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New York Times, Thursday, March 11, 1965

44-Down : ___ Isles.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,702
Across
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Caballero's home. : CASA
5
Kipling poem. : BOOTS
10
Rural sounds. : BAAS
14
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
15
English Derby town. : EPSOM
16
Wagnerian role. : ERDA
17
Baby girl: Sp. : NENA
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Auspicious. : LUCKY
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Dock area. : QUAY
20
Indian's hauling device. : TRAVOIS
22
Here and there. : AROUND
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Lowest card in pinochle. : NINE
25
Irish dramatist. : SYNGE
26
Avenges oneself. : GETSEVEN
29
Region of France. : ALSACE
33
Molecular particle. : ATOM
34
Greek god. : EROS
36
Attila, in German legend. : ETZEL
37
Calendar abbreviation. : MON
38
Fishing vessel. : TRAWLER
40
Yorkshire river. : URE
41
Dickens character. : URIAH
43
Federal agents. : TMEN
44
___-a-brac. : BRIC
45
Phrase of commiseration. : TOOBAD
47
Disciple. : ADHERENT
49
Skull protuberance. : INION
51
Baba and others. : ALIS
52
Gambles. : WAGERS
54
Like some fabrics. : KNITTED
57
Olympian. : HERA
58
Widespread destruction. : HAVOC
60
Jot. : IOTA
61
Today, in Italy. : OGGI
62
Sprightly. : AGILE
63
Type of nose. : SNUB
64
Yarn. : WOOL
65
Companion of ways. : MEANS
66
Fowl. : HENS
Down
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Jargon. : CANT
2
Yankee: Abbr. : AMER
3
City of the Alamo. : SANANTONIO
4
Reversion to the primitive. : ATAVISM
5
Man of faith. : BELIEVER
6
Composition. : OPUS
7
Man's name: Abbr. : OSC
8
Sweet wine. : TOKAY
9
Large Turkish port. : SMYRNA
10
Legacy. : BEQUEST
11
___ for one's money. : ARUN
12
Babylonian god. : ADAD
13
Surprised exclamation. : SAY
21
Undivided. : ONE
23
Rude flirt. : OGLER
25
Fragile piece of sculpture. : SNOWMAN
26
From A to Z. : GAMUT
27
Largest of the Kuriles. : ETORO
28
He was: Lat. : ERAT
30
Lapis lazuli. : AZURESTONE
31
Cork derivative: Chem. : CERIN
32
The chosen. : ELECT
35
Coaster. : SLED
38
Macbeth's title. : THANE
39
Makes greater, as in value. : ENHANCES
42
Second First Lady. : ABIGAIL
44
___ Isles. : BRITISH
46
Currency unit of Morocco. : DIRHAM
48
Whitney. : ELI
50
Missouri tributary. : OSAGE
52
"And away ___!" : WEGO
53
Mythical ship. : ARGO
54
Cologne. : KOLN
55
Vingt-___. : ETUN
56
Flounders. : DABS
57
Way of doing. : HOW
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___ Appia. : VIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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