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New York Times, Monday, February 13, 1961

64-Across : Secretary of Commerce.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,231
Across
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Suffix denoting state of being. : DOM
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Indian prince. : RAJA
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Where the OAS charter was signed. : BOGOTA
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Little ___. : EVA
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Russian man-in-the-street. : IVAN
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Region of NE Spain. : ARAGON
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Secretary of Labor. : GOLDBERG
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Secretary of Treasury. : DILLON
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Capturer of Rome, 410 A. D. : ALARIC
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Word: Comb. form. : LOGO
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Also: Archaic. : EKE
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Type of barrier, often broken. : SONIC
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Happened to. : BEFELL
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Mast. : POLE
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Secretary of Agriculture. : FREEMAN
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1861 Southerner. : REB
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Gives a party for. : FETES
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Girl's name. : DORA
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South American country: Abbr. : URU
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Author of "A Passage to India." : FORSTER
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First game of a rubber. : LEG
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Regal address. : SIRE
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Quickly. : APACE
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Postmaster General. : DAY
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Attorney General. : KENNEDY
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___ of Mexico. : GULF
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Part of a modern apartment house. : GARAGE
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Burst forth. : ERUPT
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Sign at "Camelot." : SRO
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Alone on stage, as an actress. : SOLA
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Dodger. : EVADER
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Secretary of Commerce. : HODGES
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Secretary of Defense. : MCNAMARA
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Abdul the Bul Bul and others. : AMEERS
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He stands on Philadelphia's City Hall. : PENN
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Law degree. : LLD
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Unorthodoxy. : HERESY
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Office copy, for short. : STAT
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1861 leader. : LEE
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French painter. : DEGAS
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Convex molding. : OVOLO
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He succeeded Smuts. : MALAN
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Secretary of HEW. : RIBICOFF
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Leyden ___. : JAR
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Oblique approach. : ANGLE
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Browbeat. : BADGER
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Baltimore ___. : ORIOLE
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Sal, for instance. : GAL
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Make eyes at. : OGLE
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Rented. : TOOK
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Queen, last of the Stuart monarch, 1702-14. : ANNE
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Faucet problem. : DRIP
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In the wings. : OFFSTAGE
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Sell-out. : BETRAYAL
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Directed. : LED
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Zodiac sign. : LEO
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Ceramist's item. : MOLD
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Length by width. : AREA
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Hungarian patriot. : NAGY
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Secretary of State. : RUSK
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Lake port. : ERIE
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Flame. : BURN
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Telepathy, for short. : ESP
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Old French coin. : ECU
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Germane. : RELEVANT
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College course: Abbr. : ENG
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Devices on looms for slackening threads. : EASERS
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Full of slag. : DROSSY
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Ship used by Nansen and Amundsen. : FRAM
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Umbrellas. : GAMPS
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Secretary of Interior. : UDALL
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Mrs. Mesta. : PERLE
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Business. : TRADE
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Reza Pahlevi. : SHAH
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Where Villa Borghese is. : ROME
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Letter. : GEE
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This: Fr. : CET

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

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