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New York Times, Tuesday, March 10, 1964

65-Across : Unexcelled: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,336
Across
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Skiers' mecca. : ALPS
5
Reading, for one. : GAOL
9
Correct copy. : EMEND
14
Spring. : LEAP
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Book of Norse myths. : EDDA
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Feudal estate. : MANOR
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Modern M.D. : INTERNIST
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A Ford. : ERNIE
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Olympic contestant. : ATHLETE
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T. S. Eliot's alma mater. : HARVARD
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County in Kentucky. : LARUE
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Compass reading. : SSE
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Decorous. : SEEMLY
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The Little Corporal. : NAPOLEON
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Bass horn. : TUBA
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North Sea port. : EMDEN
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A "small" hour. : TWO
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Son of Zebulun. : ELON
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Further. : AGAIN
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New Mexican aborigine. : ZUNI
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Explosion. : BLAST
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Roman date. : IDES
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Merchandise. : DRYGOODS
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Pioneer in electrodynamics. : AMPERE
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Beard of grain. : AWN
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Renaissance sword. : ESTOC
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Actress of a sort. : STARLET
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Old-fashioned pictures. : CHROMOS
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Familiar word of gratitude. : MERCI
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Unfold. : SPREADOUT
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Work, in physics. : ERGON
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Facial expression. : GRIN
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Opera heroine. : ELSA
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Not appropriate. : WRONG
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Unexcelled: Colloq. : TOPS
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Embryo plant. : SEED
Down
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Church season. : LENT
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Where primroses grow. : PATH
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American cardinal. : SPELLMAN
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Le beau monde. : GENTRY
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Parting word. : ADIEU
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Certain uniforms, for short. : ODS
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Plaster base. : LATH
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Famous name at 21 Across. : EMERSON
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Miracle. : MARVEL
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Roulette bet. : NOIR
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One of the Scotts. : DRED
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Existing. : REAL
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Colorado ski resort. : ASPEN
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Altogether. : ENMASSE
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Rosinante, for one. : STEED
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Swiss mathematician. : EULER
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Tropical tree. : EBONY
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Stulm. : ADIT
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Work of Czerny. : ETUDE
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Landlord. : OWNER
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Hubbub. : NOISE
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Old oath. : EGAD
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Unescorted. : ALONE
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Certain numbers. : ZIPCODES
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Popular sport. : BOWLING
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Employe of a bistro. : GARCON
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Constantine's metropolis. : ATHENS
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Metrical unit, in prosody. : MORA
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"Paper" money. : SCRIP
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Merganser. : SMEW
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Region: Abbr. : TERR
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Legendary gallery. : ARGO
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Air Force N.C.O. : TSGT
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Pier. : MOLE
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Yorkshire river. : OUSE
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South African village. : STAD
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Big leaguer. : PRO

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

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