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New York Times, Saturday, April 29, 1961

5-Across : Specialized military personnel.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,306
Across
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Battle of ___ Alto, 1846. : PALO
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Specialized military personnel. : WACS
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Port on the Black Sea. : ANAPA
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Etc. : ETAL
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He: Lat. : ILLE
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Apollo's birthplace. : DELOS
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Peer. : LORD
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French religious festival. : NOEL
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Happy or Grumpy. : DWARF
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Patterson's forte. : FISTICUFFS
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Within: Comb. form. : ENTO
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___ tea. : ICED
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Block. : HINDER
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Fall-blooming annual. : COSMOS
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Threw. : FLUNG
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"For all sad words of tongue ___ ... " : ORPEN
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Relative of boycott. : BLACKLIST
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Shift. : VEER
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First-rate: Colloq. : CRACK
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Early resident of Cuzco. : INCA
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Not there. : ELSEWHERE
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"___ Is Born." : ASTAR
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"Camelot" collaborator. : LOEWE
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Urge. : EXHORT
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Swiss hat. : ALPINE
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Voluble. : GLIB
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Kind of dance. : CLOG
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Hors d'oeuvres. : RIPEOLIVES
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Proportion. : RATIO
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Request. : WISH
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Indulge. : BABY
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Trailing along. : INTOW
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Part of a play. : ACTI
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Circus performer. : LION
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Outlaw in 1869 novel. : DOONE
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Stratum. : SEAM
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Marine flier. : ERNE
Down
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Money. : PELF
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Man's name meaning 17 Across. : LARS
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Subject of a familiar revival song. : OLDTIMERELIGION
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Draws back suddenly. : WINCES
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Audibly. : ALOUD
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Pitch indicator. : CLEF
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One's own person. : SELF
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Subjoin. : ADD
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Current best seller. : NEWENGLISHBIBLE
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"There is ___ of pure delight ... " : ALAND
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French door. : PORTE
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In regard to. : ASFOR
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Picture. : ICON
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Remove the covering, as of a nut. : SHUCK
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India ___. : INK
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Small inlet. : COVE
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Goddess of hope. : SPES
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Emergency signal. : FLARE
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Trimming. : LACE
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Concoct. : BREW
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Come ___ (join). : INTO
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Blemish. : SCAR
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Turnover. : TART
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Raise the spirits of. : CHEER
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Was first. : WON
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Angle formed by a branch. : AXIL
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Name for Jehovah. : ELOHIM
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Of caustic temper. : ACRID
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Vaquero's habitat. : LLANO
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Kinkajou. : POTTO
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Doings: Lat. : GESTA
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"___ a King in Babylon ... " : IWAS
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Small coin of India. : PICE
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Fur worn by medieval kings. : VAIR
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Black. : EBON
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Past, à la Burns. : SYNE
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Be indebted to. : OWE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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