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New York Times, Friday, November 20, 1964

28-Across : ___ Wall, 2nd century feat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,591
Across
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Kind of toaster. : POPUP
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Wild. : SAVAGE
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Tenon's companion. : MORTISE
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Trill. : QUAVER
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Intact. : UNEATEN
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Said. : UTTERED
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Wary: Colloq. : LEERY
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Complete confusion. : CHAOS
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Feminine title. : MME
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Streaked. : LINY
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Muscular power. : THEWS
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Injure. : MAIM
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Suffix with orange, lemon, etc. : ADE
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Posh. : SWANK
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Piebald. : PINTO
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___ Wall, 2nd century feat. : HADRIANS
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Tilt. : CAREEN
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Cashier's booth. : CAGE
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Lecture. : SERMON
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Tends. : CARESFOR
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Oriental. : ASIAN
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Remnant. : SHRED
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Porter. : ALE
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Example of Byzantine art. : ICON
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Not appropriate. : INAPT
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Allegation, in law. : PLEA
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Elevator cage. : CAR
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Furnace frame. : GRATE
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___ system. : SOLAR
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Having more thorns. : SPINIER
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Having missed the bus. : TOOLATE
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For all time: Poet. : ETERNE
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Intertwined. : ENLACED
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Wearing a rich fur. : SABLED
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Type of farm. : DAIRY
Down
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Dressed up. : PREENED
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Eared seal. : OTARY
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Cause of regret. : PITY
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Advantage. : USE
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Inclination. : PENCHANT
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Complaint of a sort. : SQUAWK
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Vehicles. : AUTOS
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Dye tanks. : VATS
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Part of a street sign. : AVE
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Relevant. : GERMANE
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Religious recluse. : EREMITE
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Learned Moslem. : MULLAH
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Lake near Syracuse. : ONEIDA
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Energetic one: Colloq. : DEMON
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Coop dwellers. : HENS
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Literary light. : TWAIN
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Swamps. : MIRES
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Apostle. : SIMON
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Summoned. : PAGED
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Common type. : ROMAN
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Galley mark. : CARET
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Covered, as from wall to wall. : CARPETED
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Mediterranean sailboats. : SAICS
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Breaks out. : ESCAPES
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Musical of the 1930's. : RIORITA
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Small talk. : CHAT
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Misleading argument. : FALLACY
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Fatty compound. : OLEATE
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Bred. : REARED
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Entangled. : SNARED
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Greek goddess. : IRENE
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Arctic. : POLAR
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Ingenue. : GIRL
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Operatic arias. : SOLI
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State: Abbr. : NEB
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___ shoelace. : ONA

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

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