Kind of will. : ILL
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Kind of nut. : BEECH
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Kind of doll. : MAMA
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Kind of march. : FORCED
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Kind of such. : NONE
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Hair tint. : RINSE
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Kind of buff. : BLINDMANS
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Certain nouns: Abbr. : PLS
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Kind of fight. : PRIZE
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Followers: Suffix. : ISTS
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Excessive. : TOO
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Where one could be bound. : HOMEWARD
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No one wants to be a "non" one. : ENTITY
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Bewildered. : INADAZE
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Indian. : DAKOTA
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Seventy. : LXX
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___ Kippur. : YOM
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Corn meal cakes. : PONES
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Kind of thought. : AFTER
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Kind of chain: Colloq. : DAISY
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Avenue in New York City. : AMSTERDAM
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Sol-fa syllables. : MIS
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Phony coin. : SLUG
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Engineer's degree. : BCE
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Clock: Ger. : UHR
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"The ___ Comedy." : DIVINE
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___ example. : SETAN
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Kind of horn. : PRONG
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Kind of stick. : YARD
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Kind of pages. : YELLOW
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Prime ___. : MINISTERS
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Bodies of water: Abbr. : SDS
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Islet: Dial. : AIT
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Kind of story. : TALL
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Kind of ball. : EYE
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Kind of labor. : ORGANIZED
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Egyptian god of pleasure. : BES
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Naval title: Abbr. : ADM
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One of F.D.R.'s agencies. : NRA
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___ king. : ALA
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Kind of room. : RECEPTION
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Kind of high. : ACE
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Scholars degree. : PHD
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Thing. : ITEM
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Kind of voyage. : BON
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Kind of table. : END
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Two-___. : FISTED
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Kind of street. : ONEWAY
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Women in white. : RNS
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Kind of cheer: Slang. : BRONX
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Small mollusk or slug: Lat. : LIMAX
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First ___. : AID
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Lehmann. : LOTTE
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Beans. : SOYAS
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Loving: Suffix. : PHIL
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Kind of dragon. : SNAP
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Nitrogen: Prefix. : AZO
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In ___ (against a thing): Lat. : REM
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Referee's term. : TKO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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