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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

TALL TIMBER

New York Times, Sunday, April 25, 1965

12-Down : Soap plants.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.48, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 593 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,747
Across
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Shade trees. : ASHES
6
Deep sleep. : SOPOR
11
Famous spa. : BADEMS
17
Loud sound. : BLARE
18
Shuddered. : QUAKED
20
Size of type. : EMERALD
22
Bertholletia excelsa. : BRAZILNUTTREE
24
Raider. : FORAGER
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Bird. : RAVEN
26
Shoshonean. : UINTA
27
M.P.'s concerns. : AWOLS
29
Former part of Indonesia: Abbr. : NEI
30
Nobility: Ger. : ADEL
31
Before vier. : DREI
32
Revere. : ADORE
33
Play in a game. : MOVE
34
Part of a sentence. : VERB
35
Common sense. : WITS
36
U. N. postal agency: Abbr. : UPU
37
Balances. : SCALES
39
Takes on. : ASSUMES
41
Of religious rites. : SACRAL
44
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
45
Lariat: Sp. : REATA
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Customary courses. : ROUNDS
49
Humbug. : SHAM
51
___ Peninsula. : BALKAN
54
Moslem lady. : BEGUM
56
"___ willin'." : BARKISIS
59
Until now. : ASYET
60
Wicked. : FELON
61
Forbid. : VETO
62
Practice an art. : ETCH
63
Geographical abbreviation. : MTN
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"___ With You." : YOUCANTTAKEIT
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N. Z. woody vine. : AKA
69
Former town on the Danube. : BUDA
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Vibrato: Mus. abbr. : TREM
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Hindu queens. : RANIS
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Considered. : RATED
75
Hornbeam. : IRONWOOD
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Bewitching. : SIREN
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Olive's man. : POPEYE
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O'Neill role. : ANNA
80
Sinecure of a sort. : RACKET
82
Lively dance. : GALOP
84
Notch. : JAG
85
Brought up. : RAISED
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Supplant. : REPLACE
91
Repeats. : QUOTES
94
Irritate. : IRE
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Biblical word of contempt. : RACA
97
Big birds. : EMUS
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Exclamations of distaste. : UGHS
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Article of food. : VIAND
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Strip of wood. : LATH
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Curbs. : BITS
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Resembling: Suffix. : EAN
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Dye. : HENNA
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Relish. : GUSTO
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Part of a refrain. : TRALA
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Opens. : UNSEALS
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U. S. naval station. : GUANTANAMOBAY
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Descendant of Esau. : EDOMITE
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Like Horace's poetry. : EPODIC
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Cries out loud. : BAWLS
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Sock. : ANKLET
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Spruce up. : SLICK
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Queen ___ lace. : ANNES
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Rubs off. : ABRADES
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Certain old-time ships. : SLAVERS
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Shirley Booth role. : HAZELBURKE
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Snakeless land. : ERIN
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Musical piece: Abbr. : SEL
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Jet. : SQUIRT
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Externality. : OUTNESS
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Baroness Cederström. : PATTI
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Vegetable. : OKRA
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Arikara. : REE
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Approve of. : BEFOR
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Soap plants. : AMOLES
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Certain words: Abbr. : DERS
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Age: Sp. : ERA
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Mississippi. : MAGNOLIASTATE
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Up one's ___. : SLEEVE
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Wooden, as an expression. : DEADPAN
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Desiccates. : DRIES
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Cheer for a prima donna. : BRAVA
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One kind of colony. : NUDIST
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"The Man Who ___." : WOULDBEKING
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Gold: Lat. : AURUM
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Number five iron. : MASHIE
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Alienate. : WEAN
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Butt. : CASK
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Substantial. : MEATY
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Gaseous element. : ARGON
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Lands. : COUNTRIES
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Beginner. : ABECEDARIAN
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Cloys. : SATES
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Disney character. : MICKEY
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Disney film. : BAMBI
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River s. of Rome. : ASTURA
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V.I.P. : LYNDONJOHNSON
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Babylonia's neighbor. : ELAM
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Vive le ___. : ROI
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Darken. : SHADE
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Rage. : FUROR
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Sail of a windmill. : VANE
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Siouan. : OTO
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French pastry. : TARTE
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Company. : TROOP
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Benefice payments. : ANNATS
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___ Betty. : APPLEBROWN
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Carry on. : WAGE
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Glided in a certain way. : SKIED
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Petition. : PLEA
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Slaughter. : CARNAGE
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Magistrate in anc. Athens. : ARCHON
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Extreme. : DRASTIC
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Obliging. : AMIABLE
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Pirate's weapon. : CUTLASS
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Try. : ESSAY
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Braid. : QUEUE
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Sudan's neighbor. : UGANDA
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Slender and graceful. : SVELTE
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Storm. : ATTACK
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Put in. : INSET
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Monday, in France. : LUNDI
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Cheer. : HAIL
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Old Bailey. : GAOL
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Type of special agent. : TMAN
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Estmark: Abbr. : EMK
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Good times. : UPS
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Arab garment. : ABA

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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