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New York Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1965

10-Down : Come to grips with: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,940
Across
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Bubbling up. : AGUSH
6
Field: Lat. : AGER
10
House member: Abbr. : REP
13
Spanish playwright. : LORCA
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Teutonic goddess. : FREA
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W. W. II group. : AXIS
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Painter of ectomorphic women. : MODIGLIANI
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Analyze verse. : SCAN
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Babylonian sky god. : ANU
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Origin. : GERM
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___ sleep over. : LOSENO
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Locale of legend. : SLEEPYHOLLOW
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Some tires. : SPARES
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Many Mexicanos. : PEPES
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Weather satellite. : TIROS
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Bulba. : TARAS
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Doctrine. : ISM
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Gifts of a kind. : ALMS
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Scrap. : SHRED
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Exclamation of surprise. : HOHO
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Washington, for one: Abbr. : GEO
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Begets. : SIRES
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Element. : BORON
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Scope. : RANGE
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Taste and touch. : SENSES
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Late sleeper. : RIPVANWINKLE
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Declare positively. : ALLEGE
50
Short wool fiber. : NOIL
51
Hibernian group. : AOH
54
Filled cake: Fr. : FLAN
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Art lover for amusement. : DILETTANTE
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Ballet skirt. : TUTU
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Grapelike. : UVAL
60
Discover, as a solution: Colloq. : HITON
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Visit. : SEE
62
Hands: Colloq. : PAWS
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Letters. : ESSES
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Gluck. : ALMA
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Make an entrance. : GOON
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Hindustani. : URDU
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School subject: Abbr. : SCI
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Negotiates tediously. : HAGGLES
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Full of ardor. : AFIRE
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Member of the family: Colloq. : GRAMP
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Terminal. : RAILHEAD
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Come to grips with: Colloq. : RASSLE
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Longfellow's poetic injunctions. : EXCELSIORS
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Grand ___. : PIANO
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TV trouble. : SNOW
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Famous FFV. : LEES
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'Scuse, please! : OOPS
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Welcome signs to "angels." : SROS
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Historic town of Belgium. : YPRES
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Unaccompanied: Colloq. : STAG
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Nap. : PILE
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Specially hardened steel. : ARMORPLATE
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Lost deliberately: Colloq. : THREW
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Common verb. : ARE
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Blucher. : SHOE
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See 25 Down. : MONS
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Volunteered. : SIGNEDUP
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Catch. : SNAG
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___ cat. : BELLTHE
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Means of access. : AVENUE
44
Revue offering. : SKIT
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Large number: Colloq. : RAFT
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Drawing in a book: Abbr. : ILLUS
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Relative of a sort. : INLAW
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French fètes. : NOELS
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Leaf cutters. : ANTS
52
Oklahoma Indian. : OTOE
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Some birds. : HENS
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Ragweed genus. : IVA
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South American mammals. : AIS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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