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New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1954

64-Across : Most impetuous.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,679
Across
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Israel's new Premier. : SHARETT
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Cat Island, Andros, etc. : BAHAMAS
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Dartmouth's town. : HANOVER
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"The Beautiful." : AMERICA
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Religious recluse. : EREMITE
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Fretted. : REPINED
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Aegean, to the Mediterranean. : ARM
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Paolo and Francesca. : LOVERS
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Voiceless speech sound. : SURD
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___ squad. : RIOT
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Temporary star. : NOVA
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And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
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Man from Yucatan. : SENOR
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Jesuit saint. : REGIS
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Summer: French. : ETE
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Lukewarm. : TEPID
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British ship, sunk with "Prince of Wales." : REPULSE
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Adjoining (with "of"). : ALONGSIDE
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Cheat. : COZENER
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Beer. : LAGER
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January exhibit. : CAR
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Pittsburgh product. : STEEL
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Onomatologist's study. : NAMES
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Toward the mouth. : ORAD
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Precious. : DEAR
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Wide-awake. : LIVE
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"No" man. : ANTI
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Jack-of-all-trades. : TINKER
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Teachers' organization. : NEA
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___ City, part of Rome. : LEONINE
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Plain. : EVIDENT
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Wandering knights. : ERRANTS
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Escort. : RETINUE
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Most impetuous. : RASHEST
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Expressing a particular bias. : SLANTED
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Cutting tool. : SHEARS
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Ozzie's wife. : HARRIET
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State flower of South Dakota. : ANEMONE
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Gypsy man. : ROM
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Sinister. : EVIL
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Range of the Rockies. : TETON
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Actress from N. Y. C. : TREVOR
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Concentrated deliveries. : BARRAGES
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Winthrop ___. : AMES
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"In the know." : HEP
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Spring. : ARISE
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Secretary's job. : MINUTES
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Needle-shaped. : ACERATE
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Hopalong's perch. : SADDLE
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Ivy, laurel or holly. : EVERGREEN
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Churchill's birthstone. : TOPAZ
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Irritates. : RILES
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Philippine tree. : IPIL
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Fuzzy-Wuzzy's territory. : SUDAN
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Rulemonger's word. : DONT
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Authorized. : LEGAL
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"100 ___ Cases." : NEEDIEST
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Heavyweight champion before Baer. : CARNERA
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Silver-tongued ones. : ORATORS
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Distinguished. : EMINENT
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Treasury Department figure. : REVENUE
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Cargo vessel. : COALER
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Minneapolis pro basketball team. : LAKERS
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First word of "A Lost Chord." : SEATED
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Little Eva's cook. : DINAH
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Carouse. : REVEL
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Explosives. : TNTS
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Actress Gam. : RITA
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Adjectival suffix. : INE
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Gunga ___. : DIN

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

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