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New York Times, Friday, April 2, 1965

12-Down : Protuberance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,724
Across
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Very large. : JUMBO
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Germanic affirmative. : JAJA
10
Rooters. : FANS
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Believer: Suffix. : ARIAN
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Musical work. : OPUS
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Run ___. : AMOK
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Literary light. : DANTE
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Trifle. : IOTA
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Moslem judge. : CADI
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High spirits. : ELATION
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Meaningful name. : EPITHET
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Corrects and amends. : EDITS
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Alike: Prefix. : ISO
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Not stimulating. : BANAL
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Tedious repetition. : MONOTONE
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Son of Jacob. : DAN
35
Begin. : SETIN
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Craze. : FUROR
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Wading bird. : IBIS
40
Like some roads. : RUTTY
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Heat-resistant mineral. : MICA
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Bristles: Bot. : SETAE
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Ran, in England. : STOOD
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Querying sounds. : EHS
48
Party of a kind. : CLAMBAKE
50
Alpine song: Var. : YODLE
52
Theater sign. : SRO
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Ensnare. : NOOSE
55
Tenor. : PURPORT
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"A poem lovely ___ ... " : ASATREE
63
Suffix in "eye" words. : OPIA
64
Praise highly: Colloq. : TOUT
66
Judges. : DEEMS
67
Memorable singer. : LIND
68
Miracle drug. : ACTH
69
Bit of gossip. : ONDIT
70
Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
71
Achieves with effort. : EKES
72
Market. : STORE
Down
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Color. : JADE
2
Eurasian range. : URAL
3
Kind of bird. : MINA
4
Thrive (on). : BATTEN
5
Indians. : ONEIDAS
6
Elbow. : JOINT
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Part of a military address. : APO
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Rope fiber. : JUTE
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Neat ___. : ASAPIN
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Handy man. : FACTOTUM
11
Indian nursemaid. : AMAH
12
Protuberance. : NODE
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Type of performance. : SKIT
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Machine shop worker. : OILER
23
___ two minds (feels undecided). : ISOF
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In love. : SMITTEN
27
Tumult. : BABEL
28
Novelist Loos. : ANITA
30
Upon. : ONTO
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Bay window. : ORIEL
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Night, in Spain. : NOCHE
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Historic times. : ERAS
34
Circular object. : DISC
36
Tooth. : TUSK
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Memorable Bogart role. : SAMSPADE
41
Certain toys. : YOYOS
44
Spanish river. : EBRO
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Square dance maneuver. : DOSADOS
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Arteries. : AORTAE
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Catch in a lock. : DETENT
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Courtroom activities. : OATHS
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Port of Yugoslavia. : POLA
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___ arms. : UPIN
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Surround. : RING
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Clock sound. : TOCK
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Make over. : REDO
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Moslem prince. : EMIR
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Town s. w. of Padua. : ESTE
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Indian. : UTE

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2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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