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New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1965

51-Down : Adjusts.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,661
Across
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Ticket part. : STUB
5
Pine. : ACHE
9
Fighting symbols. : FISTS
14
"The ___ Love," Gershwin song. : MANI
15
Stuff. : CRAM
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Musical beginning. : INTRO
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Genus of sheep. : OVIS
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Miser, old style. : CURMUDGEON
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Natural ability. : GIFT
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Use up. : EXPEND
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Household ornament. : RUG
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Sea animals. : ORCS
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Natural abilities. : TALENTS
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Richard Rodgers musical. : CAROUSEL
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Law: Lat. : LEX
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Ideal. : AIM
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Wyoming mountain range. : TETON
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Promenade, poop, etc. : DECKS
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Presidential initials. : DDE
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On horseback. : ASTRIDE
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Canadian region: Abbr. : ONT
43
Car. : SEDAN
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Not invited. : UNBID
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New: Ger. : NEU
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Professional degree. : DDS
49
Claimed. : ASSERTED
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See 9 Down. : TWADDLE
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Equal. : PEER
56
Gypsy. : ROM
57
Gully's relative. : RAVINE
60
Of various categories: Abbr. : MISC
63
"Let it be printed." : IMPRIMATUR
65
Racetrack. : OVAL
66
Fight. : MELEE
67
Caves. : DENS
68
Girl's name. : VERA
69
Golf great. : SNEAD
70
Suffix to form inceptive verbs. : ESCE
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Swirl. : EDDY
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Fog-smoke mixture. : SMOG
2
Rikki-Tikki-___. : TAVI
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Dressed in a certain way. : UNIFORMED
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Cafe. : BISTRO
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Ways of approach. : ACCESSES
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Vital point. : CRUX
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Musical instrument. : HARP
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Robert Sherwood's middle name. : EMMET
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Nonsense!: Var. : FIDDLEDEDEE
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Common suffix. : ING
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Part of a ship. : STERN
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Game fish. : TROUT
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Lays. : SONGS
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Single. : UNAL
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Prepared beforehand. : CUTANDDRIED
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Stream of Somerset and Devon. : EXE
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Social liabilities. : CADS
28
Helper. : AIDE
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Caesar's words. : ETTU
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One of the Doones. : LORNA
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His ___ (self-important one). : NIBS
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Artificial. : CONTRIVED
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Joint. : KNEE
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Type of poker. : STUD
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Scatter. : DISPERSE
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State further. : ADD
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Noisy impact. : SLAM
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Take off. : REMOVE
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Adjusts. : TRIMS
52
Certain voters. : WOMEN
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Sufficient. : AMPLE
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Keep out of the way of. : EVADE
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Descendants: Suffix. : ITES
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___ Dimittis. : NUNC
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Chalcedony. : SARD
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Artist's material. : CLAY
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Part of the Dept. of Agriculture. : REA

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

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