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New York Times, Monday, June 14, 1965

12-Down : Somme's tributary.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,797
Across
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Humbugs. : FAKES
6
Letters. : MAIL
10
Twin. : DUAL
14
On the qui vive. : ALERT
15
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
16
Pride, wrath, ___ ... : ENVY
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Role in popular musical. : KINGARTHUR
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Make sound. : CURE
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One of the Leagues. : IVY
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Makes fast. : TIES
22
Table ___. : DHOTE
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Philosopher of a sort. : REALIST
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Cast out. : EJECT
27
Good hole card. : ACE
28
Shines. : GLISTENS
31
Piece of sculpture. : BUST
34
Historic city of France. : RHEIMS
36
Extent of rough water. : RIP
37
Shelley's sobriquet. : ARIEL
39
Legist: Abbr. : ATT
40
Girl's name. : ELENA
42
Container. : JAR
43
Bacchanalia. : ORGIES
46
"But ye have made it ___ of thieves." : ADEN
47
Native of Africa. : ALGERIAN
49
Favorable. : PRO
51
Fire. : ARDOR
52
Fish: Fr. : POISSON
56
Quirk. : TWIST
57
Campus building. : DORM
58
Brace. : TWO
59
Native of part of India. : GOAN
60
Like a cat's-eye. : OPALESCENT
63
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
64
Doing: Colloq. : UPTO
65
Where Taegu is. : KOREA
66
___ avail. : TONO
67
Vacation spots. : SPAS
68
Not moving. : INERT
Down
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Islamic ascetic. : FAKIR
2
Still in use. : ALIVE
3
Region on the Indian Ocean. : KENYA
4
Work unit. : ERG
5
See 68 Across. : STATIC
6
Sacred song. : MOTET
7
Teutonic exclamations. : ACHS
8
Printers' group. : ITU
9
Conrad hero. : LORDJIM
10
Boil down. : DECOCT
11
Not put in words. : UNUTTERED
12
Somme's tributary. : AVRE
13
Caustic. : LYE
18
Vertical pipe. : RISER
23
Region of Germany. : HESSE
25
Recently. : LATE
26
Choice. : ELITE
28
Arrive. : GETIN
29
Rush hour. : NINE
30
Bridge part. : SPAN
31
___ California. : BAJA
32
Orsk's river. : URAL
33
See 17 Across. : SIRGAWAIN
35
Handmaid of Sarah. : HAGAR
38
House of ___. : LORDS
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Part of Asia. : LAOS
44
Turbulent. : RIOTOUS
45
Gemmule. : SPORE
48
___ bragh. : ERINGO
50
___-Korsakov. : RIMSKI
52
Marco and others. : POLOS
53
Cubic meter. : STERE
54
Landlord. : OWNER
55
___ all. : NOTAT
56
Corrida animal. : TORO
57
Things known. : DATA
59
Prepared. : GOT
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Musical direction. : PPP
62
In opposition. : CON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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