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New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 49, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 48, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 19.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,800
Across
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Wins at a card game. : GINS
5
Cayuse. : HOSS
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Arrangements. : SETUPS
11
Disgusted with. : SICKOF
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___ for (champion). : GOTOBAT
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Misbehaved. : ACTEDUP
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Labor group. : ILO
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Soda adjunct. : STRAW
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Florida county. : DADE
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Certain writers: Abbr. : NOVS
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Person, usually weak. : SISTER
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Nicklaus and others: Abbr. : PGA
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Ahead of an opponent, in sports. : ONEUP
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City in India. : POONA
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Poetic contraction. : OER
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Norwegian composer. : GRIEG
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Light trucks. : PICKUPS
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Upland lake. : TARN
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River of England. : TEES
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Hi-fis. : STEREOS
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Leather. : SUEDE
43
Game: Fr. : JEU
44
Quay. : LEVEE
46
Motor sounds. : PURRS
48
Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
49
Moves along the edge. : SKIRTS
51
El ___. : PASO
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Vast sum. : MINT
54
___ belli. : CASUS
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Pallid. : WAN
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Crowd around. : BESIEGE
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Signs up. : ENLISTS
62
Seas. : SURGES
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Form of silica. : QUARTZ
64
Cartoon character. : POGO
65
Fire: Prefix. : PYRO
Down
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Explain convincingly: Colloq. : GETOVER
2
Japanese name. : ITO
3
Lumps. : NUBS
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Footgear. : SPATS
5
Here: Lat. : HIC
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Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
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Timetable, for short. : SKED
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Beverage. : SODAPOP
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Ta-ta. : SOLONG
10
Runway. : STRIP
11
Made certain by taking action. : SAWTOIT
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Puts together carelessly. : FUDGES
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Italian man's name. : GINO
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Bartlett. : PEAR
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Dripping wet. : ASOP
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Musical composition. : SUITE
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Noun endings. : ENCES
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Unearth. : RAKEUP
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Valued gems. : PEARLS
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Attic. : GREEK
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Exhaust. : USEUP
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Inexperienced ones. : NOVICES
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Group of related things. : SERIES
38
Finds. : TURNSUP
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Immunologist's concerns. : SERA
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Attracts. : DRAWSTO
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
43
Door part. : JAMB
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And the following: Abbr. : ETSEQ
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Progeny. : SONS
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Time of day. : SUNUP
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See 35 Down. : TIRO
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Put to the sword. : SLAY
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Guy, good or bad. : EGG
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Earth: Prefix. : GEO
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Type of verb: Abbr. : IRR

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

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