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New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1965

1-Down : Pounce.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,983
Across
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Market. : SHOP
5
Gentle. : SOFT
9
Agena. : STAR
13
Decline. : WANE
14
Decoy. : LURE
15
Cathedrals of Italy. : DUOMI
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Not that good. : OVERRATED
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Ready for action: Colloq. : ONTAP
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Hour, in Rome. : ORA
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Ovine animals. : EWES
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Go ___ limb. : OUTONA
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Early Quaker family. : PENNS
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Dance. : RHUMBA
26
Important crop. : OATS
28
Diablerie. : EVILNESS
32
Diamondback. : RATTLESNAKE
35
O. Testament book: Abbr. : NEH
36
Olympics contestant. : ATHLETE
37
Windpipe. : TRACHEA
39
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
40
3-D picture. : STEREOGRAPH
42
Leech. : PARASITE
44
Poetic contraction. : NEER
45
California city. : SONORA
47
Valley of Greek myth. : NEMEA
50
Measuring, in a way. : PACING
53
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
55
Western alliance. : OAS
56
Ooze. : EXUDE
57
Musical offerings. : PARTSONGS
59
Matrimony and others. : RITES
60
Revise. : EDIT
61
Rosetta's river. : NILE
62
Functions. : USES
63
Club: Abbr. : ASSN
64
Vinegar: Prefix. : ACET
Down
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Pounce. : SWOOP
2
Port of France. : HAVRE
3
"Love ___ ... " : ONEANOTHER
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For each. : PER
5
Salad. : SLAW
6
External. : OUTER
7
Revive. : FRESHEN
8
One of the Kennedys. : TED
9
Florida look. : SUNTAN
10
African term for young animal. : TOTO
11
"I ___ American." : AMAN
12
River bank: Lat. : RIPA
15
Spy thriller figures. : DOUBLEAGENTS
17
The "jet set," for example. : RESTLESSONES
21
Greek letter: Var. : OMIKRON
23
Baseball league: Abbr. : NATL
25
Grape conserve. : UVATE
27
Unit of tableware. : SETTING
29
Relative of chromatic. : ENHARMONIC
30
Percolate. : SEEP
31
Jehan, for example. : SHAH
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Rough file. : RASP
33
___ boy! : ATTA
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Look after. : SEETO
38
Indian. : CREE
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Goes over again. : REREADS
43
Digressions. : ASIDES
46
Molding edge. : ARRIS
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Aquila. : EAGLE
49
Piece of property. : ASSET
50
Llama country. : PERU
51
Main line of motion. : AXIS
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Cunning. : CUTE
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Stenographer's abbreviation. : ATTN
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Shade of green. : PEA
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"All ___ summer's day." : ONA

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

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