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New York Times, Monday, November 23, 1964

53-Across : Refused.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { B Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,594
Across
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American poet. : FROST
6
Lake on Nigerian border. : CHAD
10
Govt. agency. : FHA
13
Region in northwest Italy. : AOSTA
14
Department of France. : AUDE
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Close-fitting cap. : COIF
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Certain dwellings. : CASAS
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Floral tribute. : LEIS
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The chase. : HUNT
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Lintel. : TRANSOM
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Noose snare. : SPRINGE
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Snub. : COLDSHOULDER
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Banter: Slang. : JOSH
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Cervine animal. : DOE
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Sesame. : TIL
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W. W. II agency. : OWI
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Workers' group, circa 1910. : IWW
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Sherpa country. : NEPAL
36
Three-stringed musical instrument. : SAMISEN
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Bad government. : MISRULE
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On one's feet. : ERECT
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Shako. : HAT
43
Flow. : RUN
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Ice, in Germany. : EIS
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Irritate. : IRE
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Unruffled one. : COOLCUSTOMER
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Refused. : UNTAKEN
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Bird. : OSTRICH
58
Witnessed. : SEEN
59
Condemn. : DAMN
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Interjection. : HALLO
62
Measure for firewood. : CORD
63
Pennsylvania port. : ERIE
64
Cooking additive. : ONION
65
Gold: Sp. : ORO
66
Icy road hazard. : SKID
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Produce. : STAGE
Down
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Verity. : FACT
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Sound on the veldt. : ROAR
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Myth's movable mount. : OSSA
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Loyal. : STANCH
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Italian epic poet. : TASSO
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Take it easy! : CALMDOWN
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Shade. : HUE
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"___ for the gods." : ADISH
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Autocrat. : DESPOT
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Establish. : FOUND
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Depend (on). : HINGE
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In search of. : AFTER
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Eerie story. : CHILLER
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Time-worn tune: Colloq. : OLDIE
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Angkor, for example. : RUINS
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Overcast. : SEW
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Opera role. : JOSE
26
Man ___. : OWAR
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Record-holding sprinter. : SIME
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Feline sound. : PURR
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Ingredient of baking powder. : ALUM
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Monocle. : LENS
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Northern republic. : ICELAND
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Baton. : STICK
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On a desert island. : MAROONED
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Details. : ITEMS
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Triple, for example. : HIT
45
Leathers. : SUEDES
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Out-and-out. : ARRANT
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Capital of the Inca empire. : CUSCO
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___ two. : ONEOR
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Lewis Carroll animal. : SNARK
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Moral nature. : ETHOS
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Hip bones. : ILIA
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Obstruct. : CLOG
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Strop. : HONE
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11th cen. date. : MII

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

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