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New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 37.1 Grid is asymmetric.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,791
Across
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Arabic letter. : ALIF
5
Personnel. : STAFF
10
Cooling device. : FAN
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"The ___ Love." : MANI
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Mexican food. : CHILI
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Clock. : TIME
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Whirring sound. : BIRR
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Eagerness. : ARDOR
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Greek goddess. : IRIS
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Architectural features. : STEEPLES
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Heavy ones get too heavy. : EATERS
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One of baby's first words. : DADA
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Confuses. : ADDLES
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Southwest wind. : AFER
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Stages. : DEGREES
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Steals: Slang. : SWIPES
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Thrice: Prefix. : TRIS
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Locomotive part. : CAB
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Skin excrescence. : WART
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Engineering feat. : CANAL
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Biblical land. : SABA
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Common verb. : ARE
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Adventure tale. : SAGA
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Fold on headgear. : LAPPET
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Kind of signal. : DISTRESS
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Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
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Certain circus performers. : SEALS
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Red deer. : HART
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Recently. : OFLATE
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Brilliant meteor. : FIREBALL
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Spume. : FOAM
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Scottish chief. : THANE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Large number. : MANY
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One of the missiles. : TITAN
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Famous soprano. : LIND
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Old times, old style. : ELD
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Fashionable. : SMART
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Hangs back. : LAGS
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Certain statesmen: Abbr. : AMBS
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Milk: Fr. : LAIT
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Businessman's Latin. : INRE
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Sign on a certain engine. : FIREDEPT
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Term in cookery. : SCALD
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Filament. : THREAD
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Helps. : AIDS
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Girl's nickname. : FLO
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School event. : FIREDRILL
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Safety device. : FIREESCAPE
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Eastern rulers. : AMIRS
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TV character. : NESS
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Negus, for one. : TITLE
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Reduce. : PARE
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Drinks, with lemon, lime, etc. : ADES
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Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
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Medal. : AWARD
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Well-known summer resort. : FIREISLAND
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Spirit lamps. : ETNAS
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Angola's neighbor: Abbr. : SWA
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Namesakes of an O'Hara. : SCARLETTS
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Seth's brother. : ABEL
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Part of the "woodpile." : BAT
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Matures. : AGES
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Schoolboy's missile. : SPITBALL
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Law: Abbr. : STAT
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Haifa's neighbor. : ACRE
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Less pleasing. : SEAMY
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Where Babel was. : SHINAR
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Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
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"Some little talk awhile ___ and thee ... " : OFME
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Young animal. : FOAL
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Melody. : ARIA
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Fish. : LING
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Degrees. : LLDS
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Pronoun. : HIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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