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New York Times, Monday, October 30, 1967

55-Down : Equivocate.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,652
Across
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Cairo title. : SIDI
5
Ruthian hit. : SWAT
9
Dress features. : DARTS
14
Mediterranean port. : ORAN
15
Bonn title. : HERR
16
January: Sp. : ENERO
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Very well: Colloq. : FIRSTRATE
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Club rule. : BYLAW
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On one side. : ASKEW
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Cordial. : KIND
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Prefix with path or photo. : TELE
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Culminates. : COMESTOAHEAD
27
Songbird. : CHAT
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Carney, for one. : ART
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961 years ago. : MVI
32
Type of paper. : RAG
33
Blended. : FUSED
35
Where Lucknow is. : INDIA
39
Normally. : ASARULE
41
Scientist, humorously. : OLOGIST
43
Hard roll. : BAGEL
44
Inert gas. : XENON
46
Outsized tub. : VAT
47
Bustling about. : ADO
49
Four times a day: Pharm. : QID
50
Facial expression. : YAWN
51
Popular pastime. : JIGSAWPUZZLE
56
Noun suffixes. : URES
57
Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
58
Tropical fiber. : ISTLE
62
Became cheerful. : LITUP
64
Largely. : INTHEMAIN
66
Lake of Finland. : ENARE
67
Fictional sleuth. : MOTO
68
Corporation VIP. : EXEC
69
Family man. : PATER
70
Thruway sign. : EXIT
71
Cards or card. : NINE
Down
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Parlor piece. : SOFA
2
Garden plant. : IRIS
3
Murky. : DARK
4
Mantis. : INSECT
5
Wall St. term. : SHR
6
Womankind, so Webster says. : WEAKERSEX
7
Entertainer. : ARTISTE
8
Gainsborough's river. : TRENT
9
Society page subject. : DEB
10
At all. : ANYTHING
11
Historic signature. : RELEE
12
Melodic syllables. : TRALA
13
Did a farm job. : SOWED
18
Brace. : TWO
22
Brazilian title. : DOM
25
Handle roughly. : MAUL
26
Air letter word. : AVION
27
Aquatic animal. : CRAB
28
___ heart (cares). : HASA
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Kind of Amalek. : AGAG
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Münden's river. : FULDA
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Composer Gaetano. : DONIZETTI
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Star performer. : DIVA
37
What "vidi" means. : ISAW
38
Business abbreviation. : ATTN
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Give confidence to. : REASSURE
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City SW of Warsaw. : LODZ
45
Semiannual event. : EQUINOX
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Be obliged to. : OWE
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Chronic agreers. : YESMEN
51
Minty drink. : JULEP
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Role in "The Sea Gull." : IRINA
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Try to make clear. : GETAT
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Springtime of life. : PRIME
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Equivocate. : LIE
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Prepare to take off. : TAXI
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Property claim. : LIEN
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Noun ending. : ENCE
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Apiece. : PER
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Currently popular: Colloq. : HOT

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

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