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New York Times, Saturday, January 16, 1965

62-Down : Naval title: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,648
Across
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Self: Prefix. : AUTO
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Broadway group. : ASCAP
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Religious title: Abbr. : MSGR
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Headland. : PROMONTORY
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Bit of legal Latin. : INRE
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Nonsinging opera performers. : SUPERNUMERARIES
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Sigmoid. : ESS
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English-born American poet. : AUDEN
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Quay. : LEVEE
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Girl's name. : ADA
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N. Y. time: Abbr. : EDT
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First part, as in a duet or trio. : PRIMO
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Drum or bugle call. : ASSEMBLY
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Kind of hat. : SOMBRERO
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Law: Fr. : LOI
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Wax emblem. : SEAL
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Storage place. : VAULT
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Go away! : SHOO
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Second human being. : EVE
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Global land area. : NEAREAST
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Musical composition. : SERENADE
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Shining success. : ECLAT
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Musician's asset. : EAR
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R.R. classification: Abbr. : LTD
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Hundredweight: Abbr. : CWT
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Slight furrow. : STRIA
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Greeting at Waikiki. : ALOHA
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Mowgli's python. : KAA
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Those in their forties. : QUADRAGENARIANS
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Jug or pitcher: Lat. : URNA
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Deaconships. : DIACONATES
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Noun suffixes. : ENTS
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Prevailing fashions. : MODES
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Salamander. : NEWT
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Church recess. : APSE
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Extinct wild ox. : URUS
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First rate: Colloq. : TOPS
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Cockney residence. : OME
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Abolish legally. : ANNUL
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Begem. : STUD
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Turn out to be. : COME
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Sport sites. : ARENAS
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Light unit. : PYR
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Wet, swampy ground. : MIRE
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Whine. : SNIVEL
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Avaricious. : GREEDY
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Put in another spot. : RESET
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Speaker. : ORATOR
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Texas battle site. : ALAMO
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Stroller. : AMBLER
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Greek letter. : DELTA
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Letter writer's addenda: Abbr. : PSS
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Caviar. : ROE
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"___ Big Girl Now." : IMA
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Vengeance goddess of Greek myth. : ARA
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Wave of a sort. : SOUND
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Cut in half. : BISECT
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Happening. : EVENT
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Shelter. : LEE
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Man's nickname. : HAL
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She-bear: Sp. : OSA
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Baseball's Mel. : OTT
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Of part of the palate. : VELAR
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Caution again. : REWARN
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Planet. : SATURN
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Wandering. : ERRANT
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Musical tempo. : ADAGIO
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Suffix with arab and humor. : ESQUE
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Pandemonium. : CHAOS
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Slayer of Castor. : IDAS
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Conduct. : LEAD
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Quondam. : ONCE
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Musical heroine. : KATE
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What "de novo" means. : ANEW
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Naval title: Abbr. : ADM
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Author Fleming. : IAN

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

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