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New York Times, Tuesday, September 7, 1965

55-Down : Pioneer in elevators.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,882
Across
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Army man: Abbr. : CAPT
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Discourse. : SPEAK
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Musial. : STAN
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On the briny. : ASEA
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Poplar tree. : ALAMO
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Conservative. : TORY
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Certain school groups. : PTAS
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Punch or Judy. : MARIONETTE
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Quickly. : POSTHASTE
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"___ Lady," Cather novel. : ALOST
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Family circle. : HEARTH
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Bother. : AIL
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Buddhist Siamese. : LAO
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Score of a kind. : TIE
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Undid. : UNLACED
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Easy as falling off ___. : ALOG
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Work by Horace. : ARSPOETICA
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Paris subway. : METRO
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Dawn goddess. : EOS
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Furnishings. : DECOR
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Polynesian tree. : BREADFRUIT
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Hill and ___. : DALE
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Progress. : STRIDES
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Bacheller hero. : DRI
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A Kennedy. : TED
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Fresh. : NEW
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More ignoble. : MEANER
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Recreation areas, French style. : PARCS
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Occupation for an optimist. : MEDIATION
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Community Chest goal. : OVERTHETOP
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Mount Pisgah. : NEBO
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Feline remarks. : MEOWS
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Give free ___ to. : REIN
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Title akin to CINC. : SCAP
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Fourteen pounds. : STONE
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Greek peak. : OSSA
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Creator o' Dogpatch. : CAPP
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Weapon of a sort. : PEASHOOTER
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Experience. : TASTE
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Ancient capital of Israel. : SAMARIA
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Building workers. : PLASTERERS
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Fifth largest planet. : EARTH
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French girl friend. : AMIE
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Chinese diplomat. : KOO
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Resembling a star. : STELLATED
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In ___. : TOTO
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Companion of crafts. : ARTS
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U. N. veto. : NYET
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Fastened. : NAILED
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Porkpie. : HAT
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Up: Prefix. : ANO
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Charles and Mary Ann. : LAMBS
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Awake. : ALERT
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Topsy-turvy. : UPSIDEDOWN
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Scars. : CICATRICES
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Place for an élève. : ECOLE
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Ventured. : DARED
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Harvest. : GRAINCROP
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Not worth a ___. : SOU
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Most outlandish. : ODDEST
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Minority (with "the"). : FEW
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Wander about: Colloq. : TRAIPSE
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Once ___ blue moon. : INA
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Phrase of agreement, political style. : METOO
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Kuril Island. : ETORO
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Big name in opera. : PONS
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Midianite king. : REBA
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Proper. : MEET
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Pioneer in elevators. : OTIS
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Name for a ninth daughter. : NONA
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Pinafore, for one. : HMS

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

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