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New York Times, Wednesday, August 18, 1965

24-Down : Standards of perfection.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,862
Across
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Crowd. : JAM
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Faulty. : AMISS
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Prefix with light or night. : TWI
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Norse name. : OLAV
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French impressionist. : MONET
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Closely resembling. : TWIN
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Colette heroine. : GIGI
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Mont Cervin. : MATTERHORN
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Very minute organism. : MICROBE
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Stability. : POISE
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Capital of Calvados. : CAEN
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Raises Cain. : RIOTS
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Chorus. : REFRAIN
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Household utensil. : DUSTPAN
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Photographer's abbreviation. : ENL
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French author. : DAUDET
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Finery. : LACE
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Menu category. : SOUPS
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Lillie. : BEA
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Coppers. : CENTS
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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Great White Way. : RIALTO
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Tittle. : JOT
44
Warm. : THERMAL
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Large deer of Asia. : SAMBARS
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Duck. : EIDER
50
Scant. : LEAN
51
Indic language. : HINDI
53
Christmas and Easter. : ISLANDS
56
Historic Virginia landmark. : MONTICELLO
58
Tom-tom. : DRUM
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Trees. : OAKS
61
Concede. : ALLOW
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December time. : YULE
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Grimly humorous. : WRY
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Vigorous. : LUSTY
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Stein's cousin. : MUG
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Kind of trot. : JOG
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Moslem religious teacher. : ALIM
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Mozart opera (with "the"). : MAGICFLUTE
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Volatile alkali. : AMMONIA
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Biblical land. : MOAB
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Prefix with pose or act. : INTER
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Motionless. : SET
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Go on a date: Colloq. : STEPOUT
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Pairs. : TWOS
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Send a message. : WIRE
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Tabard, for one. : INN
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Church title. : VICAR
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Prickly plant. : THISTLE
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Goes to pot. : ROTS
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Studies. : READS
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Standards of perfection. : IDEALS
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Met again. : RESAT
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Arden. : ENOCH
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Marriageable. : NUBILE
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Cousin of a Pooh-Bah. : PANJANDRUM
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Trouper. : ACTOR
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Snuggeries. : NESTS
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Members of the household. : PARENTS
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___ cropper. : COMEA
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Extreme. : RADICAL
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Like suet. : TALLOWY
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Part of France. : MIDI
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Exchange, as words. : BANDY
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Brooklets. : RILLS
51
Ancient. : HOAR
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Black. : INKY
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Part of a juke box. : SLOT
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Sea of the Philippines. : SULU
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Stack of straw. : MOW
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Popular princess. : MEG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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