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New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,850
Across
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Pro ___. : RATA
5
___ market of Europe. : FLEA
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Dance from Haiti. : MAMBO
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Round of a ladder. : RUNG
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Au revoir. : ADIEU
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Custodian of a Paris pension. : CONCIERGE
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Detecting device. : RADAR
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Party to property transfer: Law. : ALIENEE
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Opens the door to. : ADMITS
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Factory. : PLANT
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Berber of Morocco. : RIFFIAN
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Three: It. : TRE
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Pen point. : NIB
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Ark passenger. : HAM
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Common practice. : USAGE
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Oil of roses. : ATTAR
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Historic suburb of Paris. : STDENIS
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Large container. : TUN
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Plein-air painter. : MANET
44
Christ of the ___. : ANDES
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Old name for Tokyo. : EDO
46
State: Abbr. : MINN
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Gay-Pay-Oo. : GPU
48
___ sponte (of his own will). : SUA
50
Country places. : ESTATES
53
Make ___ at. : APASS
57
Exonerate. : ACQUIT
59
Capital on the Kennebec. : AUGUSTA
61
Woo. : COURT
62
Wine steward. : SOMMELIER
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Milton's "regent of the sun." : URIEL
65
Not care ___. : ARAP
66
Aleut's home. : IGLU
67
Jockey, 3-time Derby winner. : SANDE
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Subject of recent pictures. : MARS
69
China Sea region: Var. : ANAM
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Tire job. : RECAP
2
Coral island. : ATOLL
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___ Australis, star in Ursa Major. : TANIA
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Acclivity. : ASCENT
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Liberal. : FREE
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Siren. : LURER
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School course: Abbr. : ENG
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Lifetime. : AGE
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Lundi's neighbor. : MARDI
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Firm. : ADAMANT
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Parisian shop-girl. : MIDINETTE
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Defeat. : BEAT
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Double possessive. : OURS
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Being held for safekeeping. : INTRUST
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Langley Field, for one: Abbr. : AFB
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Actress. : INGENUE
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Demon. : FIEND
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Lausanne's canton. : VAUD
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Famed cartoonist. : ARNO
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City in the Ruhr. : HAMM
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Model. : MANNEQUIN
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Conform (to) : ADAPT
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Mitigate. : ASSUAGE
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Plural endings. : IES
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Guaranteed. : ENSURED
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Gangster's gun. : GAT
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Part of Italy. : APULIA
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Appellation. : TITLE
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One of the Philippines. : SAMAR
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Not ___ of (no trace of). : ASIGN
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Pillar: Lat. : STELA
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Old name for Salisbury. : SARUM
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Needle: Lat. : ACUS
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Cooper heroine. : CORA
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Diamond officials. : UMPS
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Mr. Pickwick's manservant. : SAM
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Pray: Lat. : ORA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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