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New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1965

8-Down : Girl's nickname.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid is asymmetric.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,791
Across
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Arabic letter. : ALIF
5
Personnel. : STAFF
10
Cooling device. : FAN
13
"The ___ Love." : MANI
14
Mexican food. : CHILI
15
Clock. : TIME
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Whirring sound. : BIRR
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Eagerness. : ARDOR
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Greek goddess. : IRIS
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Architectural features. : STEEPLES
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Heavy ones get too heavy. : EATERS
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One of baby's first words. : DADA
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Confuses. : ADDLES
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Southwest wind. : AFER
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Stages. : DEGREES
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Steals: Slang. : SWIPES
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Thrice: Prefix. : TRIS
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Locomotive part. : CAB
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Skin excrescence. : WART
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Engineering feat. : CANAL
38
Biblical land. : SABA
39
Common verb. : ARE
40
Adventure tale. : SAGA
41
Fold on headgear. : LAPPET
43
Kind of signal. : DISTRESS
46
Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
47
Certain circus performers. : SEALS
48
Red deer. : HART
50
Recently. : OFLATE
52
Brilliant meteor. : FIREBALL
56
Spume. : FOAM
57
Scottish chief. : THANE
59
Seed covering. : ARIL
60
Large number. : MANY
61
One of the missiles. : TITAN
62
Famous soprano. : LIND
63
Old times, old style. : ELD
64
Fashionable. : SMART
65
Hangs back. : LAGS
Down
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Certain statesmen: Abbr. : AMBS
2
Milk: Fr. : LAIT
3
Businessman's Latin. : INRE
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Sign on a certain engine. : FIREDEPT
5
Term in cookery. : SCALD
6
Filament. : THREAD
7
Helps. : AIDS
8
Girl's nickname. : FLO
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School event. : FIREDRILL
10
Safety device. : FIREESCAPE
11
Eastern rulers. : AMIRS
12
TV character. : NESS
15
Negus, for one. : TITLE
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Reduce. : PARE
22
Drinks, with lemon, lime, etc. : ADES
24
Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
25
Medal. : AWARD
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Well-known summer resort. : FIREISLAND
28
Spirit lamps. : ETNAS
29
Angola's neighbor: Abbr. : SWA
30
Namesakes of an O'Hara. : SCARLETTS
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Seth's brother. : ABEL
34
Part of the "woodpile." : BAT
37
Matures. : AGES
38
Schoolboy's missile. : SPITBALL
40
Law: Abbr. : STAT
42
Haifa's neighbor. : ACRE
44
Less pleasing. : SEAMY
45
Where Babel was. : SHINAR
49
Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
50
"Some little talk awhile ___ and thee ... " : OFME
51
Young animal. : FOAL
52
___ Morgana. : FATA
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Melody. : ARIA
54
Fish. : LING
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Degrees. : LLDS
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Pronoun. : HIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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