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New York Times, Saturday, April 27, 1963

45-Across : Take for granted.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,018
Across
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Lime tree. : TEIL
5
Bright. : CLEAR
10
Shout to a sled dog. : MUSH
14
Harness part. : HAME
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Thicket fence. : HEDGE
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Genus of 10 Down. : UNIO
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Specter. : APPARITION
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In ___. : SITU
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Sorrowful state. : WOE
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Sen. Johnston. : OLIN
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Dispossession. : OUSTER
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Ingrained habits. : SECONDNATURE
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Department store abbreviation. : COD
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College course. : ENGLISH
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Scenic views. : SCAPES
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Physiognomy. : FACE
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Marsupial, for short. : ROO
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Old boats. : TUBS
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City on the Saale River. : HALLE
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Out of. : FROM
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Combustible. : OIL
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Pit of a sort. : SILO
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Goblin. : SPRITE
45
Take for granted. : PRESUME
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Nephew of Abraham. : LOT
48
Continually. : TIMEANDAGAIN
54
Attribute. : IMPUTE
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Bench. : SEAT
58
Numerical prefix. : TRI
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Hard by. : NEAR
60
Celebrity. : REPUTATION
63
Lost one's footing. : SLID
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Parisian pupil. : ELEVE
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Mother of Louis XIV. : ANNE
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Broadway cousin of Oscar. : TONY
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Nuremberg artist. : DURER
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Many years. : AGES
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Dissolves. : THAWS
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Literary signature. : EAPOE
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Faultless. : IMPECCABLE
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Meadow. : LEA
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Urchin. : CHILD
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Grant entry to. : LETIN
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Scot's city, poetically. : EDINA
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Gone by. : AGO
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Disclaims. : RENOUNCES
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Bivalve mollusk. : MUSSEL
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Distinct part. : UNIT
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Position. : SITE
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Customary time : HOUR
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Script used in printing. : RONDE
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Spur. : URGE
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Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
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Greenwing. : TEAL
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Bothersome. : IRRITATING
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By-product of smoke. : SOOT
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Familiar setting. : HOME
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Intercept. : STOP
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Leather: Fr. : CUIR
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Gleamed faintly. : SHIMMERED
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Girl's name, for short. : FLO
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Sailor's term. : ALEE
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Epithet for Mowgli. : FROG
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Please. : SUIT
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Montevideo's river. : PLATA
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Resolute. : STURDY
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Turkish coin. : ASPER
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___ Chapelle, France. : NEUVE
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Type of rubber stamp. : DATER
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Oily ketone. : IRONE
53
Spot cards. : NINES
54
M.I.T. : INST
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Song: Prefix. : MELO
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Distress. : PAIN
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Pagoda. : TAA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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