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New York Times, Tuesday, May 4, 1965

5-Down : Inflate.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,756
Across
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Enter. : GOIN
5
Shakespearean role. : PARIS
10
Goucho's weapon. : BOLA
14
River in Normandy. : ORNE
15
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
16
Regrets. : RUES
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In the open. : OUTOFDOORS
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Deseret state. : UTAH
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Yorkshire stream. : URE
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Get out of bed. : ROUSE
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Serpentine. : SNAKY
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Removed, in a way. : TORNOUT
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Inexperienced. : GREEN
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Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
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Nonmember. : OUTSIDER
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Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
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Bay, for example. : INLET
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Aficionado's cry. : OLE
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Quarrel: Slang. : RUNIN
38
Students' org. : NSA
39
Helpful. : OFUSE
41
Fuel. : GAS
42
___ Mongolia. : OUTER
44
Much-used abbreviation. : ETAL
45
Direct. : OUTRIGHT
47
Sea dog. : TAR
49
Mazo de la ___. : ROCHE
50
Gathering. : TURNOUT
54
Armistice. : TRUCE
56
Gum tree of Australia. : KARRI
58
School group. : PTA
59
Tom's friend. : HUCK
60
Characteristic peculiarities. : INSANDOUTS
62
Stake. : ANTE
63
For the ___. : NONCE
64
Applications. : USES
65
Way out ___. : WEST
66
Suit fabric. : TWEED
67
___ out (weary). : TIRE
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Become passé. : GOOUT
2
City in Bolivia. : ORURO
3
Among: Lat. : INTER
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Recent: Prefix. : NEO
5
Inflate. : PADOUT
6
Here and there. : ABOUT
7
Creeks, in Italy. : RIOS
8
Out of the ordinary. : IRREGULAR
9
Science degrees. : SDS
10
British region of Borneo. : BRUNEI
11
Absolute. : OUTANDOUT
12
___ out, as news. : LEAK
13
Wan. : ASHY
18
Out of. : FROM
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Sixth, in Italy. : SESTO
24
Fascist. : NAZI
26
Map abbreviation. : RTE
28
Beginning. : ONSET
29
Mrs. Laughton. : ELSA
30
Rod's partner. : REEL
31
Therefore. : ERGO
32
Kauai cookout. : LUAU
33
Teaches. : INSTRUCTS
34
Having special information. : INTHEKNOW
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Cut ___. : NOICE
40
Plant. : FERN
43
Phew! : UGH
46
Jupiter, for one. : ROCKET
47
___ in (retired). : TURNED
48
Dried out. : ARID
50
Outline. : TRACE
51
Composer's first work. : OPUSI
52
See 11 Down. : UTTER
53
Café cup. : TASSE
54
___ out (melt). : THAW
55
Teutonic character. : RUNE
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Editor's org. : ASNE
60
Banker's abbreviation. : INT
61
Baseball term. : OUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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