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New York Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1965

5-Down : Phantom.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,637
Across
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Springfield. : RIFLE
6
Game fish. : BASS
10
"Pain in the neck." : PEST
14
U.N. name. : ADLAI
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Landed. : ALIT
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Fabric pattern. : PLAID
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Taking it easy. : LAZY
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Insubstantial. : THIN
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Sinews. : TENDONS
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Baffling. : ELUSORY
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Where to read about Andromache. : ILIAD
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Within: Prefix. : ENT
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Convivial drink. : EGGNOG
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Sensible. : RATIONAL
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Passing through. : VIA
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Post. : NEWEL
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Mohawk or Natchez. : TRIBE
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Greedy. : AVID
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Puts on cargo. : LADES
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Quiz. : EXAM
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Discourage. : DETER
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Yawning. : AGAPE
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D-Day area. : ETO
49
Settle snugly. : ENSCONCE
51
California volcano. : LASSEN
53
Ceremonial response. : IDO
54
Haberdashery item. : SHIRT
56
Persians, for example. : CARPETS
60
Free. : ATLARGE
64
Where the Wasatch Range is. : UTAH
65
Blaze. : BURN
67
Stonehenge priest. : DRUID
68
Bulky book. : TOME
69
Dry as dust. : ARID
70
See 11 Down. : OREAD
71
Box. : SPAR
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Size of paper. : DEMY
73
First name in movie lore. : MYRNA
Down
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Fully engrossed. : RAPT
2
Taking it easy. : IDLE
3
Custard dish. : FLAN
4
Stored away. : LAIDIN
5
Phantom. : EIDOLON
6
Light wood. : BALSA
7
In the style of. : ALA
8
Small, for one. : SIZE
9
Pointed weapon. : STYLET
10
Home of "Doggie in the Window." : PETSTORE
11
Nymph. : ECHO
12
Do a cooking chore. : STIR
13
Broadway award. : TONY
21
Actor Bruce of Dr. Watson fame. : NIGEL
23
Watt or ohm. : UNIT
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Sprinkles with flour. : DREDGES
27
Change the subject. : EVADE
28
Bestowed. : GIVEN
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Equestrian's concern. : GAITS
31
Jacta est ___. : ALEA
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Rejects: Slang. : NIXES
33
Subside. : ABATE
34
Candy flavor. : LEMON
37
Martial woman of the 1940's. : WAAC
40
Solve. : DECIPHER
42
Half-pint bottle. : SPLIT
45
Cycled. : RODE
47
Noble estate. : EARLDOM
50
Fairly good. : NOTBAD
52
Sidereal. : STARRY
55
Deft. : HANDY
56
Edits film. : CUTS
57
On the upper surface. : ATOP
58
Hindu deity. : RAMA
59
Steady. : SURE
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Repenter. : RUER
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Mr. Menotti. : GIAN
63
Northland epic. : EDDA
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Part of a glass. : RIM

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

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