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New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1963

48-Across : Orient.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,004
Across
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Cluster. : BUNCH
6
About. : ASTO
10
Disused: Abbr. : OBS
13
Islanders' greeting. : ALOHA
14
Go away. : BEOFF
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French city in the Pyrenees. : PAU
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Control. : STEER
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___ money. : ONEFORTHE
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Sea bird. : ERN
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Time of day. : DAWN
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Intellectual. : BRAINY
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Freight. : LADING
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Vinegar. : ACETUM
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Final dish at a feast. : NUTS
30
Exclamation. : HAH
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Urchin. : IMP
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Galley mark. : CARET
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Certain writers. : POETESSES
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Wield. : EXERT
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Tinge. : HUE
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Choral composition. : MOTET
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Snack possibility. : LEFTOVERS
45
Unseats. : OUSTS
46
Ginger ___. : ALE
47
Chariot. : CAR
48
Orient. : EAST
50
Palestinian mount. : CARMEL
53
Odysseus' home. : ITHACA
57
Snooze. : CATNAP
59
Piece of rock candy. : LUMP
61
Fall behind. : LAG
62
Headmaster. : PRINCIPAL
64
"There is nothing like ___." : ADAME
66
Past. : AGO
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Swedish coin. : KRONA
68
Mercutio's friend. : ROMEO
69
Junior, for one. : SON
70
Jacket. : ETON
71
___ a kind. : TWOOF
Down
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Swiss city. : BASEL
2
Extreme. : ULTRA
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Very much: Colloq. : NOEND
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That, in Italy. : CHE
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Difficult task. : HARDNUTTOCRACK
6
Take ___ (acknowledge applause). : ABOW
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Plant of the pea family. : SENNA
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Shoe part. : TOE
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Unconventional. : OFFBEAT
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Sanguine ones. : OPTIMISTS
11
Road to Berlin. : BAHN
12
Chop ___. : SUEY
15
Generally. : FORTHEMOSTPART
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Santha Rama ___. : RAU
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Broker: Abbr. : AGT
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Neutral. : INERT
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Gouda. : CHEESE
29
Proper place. : SPHERE
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Fall in with. : MEET
33
Attention-getting sounds. : PSTS
34
That: Fr. : CELA
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Conrad hero. : AXEL
36
Light meal. : REFECTION
38
Possessive. : OUR
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The Confederacy. : SOUTH
44
Movie star, old style. : VAMPIRE
49
Intention. : AIM
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Yearly: Abbr. : ANN
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Plain in the Southwest. : LLANO
54
Texas shrine. : ALAMO
55
Type of brooch. : CAMEO
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"The ___ Reason." : AGEOF
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Auditors. : CPAS
58
Constellation. : ARGO
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German lancer: Var. : ULAN
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Crucible. : POT
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___ Jones average. : DOW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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