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New York Times, Monday, September 27, 1965

46-Down : Billet doux, perhaps.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,899
Across
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Electrical term. : OHMS
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Illegal escapade: Slang. : CAPER
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Miner's implement. : GAD
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Water bird. : COOT
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Arch. : OGIVE
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Site of first Olympic games. : ELIS
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Tossed: Naut. : HOVE
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Repeated knocking. : RATATATTAT
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Hurry! : STEPONIT
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Ball team. : ANGELS
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Poet Wystan. : AUDEN
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Extreme weather conditions. : RIGORS
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Assistant. : HELPER
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Numerical prefix. : MILLI
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"But ___ on forever." : IGO
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Dreams: Fr. : REVES
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American poet. : ENGLE
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Nautical rope. : VANG
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Ate. : DINED
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Trappings. : GEAR
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Garden tool. : EDGER
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More refined. : PURER
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Stannum. : TIN
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Reader's choice. : TALES
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Assumes as a fact, in logic. : POSITS
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Fur. : BEAVER
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American novelist. : ALLEN
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Metal band or ring. : COLLET
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Prose pictures of people. : PROFILES
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___ to (run counter to). : GOCONTRARY
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Go ___ (enter). : ONIN
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Do over a garden chore. : REHOE
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Man's name: Abbr. : EDG
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Facilitated. : EASED
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Appear to be. : SEEM
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Well-known name in journalism. : OCHS
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Avian sound. : HOOT
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Advice to loiterers. : MOVEALONG
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Increase speed. : STEPUP
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Forced into an awkward position. : CORNERED
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Second time. : AGAIN
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Early British statesman. : PITT
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Stowe character. : EVA
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Kind of store. : RETAIL
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On your way! : GETGOING
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Change. : ALTER
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Numbered disks. : DIALS
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City ways: Abbr. : STS
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Fish. : ANGLE
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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Vertical steam pipe. : RISER
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Apiary unit. : HIVE
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Old-time oath. : EGAD
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Cook's concern. : MENUS
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Copperhead. : VIPER
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Form a queue. : GETINLINE
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Milk: Fr. : LAIT
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Osprey's cousins. : ERNS
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Make progress. : GETALONG
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Spread out. : DEPLOYED
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Bird. : RAVEN
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Early Norse chieftain. : ROLF
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Billet doux, perhaps. : LETTRE
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Nets. : SEINES
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Early American name. : BOONE
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Spanish hero. : ELCID
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Island group off New Guinea. : ARROE
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Freight: Abbr. : CGO
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Exclamations of disbelief. : PAHS
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Laborer, feudal style. : ESNE
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Tuptim's land. : SIAM
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Govt. agency. : REA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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