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New York Times, Saturday, April 25, 1964

48-Across : Govt. agency.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,382
Across
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Certain Asians. : IRAQI
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Game. : POOL
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___ chance. : NOTA
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Event: Lat. : CASUS
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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Word of assent. : AMEN
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Colorado park. : ESTES
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Cynosure at the Fair. : UNISPHERE
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___ Park, former home of the Athletics. : SHIBE
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Self-control. : RESTRAINT
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Ice: Ger. : EIS
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Compute: Abbr. : CALC
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Draw. : LIMN
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Rouget de ___. : LISLE
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Peer's mother. : ASE
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Monetary unit. : LIRA
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Chinese game. : FANTAN
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Stan Musial's assignment. : PHYSICALFITNESS
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Dress size. : PETITE
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Colliery. : MINE
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Rumanian coin. : LEU
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Craggy formation. : ARETE
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Realtor's sign. : SOLD
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Member of the famille. : PERE
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Govt. agency. : RFC
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Girl's nickname. : SAL
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Political tests. : PRIMARIES
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Gallic exclamation. : MAFOI
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Neck ornament. : LAVALIERE
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Horse: Lat. : EQUUS
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Open. : AJAR
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Tolstoi heroine. : ANNA
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Expert in TLC. : NURSE
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Tug. : YANK
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Aves. : RTES
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Villa ___, near Tivoli. : DESTE
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Parfaits. : ICES
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Heedless. : RASH
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Italian wine city. : ASTI
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City on the St. Lawrence. : QUEBEC
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Certain Japanese. : ISSEI
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Decant. : POUR
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French river. : ORNE
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Prayer. : ORISON
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Shoemakers' concerns. : LASTS
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Okinawa town. : NAHA
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Sacred Chinese mountain. : OMEI
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Sea bird. : TERN
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French author. : ANET
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Makarios, for example. : PRELATE
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Golfer's problem. : SLICE
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Ecclesiastical garment. : CAPPA
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Jacob's son. : ASHER
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Historic island near Samar. : LEYTE
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Man's name. : IRA
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City in Sweden. : MALMO
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Wayside, for one. : INN
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Upright stone slab. : STELE
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Light beam, modern style. : LASER
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Result. : ENSUE
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Verbatim. : LITERAL
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Discoveries. : FINDS
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Rest. : SIT
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Thread: Fr. : FIL
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Having knowledge. : SCIENT
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Wall ornament. : PLAQUE
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Tuck, for instance. : FRIAR
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Alter, as a motion. : AMEND
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Broadway attraction. : PLAY
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Asian title. : RAJA
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Turgenev. : IVAN
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Distinction. : MARK
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River in Ireland. : ERNE
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Expanses. : SEAS
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Milady's treasures. : FURS
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Expel. : OUST
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Conversational phrase. : ISEE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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