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New York Times, Wednesday, December 8, 1965

5-Down : Soi-disant description of 5 Across.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,961
Across
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Hautboy. : OBOE
5
Heep. : URIAH
10
Stay. : BIDE
14
Tiller. : HELM
15
Mineral mixture. : MAGMA
16
Indigo. : ANIL
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"Arabian Nights" dervish. : AGIB
18
Volleys of a kind. : BROADSIDES
20
Merrymakers. : REVELLERS
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Nitrogen. : AZOTE
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Studio. : ATELIER
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Street sound. : SIREN
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In the ___ of luxury. : LAP
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Chinese dynasty. : MING
28
Nonflying bird. : EMU
31
Clothes. : ATTIRE
34
Author of "The Red Shoes." : ANDERSEN
36
Author Anita. : LOOS
37
Western grassland. : RANGE
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Joyce's land. : EIRE
40
Importance. : EMPHASIS
42
Rose's largesse. : PETALS
44
Pershing's command. : AEF
45
Knowledge. : LORE
46
Greek letter. : ETA
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Draws. : LIMNS
49
Lures. : ENTICES
53
Like a house ___. : AFIRE
55
Reciprocal compliment. : TRADELAST
57
Public official. : MAGISTRATE
59
That ___ say. : ISTO
60
Name in journalism. : OCHS
61
Discover by accident. : HITON
62
Intimate. : NEAR
63
Holland: Abbr. : NETH
64
Disbursed. : SPENT
65
Jabberwocky word. : GYRE
Down
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Scarlett. : OHARA
2
Father. : BEGET
3
Source of an oil. : OLIVE
4
Ornament. : EMBELLISH
5
Soi-disant description of 5 Across. : UMBLEPERSON
6
Thinner. : RARER
7
Stravinsky. : IGOR
8
Piling up. : AMASSING
9
Partook of. : HAD
10
Coarse fabric. : BAIZE
11
Republic of islands. : INDONESIA
12
Fare. : DIET
13
Other. : ELSE
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Noncom: Colloq. : SARGE
21
False witness. : LIAR
25
Free. : INDEPENDENT
27
Residence of a kind. : MANSE
29
Blackbird. : MERL
30
French "ones." : UNES
31
Dice game: Lat. : ALEA
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Oversize volume. : TOME
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Highest ranking: Colloq. : TOPFLIGHT
35
Selling. : RETAILING
38
Runway. : AIRSTRIP
41
Egyptian dancing girls. : ALMES
43
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
48
Hibernian. : IRISH
49
Andrew Jackson's Sec. of War. : EATON
50
Big name in baseball. : CASEY
51
To be: Sp. : ESTAR
52
Temporary home for Santa. : STORE
53
Ram-headed god. : AMON
54
Semblance. : FACE
56
Word with first, second, etc. : RATE
58
Suffixes with four or six. : THS

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

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