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New York Times, Monday, April 24, 1961

63-Across : Island of the Aegean.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,301
Across
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March ___. : HARE
5
Columbus' embarkation point, 1492. : PALOS
10
Piece of wampum. : BEAD
14
Cassowary: Var. : EMEU
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Join forces. : UNITE
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Historic city of India. : AGRA
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Lends a hand. : AIDS
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False clue. : REDHERRING
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Member of a certain faction. : LEFTIST
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First woman to swim the Channel. : EDERLE
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Clement Attlee. : EARL
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Betel nut tree. : ARECA
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Witchcraft. : BLACKART
28
Social system. : REGIME
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Baptism. : RITE
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Suffix used with good and bad. : NESS
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The populace. : DEMOS
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Belgian commune. : ATH
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Bane of bureaucracy. : REDTAPE
39
Caldron. : POT
40
___ Khan, Sir Tiger. : SHERE
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Bright star of Cygnus. : SADR
43
Withered and brown. : SERE
44
Kings of Palestine dynasty. : HERODS
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Author of "The Sleepwalkers." : KOESTLER
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Inclined trough. : CHUTE
50
West Virginia product. : COAL
51
Breastpin. : BROOCH
53
One of the ball teams. : REDLEGS
56
10th century explorer. : ERICTHERED
58
Cypress root formation. : KNEE
59
Bustle. : TODO
60
___ time (formerly). : ATONE
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English prep school. : ETON
62
Iowa university town. : AMES
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Island of the Aegean. : SAMOS
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Military awards: Abbr. : DSMS
Down
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Make sound. : HEAL
2
French friend. : AMIE
3
Community Chest symbol. : REDFEATHER
4
Mr. Tilley of "The New Yorker." : EUSTACE
5
Weed with pink, fleshy stems. : PURSLANE
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Claude ___, French writer. : ANET
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Box top. : LID
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Additional. : OTHER
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Gadget for canners. : SEEDER
10
Hail of missiles. : BARRAGE
11
Mythical Norse hero. : EGIL
12
Composer of "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
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Swedish name in U. N. : DAG
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Withdraw. : RECEDE
21
Provoke. : IRK
24
Being risked. : ATSTAKE
25
Impudent. : BRASH
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Easily bent. : LITHE
27
Claret and Burgundy. : REDS
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Motive powers. : IMPELLENTS
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Pulitzer prize poet. : MOORE
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Ethereal salt. : ESTER
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Japanese island, W of Honshu. : SADO
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Very new. : REDHOT
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Comes before. : PRECEDES
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Grotesque styles of ornamentation. : ROCOCOS
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Trailed stealthily. : STALKED
45
For example. : SUCHAS
47
Prairie building material. : SOD
49
Greek letter. : THETA
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Bones of Sleepy Hollow. : BROM
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Bridle path. : RIDE
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
54
Branch of mathematics: Abbr. : GEOM
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Legislators: Abbr. : SENS
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Gypsy man or boy. : ROM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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