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New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 1965

5-Down : The Marines.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,673
Across
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Pointers. : DOGS
5
Sports mentor. : COACH
10
Large number. : HOST
14
Cassowary's cousin. : EMEU
15
TV dragon. : OLLIE
16
Aleutian isle. : ATTU
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R.A.F. member. : BOMBARDIER
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Time. : NOON
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Even chance. : TOSSUP
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Builder of the Suez Canal. : LESSEPS
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Moot question. : ISSUE
26
Retainer. : FEE
27
German town. : STADT
30
Insipid. : SAVORLESS
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Teapot cover. : COZY
36
Mojave. : DESERT
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Language: Abbr. : LAT
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Gallery displays. : ART
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Shields. : DEFENDS
40
Intimation. : CUE
41
Road map abbreviation. : RTE
42
Baffles. : ELUDES
43
Piece of land. : SITE
44
Apparent worth. : FACEVALUE
46
First name in the news. : FIDEL
47
Softly. : LOW
48
Lordly. : PROUD
50
Country in the headlines. : VIETNAM
54
Lubricant. : GREASE
58
Ship of myth. : ARGO
59
Service organization. : ROTARYCLUB
62
Region of Europe. : SAAR
63
Flee, in a way. : ELOPE
64
"Three men in ___." : ATUB
65
Inside: Prefix. : ENDO
66
Balkan people. : SERBS
67
Ovine animals. : RAMS
Down
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National ___. : DEBT
2
1847 novel. : OMOO
3
Museum pieces. : GEMS
4
Money of a sort. : SUBSIDY
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The Marines. : CORPS
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Hoary. : OLD
7
Brother of Cassim. : ALI
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Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
9
Beef cattle. : HEREFORDS
10
Opera role. : HANSEL
11
Tribe of Sioux. : OTOE
12
Block. : STOP
13
Containers. : TUNS
18
Part of Europe: Abbr. : AUST
22
Murals by a Spanish painter. : SERTS
24
Beneficial. : USEFUL
25
Moderated. : EASEDUP
27
Runner. : SCARF
28
Spanish cake. : TORTA
29
Montezuma. : AZTEC
31
Gloss. : VENEER
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Heston role. : ELCID
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Cook. : SAUTE
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Building material. : STEEL
36
Algonquian Indians. : DELAWARES
39
Where Plymouth is. : DEVON
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Motorcycle attachment. : SIDECAR
45
Ferdinand, for one. : ELTORO
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One of a mythical trio. : FURY
49
Bugaboos. : OGRES
50
Household ornament. : VASE
51
Where Meshed is. : IRAN
52
Old oath. : EGAD
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Jetty. : MOLE
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Where Calgary is: Abbr. : ALTA
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___ cuique (to each one his own): Lat. : SUUM
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Abates. : EBBS
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Rocky pinnacle. : TOR
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Police term: Abbr. : APB

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

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