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New York Times, Wednesday, November 3, 1965

18-Down : Bench.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,926
Across
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Basics. : ABCS
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Sound of dismissal. : SHOO
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Kind of date. : BLIND
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Dam. : MARE
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Peace prize winner, 1964. : KING
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Monkeylike creature. : LEMUR
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Hamelin VIP. : PIEDPIPER
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Baffle. : EVADE
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Exhibited. : STAGED
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Hidden hoards. : NESTEGGS
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Feline sound. : MEW
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Suffix with song or gab. : FEST
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Certain deer. : ROES
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Newspaper specialties. : MAPS
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Famous name in ballet. : MASSINE
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South Sea islands. : ARU
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Crop of a kind. : OATS
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Condition. : FETTLE
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Spanish princess. : INFANTA
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Cut. : SLASHED
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Golf club. : LOFTER
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Maple genus. : ACER
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Phrase of assent. : IDO
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Dutch humanist. : ERASMUS
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Study, in a way. : CRAM
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The same. : IDEM
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Kind of poker. : STUD
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City official: Abbr. : ALD
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Arranges (matters). : DISPOSES
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Like the top of a church. : SPIRED
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Stage direction. : ENTER
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Military command. : RIGHTFACE
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Win by ___. : ANOSE
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"___ penny ... " : ONEA
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Strong feeling. : FIRE
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Milk: Prefix. : LACTO
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Measurement: Abbr. : LGTH
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Bad neighborhood. : SLUM
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Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
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Cheese, perhaps. : BAIT
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Kind of dessert. : CREAMPUFF
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Cyperaceous plants. : SEDGES
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Slue about. : SKID
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Start of a cheer. : HIP
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Unity. : ONENESS
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Fairy tale character. : OGRESS
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Fruit decay. : BLET
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Young hares. : LEVERETS
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Adult insect. : IMAGO
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Jog. : NUDGE
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Kind of rehearsal. : DRESS
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Bench. : PEW
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Represses. : STIFLES
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Notes, bills, etc. : MAIL
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Pisa's river. : ARNO
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Glass flask for distilling. : MATRASS
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___ East. : NEAR
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Unusual person: Slang. : ONER
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Source of electric current. : THIRDRAIL
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Mother of Castor. : LEDA
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Biblical land. : EDOM
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Sometime item in a teapot. : ATEMPEST
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Gust of wind. : SCUD
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Diverting. : AMUSING
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Solid alcohol. : STEROL
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Sights at Dover. : CLIFFS
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Perfect. : IDEAL
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Sandy's negative. : DINNA
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Sword of old. : ESTOC
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Relevant. : APT
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Ruler. : SHAH
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Color. : ECRU
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Consider. : DEEM
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Bring. : GET

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

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