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New York Times, Friday, January 6, 1961

37-Across : Wipe out.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,193
Across
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"Arma virumque ___." : CANO
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Remedy for an evil. : ANTIDOTE
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Members of a jury. : PANEL
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Boxing match. : MAINEVENT
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Fortitude. : ENDURANCE
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Interfere (with). : TAMPER
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Newspaper items. : ADS
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Actor-comedian Bert. : LAHR
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___, amas, amat. : AMO
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Knock. : RAP
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French article. : LES
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A measure, in music. : BAR
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Roman clan. : GENS
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Earth. : CLAY
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Mr. Pim's creator. : MILNE
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1960 headline. : ELECTION
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River into the Danube. : SIRET
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Wipe out. : ERADICATE
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Hackneyed. : BANAL
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Love song. : SERENADE
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Cathedral city of N. France. : ARRAS
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Cloth made without spinning or weaving. : FELT
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Delightful spot. : EDEN
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Festival: Comb. form. : MAS
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The Bluff King's nickname. : HAL
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The piper's son. : TOM
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Nautical adverb. : AFT
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North Atlantic island: Abbr. : ICEL
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Kind of leather: Abbr. : MOR
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Tenant. : ROOMER
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Plant with ash-colored down on the leaves. : CINERARIA
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Great blue heron. : CRANE
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Emptiness. : INANITION
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Medieval guild. : HANSE
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Sword-shaped, in botany. : GLADIATE
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Pay one's share. : ANTE
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Burnt sugar. : CARAMEL
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Pasqueflower. : ANEMONE
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A tide. : NEAP
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Not so young. : OLDER
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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The Darlings' dog. : NANA
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___ winks. : TIDDLY
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Being operated. : INUSE
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German article. : DER
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Of a rounded shape. : OVAL
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That can be maintained. : TENABLE
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Delight greatly. : ENCHANT
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Soup in Montmartre. : POTAGE
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Earth: Fr. : TERRE
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Ethnological. : RACIAL
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Work steadily. : PLOD
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Impress strongly. : SMITE
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Opera segment. : SCENA
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Plant of the carrot family. : ANISE
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Daughter of King Paul of Greece. : IRENE
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Nonsense. : TRASH
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Old-time tailor. : SARTOR
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Breton. : CELT
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Stimulating. : BRACING
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Arms repository. : ARSENAL
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Too hard to be broken. : ADAMANT
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McNamara's assignment. : DEFENSE
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Freedom of access. : ENTREE
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Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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La Tosca. : FLORIA
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Cremona name. : AMATI
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Variety of coffee. : MOCHA
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River into the Laptev Sea. : LENA
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Disturbance of the peace. : RIOT
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Free (of). : RID
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One: Dial. : ANE

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

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