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New York Times, Wednesday, September 15, 1965

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 28.5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,890
Across
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Bridge term. : NOBID
6
Noun suffixes. : ADES
10
Split. : RIVE
14
Tree. : ABELE
15
In case. : LEST
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Entranceway. : ADIT
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Sing in a way. : YODEL
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Affirm. : AVER
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Job. : POST
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Place for a splashdown. : SEA
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Noteworthy events. : MEMORABILIA
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Enthusiast. : ZEALOT
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Take (from) by force. : WREST
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Genius. : WIZARD
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Rice. : ELMER
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Map abbreviation. : ISLS
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Thoughts. : IDEAS
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Two ___ kind. : OFA
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Directed. : STEERED
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Disease of cattle. : ANTHRAX
41
Wooden trough. : HOD
42
Vegetable. : ONION
44
Brink. : EDGE
45
City in Georgia. : MACON
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Force. : DURESS
48
Commonplace. : PROSY
50
One of the Wylies. : ELINOR
52
Fault. : SHORTCOMING
54
Youngster. : LAD
57
Shipshape. : TAUT
58
Bird. : LOON
59
Practical. : UTILE
61
Movie dog. : ASTA
62
Regarding. : INRE
63
Belgian city. : LIEGE
64
Part of a tape recorder. : REEL
65
French city. : CAEN
66
Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
Down
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Negatives. : NAYS
2
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
3
Confused. : BEDAZZLED
4
See 31 Across. : ILE
5
Town near San Diego. : DELMAR
6
A fort to remember. : ALAMO
7
Ardent. : DEVOTED
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Weights of Denmark. : ESER
9
Cousin of a paper tiger. : STRAWMAN
10
Sword. : RAPIER
11
Esteemed persons. : IDOLS
12
Pay a call. : VISIT
13
Girl's name. : ETTA
22
Antiquity: Poet. : ELD
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French seaport. : BREST
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Naturalness. : EASE
27
Expression of good will. : WISH
28
That ___ say. : ISTO
30
Slender. : LEAN
32
Individual: Prefix. : IDIO
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Servitors of a sort. : ORDERLIES
34
Wearies. : FAGS
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Forestry tools. : AXES
37
Cut of meat. : ROAST
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Papal message. : ENCYCLIC
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Protagonist. : HERO
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What there's always room for. : ONEMORE
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Human. : MORTAL
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Clamor. : DIN
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Hoof. : UNGULA
48
Stage. : PHASE
49
Road. : ROUTE
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Towels. : LINEN
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Something to wish on. : STAR
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One of the O'Neills. : OONA
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Ocean vegetation. : ALGA
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Judge. : DEEM
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Poetic contraction. : TIS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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