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New York Times, Friday, November 26, 1965

24-Down : Guitar pick.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,949
Across
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Misbehave: Colloq. : ACTUP
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Belittle. : CHEAPEN
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One of the Marxes. : HARPO
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Advantage. : HEADSTART
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Use as one's own. : ADOPT
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Type of voice. : ALTOTENOR
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Tourist's choice. : SIDETRIP
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Single. : SOLE
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Auditor. : CPA
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Kind. : ILK
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Package. : PARCEL
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Fruity brandy. : CALVADOS
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Range of hills. : SIERRA
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Spinning. : AREEL
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N. Pacific isle. : ATTU
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Corsair ship of old. : XEBEC
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Droop. : LOLL
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Overflow. : SPILL
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Hell. : TOPHET
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Mother of Louis Napoleon. : HORTENSE
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19th cen. German historian. : RAUMER
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Mandrill. : APE
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Generation. : AGE
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Sound of satisfaction. : PURR
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Jazz theme. : RIFF
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Classic Bogart role. : SAMSPADE
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Vigorous. : ENERGETIC
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Dispirited one. : MOPER
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Publish, in a way. : SERIALIZE
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Oriental. : ASIAN
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Four-___ (captain in U.S.N.). : STRIPER
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Exclamations. : AHAS
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Eastern judges. : CADI
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Walked. : TROD
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High society: Colloq. : UPPERCRUST
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More eccentric, British style. : POTTIER
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Kind of stitching. : CHAIN
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Remedy. : HELP
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Devour. : EAT
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Commotion. : ADO
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Time abbreviation. : PST
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Gallic seasons. : ETES
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Dwarfish. : NANOID
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Hero of old-time boys' books. : ROLLO
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Journeys: Colloq. : TREKS
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Restful. : RELAXING
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Custody. : CARE
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Guitar pick. : PLECTRUM
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Salutation. : AVE
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O. T. book. : PSA
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River islet. : AIT
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Soften by soaking. : RET
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___ car. : CABLE
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Useful in many ways. : ALLPURPOSE
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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German physicist. : OHM
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Light-Horse Harry. : LEE
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Missive: Abbr. : LTR
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Size of coal. : PEA
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Rower. : OARSMAN
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Runs swiftly. : HARES
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Think, old style. : OPINE
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Alludes (to). : REFERS
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Gaited horse. : PACER
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Partly fused glass. : FRIT
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Dimension. : SIZE
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Upolu seaport. : APIA
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Exclamation of surprise. : DEAR
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Needlefish. : GAR
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Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
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Hint. : TIP

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

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