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New York Times, Saturday, April 24, 1965

5-Down : Movie takes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,746
Across
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Rabbit's tail. : SCUT
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Clip. : SHEAR
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___ quam videri. : ESSE
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Dry bed of a stream. : WASH
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Attractive girl: Colloq. : CUTIE
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Speeds: Abbr. : MPHS
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Term of understanding. : ISEE
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Safari's quarry. : ELAND
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Support. : PROP
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Subject of theory in economics. : MARGINALUTILITY
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Persons. : ONES
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"Who ___ my side?" : ISON
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Ann and others. : ARBORS
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"For me ___ ... " : ANDMYGAL
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Importune. : TEASE
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Joints. : KNEES
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Refrain syllable. : TRA
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Tonsure area. : PATE
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Chats. : COZES
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___ accompli. : FAIT
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Herr's lamentation. : ACH
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Menu item. : SALAD
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Carriage. : POISE
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Accented. : RHYTHMIC
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Pad of loose-leaf paper. : FILLER
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Suffix with lord or leader. : SHIP
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Steep slope. : BANK
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Orange and others. : SECONDARYCOLORS
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Object of a crush. : IDOL
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Waken. : ROUSE
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Where East Liverpool is. : OHIO
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Sufficiently advanced. : RIPE
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Not decided. : UNSET
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Mansard. : ROOF
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Marthe and Agatha: Abbr. : STES
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Western features. : MESAS
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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Dip. : SWIM
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___ Grande, Arizona monument. : CASA
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Benefiter. : USER
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"___ hangs high." : THEGOOSE
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Movie takes. : SCENES
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Dances of Maui. : HULAS
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Primitive Japanese. : AINU
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Invasions of certain algae. : REDTIDES
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Utilize. : EMPLOY
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Leaping insect. : SPRINGTAIL
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Photograph. : SHOT
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Notice. : ESPY
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Concerning. : INRE
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Systems. : ISMS
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Wall Street term. : ATPAR
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Get in touch with. : REACH
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Piccard's underwater craft. : BATHYSCOPE
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Fighting Australian. : ANZAC
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Deficiency. : NEED
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Loom up. : ARISE
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Procrastinator's word. : LATER
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Hindu caste. : KOLI
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National Guard H.Q., at Great Bend, N.Y. : CAMPDRUM
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Legend. : FOLKLORE
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Cut of meat. : SHIN
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Spanish tree. : PINO
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Oar fulcrums. : THOLES
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Aspects. : FACETS
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" ... and two if ___." : BYSEA
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Salutation. : SIRS
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Rewrite, perhaps. : EDIT
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Tops. : AONE
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Muscovite. : RUSS
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Guffaws. : OHOS
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Uprising. : RIOT
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Love seat. : SOFA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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