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New York Times, Wednesday, May 5, 1965

4-Down : Merciful.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,757
Across
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Be quiet! : SHSH
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Grows light. : DAWNS
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Girl's nickname. : ABBY
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Hawaiian island. : OAHU
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Marriage. : UNION
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Genus of frogs. : RANA
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Type of stage star. : PRIMADONNA
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What rodents do. : GNAW
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Leaf of a calyx. : SEPAL
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Parts of golf clubs. : NECKS
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Nothing. : NIL
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___ even keel. : ONAN
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Grooved wheel. : SHEAVE
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Firemen's equipment. : LIFENET
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Unfavorable. : ADVERSE
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Noun suffix. : ENT
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Patio adjunct. : GRILL
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Town N. of Boston. : ATHOL
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Sound of laughter. : HAHA
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Pacific. : OCEAN
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Deal in. : SELL
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Know about: Scot. : KENOF
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Prayer. : AVE
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Officialism. : REDTAPE
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Walked on. : TRODDEN
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Accompany. : ESCORT
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Clock part. : DIAL
55
Sizes of shot. : BBS
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Son of Vespasian. : TITUS
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Dexterity. : SKILL
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Olympic god. : ARES
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Where Davy Crockett fell. : SANANTONIO
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Sailing vessel. : BARK
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Grand ___. : OPERA
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Experiment. : TEST
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Abominable snowman. : YETI
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Donkey. : NEDDY
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Wine center in Italy. : ASTI
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Oozes through. : SOPS
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Animal. : HARE
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Merciful. : HUMANE
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Flat failure: Slang. : DUD
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Pretty soon. : ANON
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Products of New York State. : WINES
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Casually indifferent. : NONCHALANT
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Moved sinuously. : SNAKED
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South American: Abbr. : ARG
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Newspaper specialties. : BANNERHEADLINES
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___ B'rith. : BNAI
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Jolly boat. : YAWL
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In the course of: Scot. : ALANG
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River in Yugoslavia. : SAVA
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Son of Agrippina. : NERO
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Legionnaires: Colloq. : VETS
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Popular composer. : LEHAR
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Fatuous. : INANE
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Item for a big parade. : TICKERTAPE
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Work out. : SOLVE
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Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
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Famous general. : LEE
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Mound builders. : ANTS
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Gare du ___. : NORD
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Finesse. : TACT
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Pass off (on). : FOIST
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Hemlock, for example. : POISON
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Former U.S. territory. : DAKOTA
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Made harmonious. : TUNED
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Kind of grand. : BABY
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Scottish slope. : BRAE
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Semiprecious stone. : SARD
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Agenda. : LIST
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French writer. : LOTI
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Runner. : SKI
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Word of refusal. : NAY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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