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New York Times, Friday, March 27, 1964

21-Across : Wild hogs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,353
Across
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Impelled. : URGED
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Tense, in grammar: Abbr. : PERF
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Part of a meter. : DIAL
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Antelope of the Russian steppes. : SAIGA
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Of grandparents. : AVAL
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Married. : INDOUBLEHARNESS
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Supped. : ATE
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Wild hogs. : BOARS
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Up ___. : ATREE
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Unearthly. : EERIE
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Lariats. : RIATAS
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Mayday. : DISTRESSCALL
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"Thanks ___." : ALOT
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Choose. : TAKE
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Direction in music. : FFF
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Apple. : WINESAP
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Officious one. : MEDDLER
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Shrew's cousin. : NAG
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Piece of earth. : CLOD
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Right-hand man. : AIDE
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Celestial phenomenon. : SOLARECLIPSE
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Loquacious. : CHATTY
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Enamel: Fr. : EMAIL
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Wooden Indian, for example. : RELIC
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Lassie or laddie. : BAIRN
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John Gronouski's title: Abbr. : PMG
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Strategist of a sort. : ARMCHAIRGENERAL
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Secluded retreat. : NOOK
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Via. : ITER
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"Pygmalion" character. : ELIZA
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Austrian river. : ENNS
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Nothing more than. : MERE
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Fixed the duration of. : TIMED
Down
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Carl Rowan's concern. : USIA
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Mere bombast. : RANT
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French novelist. : GIDE
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The self. : EGO
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Slapdash painter. : DAUBER
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Elysée. : PALAIS
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It's higher than K2. : EVEREST
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Cheers. : RAHS
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State: Abbr. : FLA
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Part of D.D.S. : DENTAL
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Slow. : INERT
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Perplexed. : ATSEA
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Squanders. : LOSES
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Caliber. : BORE
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Fenced. : RAILED
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Suffix with room and kitchen. : ETTE
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Slant. : RAKE
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Time of day. : DAWN
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Hip bones. : ILIA
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One of a well-known trio. : SONG
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Part of a clockwork. : CAM
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Smart-alecky. : FLIP
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Govt. agents: Slang. : FEDS
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Unfettered. : FREE
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Natives of Greenock. : SCOTCH
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Helper. : ALLY
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June grass genus. : POA
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Eire's legislative body. : DAIL
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More gloomy. : DREARER
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Holds fast. : STICKS
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Refugee. : EMIGRE
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Regard. : CARE
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Songbird. : LINNET
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Lifting device. : CRANE
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Relative of the bittern. : HERON
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Philippine mahogany. : ALMON
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Sting. : BITE
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Formally neat. : PRIM
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Perplexity. : MAZE
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Cheering. : GLAD
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Goal. : AIM
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Father of Hophni. : ELI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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