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New York Times, Tuesday, October 29, 1963

24-Across : ___ fide.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,203
Across
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Moscow press agency. : TASS
5
Bird of the Nile. : IBIS
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Texas A. and M. student. : AGGIE
14
Et ___. : ALII
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Cozy corner. : NOOK
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Azores city. : HORTA
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Friendly chat. : COZE
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Turkish soldiers. : JANIZARIES
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Start. : INAUGURATE
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Oscar's cousin. : EMMY
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Pest: Colloq. : TERROR
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___ fide. : BONA
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Heal. : RESTORE
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Bird sound. : CAW
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Fluffy ruffle. : JABOT
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Pusillanimity. : COWARDICE
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Manchu river. : AMUR
40
Klaxons. : HORNS
41
Suffix with defer and refer. : ENCE
42
Tiptoe turn. : PIROUETTE
44
Heathenish. : PAGAN
45
Teleost fish. : EEL
46
Sidewise. : LATERAL
48
Pitcher. : EWER
50
Chaperone. : DUENNA
55
Part of Ovid's name. : NASO
57
Comic take-offs. : TRAVESTIES
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Fops, dandies, coxcombs, etc. : EXQUISITES
63
___ de combat. : HORS
64
Insensitive. : BLUNT
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Chafe. : FRET
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Carib oil tree. : EBOE
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Cattails. : REEDS
68
Phoenician city. : TYRE
69
Calm. : REST
Down
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Unspoken. : TACIT
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Only. : ALONE
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Scholarship student at Cambridge. : SIZAR
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French title, old style. : SIEUR
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Wrong. : INJURE
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Wild hog. : BOAR
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Hebrides island. : IONA
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Comedy bit. : SKIT
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Exclamation. : AHA
10
Bridge expert. : GOREN
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Making faces. : GRIMACING
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Detail. : ITEM
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Unhurried. : EASY
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Wild equines. : ZEBRAS
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Famous British general. : GORT
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Poet's word. : OER
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Midlothian bard. : SCOTT
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German cake. : TORTE
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Lawful claimant. : OWNER
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Old Syrian cloth of silk and gold. : ACCA
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Think, old style. : WEEN
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Comic stunt. : JAPE
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Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Former Broadway specialty. : BURLESQUE
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Gold: Sp. : ORO
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Card game. : HEARTS
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Rubber tree. : ULE
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Additional. : PLUS
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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Twisted. : WOUND
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Clear sky. : ETHER
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Weeper of myth. : NIOBE
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Wolfe and others. : NEROS
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Valuable item. : ASSET
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State: Abbr. : NEBR
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Wagon part. : AXLE
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Fissure. : RIFT
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Give it ___. : ATRY
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Change course. : VEER
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Common contraction. : ITS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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