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New York Times, Monday, April 22, 1963

22-Across : Speck.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,013
Across
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Stage name. : GISH
5
Oriental name. : OMAR
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Hogarth sunject. : RAKE
13
Theater group. : ANTA
14
Items in lights. : NAMES
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Señorita's name. : INES
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Vehicle seen on TV. : STAGECOACH
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Insect. : GNAT
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Alphabet character. : RUNE
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Siamese. : TAI
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Speck. : MOTE
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Cousin of a cutlass. : SABER
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Shows. : DISPLAYS
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Nigerian people. : ARO
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Sash. : OBI
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Godunov, for one. : TSAR
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Fixed limit. : DEADLINE
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Insect. : BORER
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Jean of "Mary, Mary." : KERR
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Try-outs. : TESTS
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Fabric. : LENO
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___ Methuselah. : OLDAS
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Arrived. : SHOWEDUP
47
Dimness. : MIST
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One: It. : UNO
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Continue to be. : ARE
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Legislating. : ENACTING
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Regattas. : RACES
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Piece of land. : PLOT
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Burmese statesman. : UNU
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___ Secy. : ASST
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Certain information. : DIRECTIONS
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Austrian city. : LINZ
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___ no. : YESOR
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Kind of coffee. : DRIP
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In ___. : ESSE
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Lesage's middle name. : RENE
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Perceive. : ESPY
Down
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Fuel. : GAS
2
Exclamation: Abbr. : INT
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Nautical term. : STARBOARD
4
Dutch capital (with "The"). : HAGUE
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If ever. : ONCE
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Chou's comrade. : MAO
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Violin of value. : AMATI
8
Put in new actors. : RECAST
9
Nonsense. : RIGMAROLE
10
Vex. : ANNOY
11
Literary star. : KEATS
12
Punta del ___. : ESTE
15
Flying Dutchman and others. : SHIPS
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Sign up. : ENROL
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Rimsky-Korsakov opera. : SADKO
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Staggering. : AREEL
25
Eat. : DINE
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Chem ___. : LAB
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One kind of part. : BIT
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Act out. : DRAMATIZE
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Sigmoid letter. : ESS
35
Editors. : REDACTORS
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Harden. : ENURE
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Special techniques. : ROPES
40
Criminal of sorts. : THUG
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Familiar from of address. : SON
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___ transit ... : SIC
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Most severe. : WORST
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Learn, as a part. : STUDY
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Littler. : TINIER
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N. Y. island. : ELLIS
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Substantives. : NOUNS
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Role in "Romeo and Juliet." : NURSE
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Stage speech. : ASIDE
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Whitish. : PALE
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Piece of land. : ACRE
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Time period. : EON
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Benumb. : NIP
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Caleb's role. : SPY

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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