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New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1965

29-Down : Informal, as speech.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,809
Across
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The Forsyte story. : SAGA
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Frolic. : SPREE
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Ballet skirt. : TUTU
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Where Muscat is. : OMAN
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Exams. : ORALS
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___ about. : ONOR
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Features of "Jabberwocky." : NONCEWORDS
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Cobalt. : BLUE
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Russian astronaut. : TITOV
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Service charge. : FEE
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Like O'Neill's ape. : HAIRY
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City of California. : NAPA
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Scottish poet. : SCOTT
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TV outfit. : ABC
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Continuously. : NONSTOP
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Wee one. : ELF
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Foresters. : WOODSMEN
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Depict exactly. : MIRROR
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Auto part. : AXLE
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Out of the way. : ASIDE
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Rumanian city. : IASI
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Called out. : YELLED
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Be at odds. : DISAGREE
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Rialto sign. : SRO
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Echoes. : REPEATS
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Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
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As if. : QUASI
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"___ fan tutte." : COSI
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Leap over. : VAULT
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Delibes. : LEO
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Kept in reserve. : ONICE
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Stage direction. : EXIT
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Local speech. : VERNACULAR
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Movable property. : GEAR
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Seaport on Korea Strait. : PUSAN
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Evening: It. : SERA
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Kind of wheat. : SPELT
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Former spouses: Colloq. : EXES
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Part of "être." : SONT
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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Thomas Wolfe hero. : GANT
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Canal Zone town. : ANCON
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Strew. : SOW
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Treats irreverently. : PROFANES
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Seldom seen. : RARE
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The senior. : ELDEST
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Letter. : ESS
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Go ___ for (champion). : TOBAT
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Without affections of style. : UNLITERARY
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Excursion. : TOUR
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Nobelist in chemistry. : UREY
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English actor. : EVANS
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Shoshonean Indian. : HOPI
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Unguents. : POMADES
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Anchors: Naut. : COMESTO
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Indefinite distance: Dial. : AWAYS
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Dog. : BOXER
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Informal, as speech. : COLLOQUIAL
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Tricky: Slang. : SNIDE
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Also-ran. : LOSER
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French ___. : FRIES
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State: Abbr. : DEL
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Horse and buggy. : RIG
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Of a cleric. : DIACONAL
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Part of "esse." : ERAT
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Group: Abbr. : ASSOC
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Traffic jam. : PILEUP
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Excessive. : ULTRA
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Occupied. : INUSE
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Alpha Lyrae. : VEGA
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Conrad hero. : AXEL
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Holly. : ILEX
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Concern. : CARE
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Ages. : ERAS
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Govt. officials. : VPS
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Agent: Suffix. : ANT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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