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New York Times, Tuesday, February 9, 1965

7-Down : Word of rue.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,672
Across
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Levantine city. : GAZA
5
Decree. : FIAT
9
Master strokes. : COUPS
14
Subject of Spanish love song. : AMOR
15
Baseless. : IDLE
16
Beginning. : ONSET
17
What Oliver Twist asked for. : MORE
18
Get as a recompense. : REAP
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Practical: Obs. : UTILE
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Soon. : ANON
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Simpler. : EASIER
23
Fresh. : NEW
24
Science group: Abbr. : AAAS
26
Foolish affection. : DOTAGE
28
Fogy. : MOSSBACK
32
Jesuits: Abbr. : SJS
33
Pass the ___. : HAT
34
Foreign. : ALIEN
36
Iron: Ger. : EISEN
40
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
41
Certain weights. : NETTONS
43
Refrain word. : TRA
44
Cremona product, for short. : STRAD
46
Brilliancy. : ECLAT
47
Skate. : RAY
48
Slangy exclamation. : BOY
50
Beneficiaries of the Poverty Bill. : HAVENOTS
52
Got as a recompense. : EARNED
55
Power. : IRON
56
Beaver. : FUR
57
Automobile part. : SPRING
60
Operatic prince. : IGOR
63
Port of Israel. : ELATH
65
There is: Fr. : ILYA
66
Parlor: Sp. : SALA
67
Vive ___! : LEROI
68
Magpie. : PIET
69
Colleen's land. : ERIN
70
First word of Civil War song. : TRAMP
71
Satiate. : SATE
72
Air of sorts. : SMOG
Down
1
Vasco da ___. : GAMA
2
Egyptian deity. : AMON
3
Persian religious leader. : ZOROASTER
4
Amphitheatres. : ARENAS
5
Retailing maneuver. : FIRESALE
6
Plan of action. : IDEA
7
Word of rue. : ALAS
8
Halfhearted. : TEPID
9
Comedian, old style. : COURTJESTER
10
Canadian province: Abbr. : ONT
11
Consuming. : USING
12
Volcano of Martinique. : PELEE
13
Dither. : STEW
22
Dawn goddess. : EOS
25
Naval command. : ABANDONSHIP
27
"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
28
Electrical units. : MHOS
29
Kiln. : OAST
30
Quote. : CITE
31
Sailing craft. : KETCH
35
Felix Arndt piece. : NOLA
37
Using physical force: Colloq. : STRONGARM
38
Word in Q.E.D. : ERAT
39
Certain votes. : NAYS
42
Use a sextant. : NAVIGATE
45
Shortened: Abbr. : ABR
49
Affirmative, country style. : YEP
51
Bangs. : NOISES
52
Swiss scientist. : EULER
53
Kind of bird. : ARARA
54
Rainy day sounds. : DRIPS
56
Hat. : FELT
58
Dorsal bones. : ILIA
59
Familiar negative. : NYET
61
Potpourri. : OLIO
62
Tolled. : RANG
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Jerry's pal. : TOM

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