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New York Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1965

28-Down : Port of Puerto Rico.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,735
Across
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Packed (away). : STOWED
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Pay ___. : LOAD
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On the way. : OFF
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Insensitivity of a kind: Slang. : TINEAR
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Earthern jar. : OLLA
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Pasture sound. : MOO
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City in New York. : ELMIRA
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Street noise. : BACKFIRE
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Count. : PEER
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Existed. : WAS
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Main arteries. : AORTAS
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Member of the social whirl. : DEBUTANTE
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Vichy, for one. : SPA
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Seaweed. : VAREC
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Companions of pains. : ACHES
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Vehicles circa 1900. : HORSECARS
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Kind of nut. : KOLA
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Reveal. : UNMASK
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Newspaper department. : COLUMN
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Kiltie. : SCOT
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Well again. : RECOVERED
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Cookery items. : HERBS
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"What's in ___?" : ANAME
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Elders: Abbr. : SRS
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Pacifiers. : APPEASERS
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Friendly. : AMICAL
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Hansom. : CAB
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Campus event. : PROM
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One kind of driver. : BACKSEAT
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The dawn. : AURORA
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Poetic form. : ODE
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Horse. : MARE
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Pancakes: Fr. : CREPES
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Moreover. : YES
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African village. : STAD
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Genuflects. : KNEELS
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Glissade, for one. : STEP
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Flooring. : TILE
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"The joke's ___." : ONME
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Ghostly. : WEIRD
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Shell shape. : EAR
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Objectionable feature. : DRAWBACK
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Crustacean. : LOBSTER
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Highway of 1912. : ALCAN
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North ___. : DAKOTA
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Leave out. : OMIT
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___ song. : FORA
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Hostiles. : FOES
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Small spot. : FRECKLE
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Atmosphere. : AURA
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Times. : EVES
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Bookkeeper's abbreviation. : ACS
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Quiet! : SHUSH
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Port of Puerto Rico. : PONCE
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Vehicles such as tanks. : ARMOR
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Time periods. : HOURS
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Gantry. : ELMER
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Shores. : SANDS
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Reclined. : SATBACK
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Witty answer: Slang. : COMEBACK
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Finished. : OVER
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Scottish arctic explorer. : RAE
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Decreed. : ENACTED
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Italian house. : CASA
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Sudden fits of activity. : SPASMS
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Kick ___. : PLEAT
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Berlin's river. : SPREE
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"___ for you ... " : ABOY
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Invented. : MADE
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Frosts. : ICES
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Mountaineer's need. : ROPE
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Russian city. : OREL
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Assemble. : MASS
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Macaw. : ARA
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Footed vase. : URN

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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