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New York Times, Monday, July 26, 1965

4-Down : Lover.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,839
Across
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New U.S. supersonic plane. : FIII
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Aircraft. : PLANE
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Jet engine packages. : PODS
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On. : UPON
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Calyx part. : SEPAL
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Land mass. : ASIA
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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Fry. : SAUTE
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Pigeonhole. : SLOT
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Rich soils. : LOAMS
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One kind of "cowboy." : DRUGSTORE
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Unclose: Poet. : OPE
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Heath plant. : ERICA
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Hymn tunes. : CHORALS
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Units of weight: Abbr. : OZS
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Title: Abbr. : LDP
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Type of viewing equipment. : RADARSCOPE
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Scoff at. : JEER
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Nitrogen. : AZOTE
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Govt. utility agency. : REA
40
___-Croatian. : SERBO
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Gunner's sight setting. : ZERO
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Sinister. : PORTENTOUS
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Double curve. : ESS
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1/1000 inch. : MIL
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Colorless variety of opal. : HYALITE
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Type of lily. : CALLA
49
On: Prefix. : EPI
50
Effectiveness of a weapon. : FIREPOWER
54
Equine sound. : SNORT
58
Heavy weight. : LOAD
59
Whole. : TOTAL
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At all. : EVER
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Pavlova. : ANNA
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Sgt. Bilko. : ERNIE
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Nobelist in physics, 1944. : RABI
65
Brace. : PAIR
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Old Norse poet. : SKALD
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Abruptly: Colloq. : SLAP
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Kerosene. : FUEL
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Itself: Lat. : IPSO
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Very small quantity. : IOTA
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Lover. : INAMORATO
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Items on letters. : PSS
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Front place. : LEAD
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Orinoco tributary. : APURE
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Herb doctor. : NATUROPATH
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Write certain poems. : ELEGIZE
10
Italian food. : PASTA
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Site of Nobel Institute. : OSLO
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Fashion name. : DIOR
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Glut. : SATE
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Extra part. : SPARE
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Courses of study: Abbr. : SCS
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Outmoded transportation. : ELS
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Fad. : CRAZE
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Harass, in a way. : HAZES
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Aromas. : ODORS
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Ornamental designs. : SCROLLWORK
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Vive ___! : LEROI
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Beginning. : DEBUT
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Some writing. : PROSE
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Finished: Poet. : OER
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Modern passenger craft. : JETLINERS
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Cookies. : SNAPS
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Flyers for France. : PILOTES
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Site of mote or beam. : EYE
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Chart. : MAP
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Evergreen. : CEDAR
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Sicilian sight. : AETNA
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Aileron. : FLAP
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Island off Scotland. : IONA
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Rajah's lady. : RANI
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Fence. : RAIL
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Rounded. : OVAL
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Midianite king. : REBA
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Jaunt. : TRIP
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Piloted. : LED

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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