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New York Times, Thursday, April 22, 1965

5-Down : Locust.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,744
Across
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Spotted. : PIED
5
Happened. : CAMETOPASS
15
Vehicle. : TAXI
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Unrelenting. : INEXORABLE
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Spartan king, circa 400 B.C. : AGIS
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Earnest repentance. : CONTRITION
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Short-tempered ones. : HOTHEADS
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Nullifies a deletion, on proofs. : STETS
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Travel. : RIDE
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Brogan. : SHOE
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Bathhouse. : CABANA
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Throughway. : MAINROAD
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Mature. : OFAGE
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Appendage. : TAIL
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Nothing: Sp. : NADA
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May and others: Abbr. : MOS
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Fabric. : TWILL
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Flaxen fibers. : TOW
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Plant pod. : BOLL
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Espouses. : WEDS
41
___ citato. : OPERE
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Calms. : STEADIES
45
Trumpets. : BLARES
46
Famous James. : BOND
47
Then: Fr. : PUIS
48
Large bird. : HERON
51
Deteriorate. : GOTOSEED
55
Intercom phrase. : OVERANDOUT
58
Competent. : ABLE
59
Accessible. : PENETRABLE
60
Snatch. : GRAB
61
Prayers. : ENTREATIES
62
Centuries. : EONS
Down
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Egyptian god. : PTAH
2
Opera role. : IAGO
3
Subway sign. : EXIT
4
Kitchen need. : DISHRAG
5
Locust. : CICADA
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Pole of a battery. : ANODE
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___ sana in corpore sano. : MENS
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Type of phone: Abbr. : EXT
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Peak. : TOR
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Prayer. : ORISON
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Model. : PATTERN
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Rose's spouse. : ABIE
13
Pigeonhole. : SLOT
14
City in France. : SENS
20
German article. : EINE
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Jibs. : SAILS
24
Capitol ___. : HILL
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Curling crests of waves. : COMBS
26
In progress. : AFOOT
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Swiss canton. : BASLE
28
Yum-Yum and others. : MAIDS
29
Horse opera. : OATER
30
Worship. : ADORE
31
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
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Fabric. : TWEED
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One of the Gemini. : TWIN
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Workman. : LABORER
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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Excerpt. : PASSAGE
44
Give. : DONATE
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Rocky hills. : BUTTES
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Hen: Fr. : POULE
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Promise. : HOPE
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Smooth. : EVEN
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___ control. : RENT
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Vast area in Asia. : GOBI
52
River in Spain. : EBRO
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Verve. : ELAN
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Famous Social Democrat. : DEBS
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Former gov't agency. : NRA
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Grammatical case: Abbr. : DAT

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

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