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New York Times, Thursday, January 14, 1965

53-Down : Orients.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,646
Across
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Adhesive. : GLUE
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Stand ___. : UPFOR
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Great amount: Colloq. : REAM
14
Seance sounds. : RAPS
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River of Estonia. : NARVA
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Gardner. : ERLE
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Putting side by side. : APPOSITION
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Kind of stick. : POGO
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Compass point. : SSE
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Chinese group. : TONG
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Playground item. : SEESAW
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Welcome one. : PERSONAGRATA
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Trolley. : CAR
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Household utensil. : ICETRAY
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Delicatessen. : SALAMI
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Inquires. : ASKS
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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Man ___. : OWAR
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"The Queen's ___." : NAVEE
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Call it ___. : ADAY
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Stevenson. : RLS
42
American patriot. : OTIS
43
Half mask. : DOMINO
45
Certain. : ASSURED
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Member of the Armed Forces. : WAC
48
Maybe, old style. : PERADVENTURE
54
Dillydally. : DAWDLE
57
Wander. : ROVE
58
Grassland. : LEA
59
Dugout: Fr. : ABRI
60
Cabins. : STATEROOMS
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Onion's cousin. : LEEK
64
Sports official. : TIMER
65
Something to wear. : SUIT
66
Sea bird. : ERNE
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Alarming. : SCARY
68
Adjectival endings. : ESTS
Down
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Comprehension. : GRASP
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Small error. : LAPSE
3
Of a college group. : UPPERCLASS
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Within: Prefix. : ESO
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___ Jack. : UNION
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City on the Ganges. : PATNA
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Wife of Odin. : FRIGG
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Ab ___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
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Searched. : RANSACKED
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TV term. : REPEAT
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Greek god. : EROS
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Water plant. : ALGA
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Tom's plaint. : MEOW
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Rage. : STORM
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Vous ___. : ETES
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European industrial area. : SAAR
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Hill. : RISE
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Laughable. : RIDICULOUS
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Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
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Toy. : YOYO
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Rail bird. : SORA
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Cobblers' tools. : AWLS
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Benefits. : INTERESTS
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Highways: Abbr. : AVS
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"Celeste" character. : AIDA
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Householder. : OWNER
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American novelist. : UPDIKE
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Critic's subject. : DRAMA
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Yea or nay man. : VOTER
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Complete. : EVERY
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Decrease. : REMIT
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Orients. : EASTS
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Dingle. : DALE
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But: Ger. : ABER
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Bird. : WREN
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Fixation. : TIC
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE

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

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