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New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 1965

35-Down : Rum cakes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,805
Across
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Moving back and forth. : AWAG
5
Blemish. : STAIN
10
Kind of dance. : CLOG
14
Celebrity. : FAME
15
Veiling. : TULLE
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Obsidian. : LAVA
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Gadget. : THINGUMBOB
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Long time. : EON
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Western footballers. : RAMS
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Puzzling person. : RIDDLE
24
Seal Island, for example. : ROOKERY
26
Mixture. : HASH
27
Profit. : NET
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Failures: Slang. : WASHOUTS
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Where Palazzo Madama is. : TURIN
35
Reserve supply. : BANK
36
College event. : PROM
37
___ plaisir. : AVEC
38
Bear cat. : PANDA
39
Boy. : PAGE
40
Fume. : REEK
41
Well. : ABLY
42
Unworthy of. : BELOW
43
Chatter. : TALKAWAY
45
___ se. : PER
46
Dwellers in 45 Down. : NUNS
47
Japanese rifle. : ARISAKA
51
Herring. : SPRATS
54
V ___ victory. : ASIN
55
Propane. : GAS
56
Chemical suffix. : OLIC
57
Mythical monster. : HIPPOGRIFF
60
Dearth. : LACK
61
Willow tree. : OSIER
62
City on the Humboldt. : ELKO
63
Tints. : DYES
64
___ ante. : PENNY
65
Fruit. : PEAR
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Concerning. : AFTER
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Exuberant cry of the West. : WAHOO
3
___ acid. : AMINO
4
Army man: Abbr. : GEN
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Painter of Martha and George. : STUART
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___ ache. : TUMMY
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Vestments. : ALBS
8
Labor group. : ILO
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State. : NEBRASKA
10
Footwear of sorts. : CLODHOPPERS
11
Shortening. : LARD
12
Racecourse. : OVAL
13
Big blow. : GALE
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Verdant. : GREEN
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Suffix with cool or warm. : ISH
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Etagere items. : KNICKKNACKS
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Convenient. : HANDY
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Languidly. : WANLY
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River into the Caspian. : URAL
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Designating some cafeteria orders. : TOGO
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Merganser. : SMEW
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Dessert. : TART
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Lively dance. : REEL
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Rum cakes. : BABAS
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Store of a sort. : PAWNSHOP
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Existence. : BEING
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Self: Prefix. : AUT
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Cloister. : PRIORY
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Colorado resort. : ASPEN
48
Nimble. : AGILE
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Austrian novelist. : KAFKA
50
Concerning. : ASFOR
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Realty sign. : SOLD
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Frolic. : PLAY
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Cereal grass. : RICE
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Neat as ___. : APIN
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Verb-forming suffix. : ISE
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Party man: Abbr. : REP

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

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