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New York Times, Friday, February 10, 1961

67-Across : To the point.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,228
Across
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Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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Calls. : VISITS
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Trees collectively. : TIMBER
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Caspian natives. : IRANIANS
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Where Entebbe is. : UGANDA
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New Jersey borough. : CARTERET
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Pulpit talk: Abbr. : SER
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N. Carolina county. : ASHE
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Eccentric. : OUTRE
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Oriental title. : SRI
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Branded. : SEARED
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Part of a ship. : PROW
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Viscous. : OILY
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Racecourses. : DROMES
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Sigmoid. : ESS
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Companion of Joshua in Canaan. : CALEB
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Nagasaki's island. : KYUSHU
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Hillocks. : KNOLLS
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Part of a ruble. : KOPECK
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Oxide using in fertilizer, soap, etc. : POTASH
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Turkish official. : PASHA
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Globe. : ORB
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Government department. : BUREAU
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Suffix used with gyro-, thermo-, etc. : STAT
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Son of Noah. : SHEM
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Congolese tribe. : BALUBA
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Wood sorrel. : OCA
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Yankee-Doodle Dandy. : COHAN
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Biblical kingdom. : ELAM
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___ sequitur. : NON
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Structural. : ANATOMIC
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Observing. : NOTING
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To the point. : RELEVANT
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Region near Venezuela. : GUIANA
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Senatorial privileges. : FRANKS
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Greek princess. : IRENE
Down
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Citizen of Lagos. : NIGERIAN
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Texas city. : AMARILLO
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___ Saud of Arabia. : IBN
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Hindu sacred writings. : VEDAS
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Rubbed out. : ERASED
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Deputy of a sovereign. : VICEROY
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Hebrew name meaning "watchful." : IRA
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Patriotic organization: Abbr. : SAR
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Preposition. : INTO
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Traffic snarl. : TIEUP
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Noted existentialist. : SARTRE
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Thick clump of grass, twigs, etc. : TUSSOCK
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Cruel rulers. : NEROS
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Simmers. : STEWS
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___ back (revert). : HARK
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Flightless bird. : EMU
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Rolltop. : DESK
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Cry out sharply. : YELP
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Market. : SHOP
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Small round drop. : BLOB
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Javanese tree. : UPAS
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Part of a ticket. : STUB
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Finno-Ugric language. : ESTONIAN
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18th century French dance. : CHACONNE
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Where Elisabethville is. : KATANGA
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Constellation. : ARA
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Picks. : SELECTS
45
Transport by truck. : HAUL
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Hollywood prize. : OSCAR
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River in Switzerland and France. : RHONE
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Interest. : BEHALF
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African river. : UBANGI
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Mother. : MATER
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Affair of the heart. : AMOUR
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___ Scotia. : NOVA
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Hipster's exclamation. : MAN
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Printer's necessity. : INK
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Draw. : TIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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