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New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 1965

22-Down : Cuckoo.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,798
Across
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Ahmed Ben ___. : BELLA
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Follow. : TRAIL
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First words of a Foster song. : GONEARE
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Girl scout. : BROWNIE
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"___ Lifetime." : ONCEINA
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Tries anew. : RETESTS
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Italian number. : UNO
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Kind of hen. : CORNISH
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Liquid measures: Abbr. : PTS
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Former art cult. : DADA
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British guns. : STENS
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___ monster, large lizard. : GILA
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Negative verb form. : ARENT
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Hit movie, 1963. : HUD
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"Sally in our Alley" author. : CAREY
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What prunes are. : DRIED
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Transient workers. : FLOATERS
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"He loves me ___." : NOT
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Corn portion. : EAR
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Certain motorists. : SPEEDERS
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Angels and others. : TEAMS
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Hoffmann products. : TALES
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Purpose. : AIM
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Way up. : STAIR
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"Pictures ___ Exhibition." : ATAN
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Assistants. : AIDES
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Stake. : ANTE
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Wife. : MRS
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Bird: Prefix. : ORNITHO
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What the Sprats did. : ATE
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Beverage. : POTABLE
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Backed out. : RENEGED
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More viscous. : SLIMIER
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City on the Hudson. : YONKERS
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What a cat does (or doesn't). : SCATS
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Good earth. : LOESS
Down
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Hero of Anatole France novel. : BONNARD
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Cipher machine. : ENCODER
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Jackie's sister. : LEE
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Secular. : LAIC
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Peter and others. : ARNOS
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Rapunzel feature. : TRESS
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Susan Hayward role. : ROTH
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Wonder. : AWE
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What Muses do. : INSPIRE
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Big name in golf. : LITTLER
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Mild cheese. : GOUDA
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Satellite-launcher. : EARTH
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Great Dane's color. : BRINDLE
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Writings. : ESSAYS
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Pont ___, Seine bridge. : NEUF
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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Ship channel. : GAT
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Cultivates. : TENDS
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They "infest the day." : CARES
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Bambi's mother. : DOE
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Cereal grass. : OAT
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Athlete's aide. : TRAINER
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Collectors' items. : STAMPS
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Military groups. : PATROLS
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Pliable. : ELASTIC
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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African title. : SIDI
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Runs. : MANAGES
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Mothers' helpers. : SITTERS
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Suffix with geo, photo, etc. : METRY
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Clarinet parts. : REEDS
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Site of famous Roman ruins. : ARLES
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Hades. : SHEOL
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Newspaper item. : OBIT
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___ account. : ONNO
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"I ___ stranger here myself." : AMA
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Also: Archaic. : EKE

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

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