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New York Times, Wednesday, February 17, 1965

61-Down : Ball of yarn.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,680
Across
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Coolidge Dam river. : GILA
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Commandment word. : SHALT
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Hair: Prefix. : PILI
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Former Swedish king. : ERIC
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Shaded retreat. : BOWER
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Burden. : ONUS
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Assume an identity. : MASQUERADE
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Door part. : SILL
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Organization. : SETUP
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Posture in ballet dancing. : ARABESQUE
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Strove (to). : AIMED
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Place. : LIEU
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Growing in high altitudes. : ALPINE
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Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
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Gremlin. : IMP
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Gaelic name. : SEAN
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Israeli port. : ACRE
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Laboratory substance. : ESTER
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Cracker. : SALTINE
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Opening section. : PARTONE
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Volcanic earth. : TRASS
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Cook. : BOIL
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Principle. : RULE
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Roget entry: Abbr. : SYN
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Journey. : TOUR
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Resident of 32 Down. : EDISON
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Sally. : QUIP
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The number ten. : DECAD
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Cut short. : TRUNCATED
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School. : TEACH
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Portuguese money. : REIS
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Geometric figure. : QUADRANGLE
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Tolstoi heroine. : ANNA
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Dark. : UNLIT
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Assemblage. : CREW
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Nosegay. : POSY
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Relieves. : EASES
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Open wide. : YAWN
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Tourmalines. : GEMS
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"Dies ___." : IRAE
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Bordering strip. : LIST
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Informs. : ACQUAINTS
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Helmsman's direction. : SBE
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Goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
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Judge, as of a contest. : AWARDER
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Castor's mother. : LEDA
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High-pitched. : TREBLE
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Western group. : POSSE
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Unjust. : INIQUITOUS
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Girl of song. : LULU
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Wight. : ISLE
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___ the air. : UPIN
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Sea duck. : EIDER
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Signify. : MEAN
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Staff members: Abbr. : ASSTS
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Suspicious: Colloq. : LEARY
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Litters of the Orient. : PALANQUINS
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Military cap. : KEPI
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___ Park, N. J. village. : MENLO
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Adorn (oneself). : PREEN
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One of Visayan Islands. : CEBU
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Harshness of voice. : STRIDENCY
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Suffix with art and real. : ISTIC
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Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
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Severe trials. : ORDEALS
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Obscure. : OPAQUE
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Important information. : DATA
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Recant. : UNSAY
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Cantor. : EDDIE
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Spider's web, for one. : TRAP
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Italian river. : RENO
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Game fish. : TUNA
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Indian carpet. : AGRA
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Ball of yarn. : CLEW
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Cut. : HEWN
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Certain football players: Abbr. : RTS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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