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New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,957
Across
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___ impasse. : ATAN
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___ deux. : PASDE
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Pay-as-you-go man. : RUML
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Half: Prefix. : DEMI
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Jelly. : ASPIC
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Mountain range of Asia. : ALAI
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Decides not to pursue a topic. : DROPSTHESUBJECT
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S. American republic: Abbr. : URU
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Canine of sorts. : POOCH
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Unnerved. : UPSET
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Dessert. : PARFAIT
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By way of. : THRU
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Classifieds. : ADS
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Trust to. : COUNTON
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See 39 Across. : BRUTE
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Football intervals. : DOWNS
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With 54 Across, historic mausoleum. : TAJ
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Fasten firmly. : RIVET
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With 31 Across, famous last words. : ETTU
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Decoration. : DSO
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City in Switzerland. : BASEL
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Footrest. : STOOL
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Worker in chemistry, for one. : ANALYST
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Elf. : FAY
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Instance. : CASE
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Fabricate. : TRUMPUP
51
December purchases. : GIFTS
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See 35 Across. : MAHAL
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___ Branco. : RIO
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Snow house. : IGLU
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Silver, in Spain. : PLATA
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Eminence. : NOTE
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Companion of circumstance. : POMP
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State. : TEXAS
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From a distance. : AFAR
Down
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Total. : ADDUP
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Earth: Lat. : TERRA
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___-propre. : AMOUR
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Pinch. : NIP
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Lingo. : PATOIS
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Have ___ at (try). : ASHOT
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Type of train: Abbr. : SPEC
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Kitchen need. : DISHTOWEL
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14th cen. shield. : ECU
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Member of a Hindu caste. : RAJPUT
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Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
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Spice. : MACE
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Part of a scholar's degree. : LITT
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Garden tool. : SPADE
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Scottish poet. : BURNS
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Lot. : FATE
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Act the Nimrod. : HUNT
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Long for. : COVET
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Palindromic man's name. : OTTO
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Western pact. : NATO
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Headed for: Abbr. : BND
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Bonheur. : ROSA
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Mounted. : UPON
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Act the hypocrite. : DISSEMBLE
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Month: Abbr. : JUL
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Marine creatures. : RAYS
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Derivation: Abbr. : ETYM
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Sophisticated. : BLASE
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___ Ste. Marie. : SAULT
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Is playful: Colloq. : ACTSUP
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Brawl. : FRACAS
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Greek letter. : THETA
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Verification. : PROOF
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Mountain range of Utah. : UINTA
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Conundrum. : POSER
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Suitcase. : GRIP
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Othello's ancient. : IAGO
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Surface haze. : FILM
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An Iliad hero. : AJAX
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Select. : OPT
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Once ___ lifetime. : INA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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