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New York Times, Monday, March 23, 1964

17-Across : Moment: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,349
Across
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Riff's relative. : ARAB
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Tourist area of Quebec. : GASPE
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Well-known street name. : WALL
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Antilles isle. : CUBA
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Wild sheep of India. : URIAL
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Turkestan range. : ALAI
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Moment: Colloq. : TICK
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First lady of musicals. : MARYMARTIN
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Mosaic pieces. : INSETS
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Take a reckoning. : ESTIMATE
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John Drew's co-star. : REHAN
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Literary monogram. : RLS
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Song popular forty years ago. : MARYLOU
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Wally Cox role. : PEEPERS
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Labor group. : ILO
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Stowe villain. : LEGREE
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Viva-voce. : ORAL
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Type of neighborhood. : SLUMS
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Geographical abbreviation. : EUR
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Rooms: Lat. : ATRIA
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So long. : TATA
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Member of a religious group. : MARIST
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Where Toronto is: Abbr. : ONT
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Famous general. : SHERMAN
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River of U. S.-Canada border. : STMARYS
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Certainly. : YES
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All of ___ (so as to be amazed). : AHEAP
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Heathen. : IDOLATER
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Jeweled headdress. : ANADEM
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Rest home. : SANATORIUM
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Musical finale. : CODA
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Symbol of strength. : IRON
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Silly. : INANE
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Venerable. : HOAR
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Transport. : SEND
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Gave aspirin, vitamins, etc. : DOSED
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Statuette akin to Oscar. : EMMY
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Part of a play. : ACTI
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Wrack's partner. : RUIN
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Rudiments. : ABCS
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Food shop. : BAKERY
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Sleuth: Slang. : GUMSHOE
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Constellation. : ARA
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Femme fatale. : SIREN
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Yields a return. : PAYS
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Pride of New England. : ELMTREE
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Figuratively, an area of the heart. : WARMSPOT
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Where Edmonton is: Abbr. : ALTA
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Café au ___. : LAIT
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Stock of goods. : LINE
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Reveals. : TELLS
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Describing the stables of Hercules legend. : AUGEAN
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Rains in fine drops. : MISTS
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Moslem supreme being. : ALLAH
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Highway. : ROUTE
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Succumb. : PERISH
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Fielder's mistake. : ERROR
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One kind of day. : RAINY
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Thin boards. : SLATS
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Robot play. : RUR
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Avenue in Washington, D. C. : MARYLAND
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Hindu life principle. : ATMAN
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Bone of the skull. : MASTOID
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Cooked. : STEAMED
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Viands. : MEAT
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Parisian thug. : APACHE
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Opera selections. : ARIAS
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Egyptian deity. : ISIS
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Take a chance. : DARE
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River in Siberia. : ONON
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Hungarian name. : ERNO
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Unhappy destiny. : DOOM
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Netherlands cheese market. : EDAM
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Nursery rhyme character. : MARY
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French article. : UNE

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

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