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New York Times, Friday, December 17, 1965

23-Down : Hams, on French menus.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,970
Across
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Rumple: Colloq. : MUSS
5
Site: Abbr. : LOCN
9
States further. : ADDS
13
Storied canine. : ASTA
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College hall. : AULA
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Bounds. : LEAPS
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Table extension. : LEAF
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Something to wear. : WRAP
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Remnant. : SCRAP
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Cathedral features. : ORGANS
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Italian pottery. : MAJOLICA
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Sooner than. : ERE
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Mallorca or Menorca. : ISLA
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Won a tennis serve. : ACED
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Victor Herbert composition. : INDIANSUMMER
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Labor group. : CIO
32
Gremlin. : IMP
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German author. : BRECHT
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Formal defense. : APOLOGY
40
Gallic greeting. : BONSOIR
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Gull-like. : LARINE
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"Hoot ___!" : MON
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Not sing. : PLU
44
Close shave. : NARROWSQUEAK
48
Wild plum. : SLOE
51
Physicist's concern. : IONS
52
Ceramic piece. : URN
53
Dealer. : MERCHANT
55
Place for last year's dress. : RAGBAG
58
City of Japan. : OTARU
59
Fish. : DACE
61
Island of exile. : ELBA
62
Automaton, from the Hebrew. : GOLEM
63
Responsibility. : ONUS
64
Not binding. : NULL
65
Reading matter. : NEWS
66
Kitchen staple. : SALT
67
River of England. : TEES
Down
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Saint-___. : MALO
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Customer. : USER
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Rialto feature. : STAGEDOOR
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Caravan. : SAFARI
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Principles. : LAWS
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"___ Town." : OUR
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Refuses to talk: Slang. : CLAMSUP
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Incendiary material. : NAPALM
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As well. : ALSO
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Bids, in bridge. : DECLARES
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Ancient coin of Persia. : DARIC
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Exploration area. : SPACE
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Miner's nail. : SPAD
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Educators' group. : NEA
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Hams, on French menus. : JAMBONS
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"The Lord ___ shepherd ... " : ISMY
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Adjective suffix. : ICAL
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Asiatic palm. : NIPA
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African nation. : NIGERIA
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Sea bird. : ERN
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Color, for short. : COPENBLUE
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"Eyes," as of beans: Bot. : HILA
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Isle of the Carolines. : TRUK
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Jet servicers. : LINECREW
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Stop ___ dime. : ONA
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Polite greetings. : BOWS
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Where the bitterroot grows. : MONTANA
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Sonata movements. : RONDOS
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Sine ___ non. : QUA
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Pressing. : URGENT
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Urban problem. : SMOG
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Pretend: Colloq. : LETON
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Pontifical vestment. : ORALE
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Drones. : HUMS
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The others. : REST
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See 27 Down. : ABLE
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Quantities: Abbr. : GALS
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___-de-sac (blind alley). : CUL

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

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