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New York Times, Tuesday, November 16, 1965

50-Down : Large crowd.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,939
Across
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"Heartbreak House" writer. : SHAW
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Dresser cloth. : SCARF
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Cabinet member. : RUSK
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Enterprise: Colloq. : PUSH
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Language of Madras. : TAMIL
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Towards: Poet. : UNTO
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Yucca's relative. : ALOE
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Bread-and-circuses setting. : ARENA
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Pencil of a kind. : STUB
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TV documentary's voice. : NARRATOR
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In comparison with. : BESIDE
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Fragrant oleoresin. : ELEMI
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Steam generator part. : BOILER
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Lose self-control: Colloq. : GOWILD
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Site of a Wall, circa 1600. : CHINA
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Expiate. : ATONE
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Recent visitor to New York. : PAUL
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Cathedral part. : NAVE
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First-of-the-month item. : RENT
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Not bright or clean. : DINGY
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Small measure. : DRAM
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Shower. : BATH
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Meteor's streak. : TRAIL
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Tree with red berries. : ELDER
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Good-looking. : SEEMLY
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Like some diamonds. : FLAWED
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Predominant qualities. : ODORS
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Fashioned anew. : REDONE
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Ticket of a kind. : TRANSFER
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Fini. : OVER
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Machine part. : ROTOR
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Eurytus' daughter. : IOLE
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Enumerate. : TELL
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Pupil: Fr. : ELEVE
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Move forward. : NOSE
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Take notice of. : HEED
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Threw down the gauntlet. : DARED
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Very willing. : GLAD
Down
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Reach across. : SPAN
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Wahine's specialty. : HULA
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Surprised exclamation. : WHEREINTHEWORLD
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Declared. : STATED
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Billiard shot. : CAROM
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Standardbred horse. : AMERICANTROTTER
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Tenth of a sen. : RIN
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In a limp way. : FLABBILY
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Menu item. : RUSSIANDRESSING
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Before (used with a negative). : UNTIL
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Campus man: Slang. : STUDE
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Author Arthur. : KOBER
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River of Poland. : ALLE
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A thousand ages. : EON
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Habit. : GARB
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Great Barrier Island. : OTEA
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Usage. : WONT
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"Ruy Blas" novelist. : HUGO
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Useful wood. : PINE
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Ancient Syria. : ARAM
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Telephone pioneer. : VAIL
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Dickens character. : EMLY
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Progressed unsteadily. : DODDERED
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Marine bird. : TERN
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Man's nickname. : LEN
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Towered. : SOARED
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Bubbles. : FROTH
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Embankment. : LEVEE
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Girl's name. : ADELE
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Large crowd. : DROVE
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Speak in jest. : FOOL
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Lohengrin's bride. : ELSA
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Musical instrument. : REED
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Wave, in Spain. : OLA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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