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New York Times, Wednesday, June 9, 1965

27-Down : Maiden captured by Hercules.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,792
Across
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November birthstone. : TOPAZ
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Dear: It. : CARA
10
Region on the China Sea. : ANAM
14
Cottonwood. : ALAMO
15
"Tale of ___," Swift satire. : ATUB
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Food staple of Pacific islands. : TARO
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Opera role. : MANON
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Youth of Greek myth. : NARCISSUS
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Warehouse: Fr. : ENTREPOT
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English hymnist. : NEALE
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Son of Laius and Jocasta. : OEDIPUS
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Winds. : GALES
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Mr. Tappertit in "Barnaby Rudge." : SIM
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Iron sulfide. : PYRITE
30
Sheer linen. : TOILE
33
Gold rush region of 1897-98. : KLONDIKE
38
Yearbook. : ALMANAC
41
Plods. : TRUDGES
42
Unmitigated. : DEEPDYED
44
Feudal slaves. : ESNES
45
Heroine of "The Raven." : LENORE
48
Unfold: Poet. : OPE
49
Beauty. : BELLE
53
Wastrel. : TRIFLER
56
Sobriquet. : ALIAS
57
Garbo role. : MATAHARI
60
Where Pretoria is. : TRANSVAAL
63
Of less importance. : MINOR
64
At approximately: Abbr. : CIRC
65
Contracted negative. : ISNT
66
Man with a mike. : EMCEE
67
Anklets. : HOSE
68
Character in "Henry IV." : PETO
69
Cattails. : REEDS
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Unexciting. : TAME
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Luise Rainer role. : OLAN
3
Theater specialty. : PANTOMIME
4
Love: It. : AMORE
5
Divided into areas. : ZONED
6
Marquee. : CANOPY
7
Mustafa Kemal. : ATATURK
8
Play about robots. : RUR
9
Bowlers' group. : ABC
10
Under way. : ATSEA
11
Twangy. : NASAL
12
As ___ (usually). : ARULE
13
Fair man. : MOSES
19
Actress. : INGENUE
21
Dickens hero. : PIP
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Alluvial deposit. : SILT
26
Dutch town. : STAD
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Maiden captured by Hercules. : IOLE
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Craggy hill. : TOR
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Fold. : LAP
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Interminable. : ENDLESS
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Medical degree. : DDS
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Dropout's problem. : IGNORANCE
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Donjon. : KEEP
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Basic Latin verb. : ESSE
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Ever. : AYE
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Copper. : CENT
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Inactive. : DORMANT
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The Great White Way. : RIALTO
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Triton. : EFT
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Quantity. : BATCH
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The Amazon, for example. : ELRIO
51
Hypocrites' cousins. : LIARS
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Old-time weapon. : LANCE
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Debussy piece. : LAMER
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District of the island of Shikoku. : EHIME
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Full of fish eggs. : ROED
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Incenses. : IRES
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Man of influence: Colloq. : VIP
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Ibsen character. : ASE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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