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New York Times, Wednesday, April 22, 1964

44-Across : Fullest of tricks.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,379
Across
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Large number: Colloq. : RAFT
5
Practice an art. : ETCH
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Popular garment. : STOLE
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City on the Jumna. : AGRA
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Genuine: Fr. : VRAI
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One kind of pedestrian. : HIKER
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Slogan for today. : MEETMEATTHEFAIR
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Sham. : PRETEND
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Marine pinniped. : SEAL
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G.I., at times. : SALUTER
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Do a pilot's job. : AVIATE
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Suffix with loud or soft. : NESS
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Ways out. : EGRESSES
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Church title. : PADRE
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Gets gone fast. : SCATS
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Times: Abbr. : YRS
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Cockney's expectations. : OPES
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Large pill. : BOLUS
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Greek name for Proserpina. : KORE
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Now, in Spain. : ORA
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Simple organism. : MONAD
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Turns around a fixed point. : SLUES
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Sound effects for villain's curtain calls. : HISSINGS
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Small container. : VIAL
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Fullest of tricks. : SLYEST
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Nonmetallic compound. : PLASTIC
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Iota's cousin. : ATOM
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Coarse fern. : BRACKEN
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Song for happy days. : THEGANGSALLHERE
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Mattress fiber. : KAPOK
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Unusually good. : RARE
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Modern Hibernia. : EIRE
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Sugar derivative, in chemistry. : OSIDE
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Network: Abbr. : SYST
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Kind of battery: Abbr. : STOR
Down
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Roadway of a sort. : RAMP
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Mellowing substances. : AGERS
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Unconventional. : FREEANDEASY
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Gossips. : TATTLERS
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News items. : EVENTS
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Buy and sell. : TRADE
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Siamese. : CAT
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Great successes. : HITS
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Bundles of grain. : SHEAVES
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Ancient city on the Kura. : TIFLIS
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River into the Volga. : OKA
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Hilo garland. : LEI
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Make a 39 Down. : ERR
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Sedan's river. : MEUSE
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Card game. : HEARTS
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Enfold again. : RECLASP
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Comedy of 365 years ago. : ASYOULIKEIT
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___ Haute. : TERRE
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Letters. : ESSES
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Bit of finery. : GAUD
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Impatient exclamations. : POOHS
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Shower time. : APRIL
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Companion of dance. : SONG
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High society. : BONTON
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Conversation gatherings, often with coffee. : KLATCHES
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Estimate incorrectly. : MISTAKE
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Cordage fiber. : SISAL
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Poseidon. : SEAGOD
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Knave. : VARLET
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Angle irons. : LBARS
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Hill: Sp. : CERRO
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Baseball officials: Abbr. : MGRS
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Boxing term. : TKO
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Is possessed of. : HAS
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Prefix with gram and log. : EPI
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For instance. : SAY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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