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New York Times, Monday, April 29, 1963

43-Across : Fishline.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { B H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 239 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,020
Across
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Way up. : STAIRS
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Western lake. : CRATER
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Early Mexican. : TOLTEC
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Roman whose name means "Little boots." : CALIGULA
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Time of one's life. : OLDAGE
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Fragrant. : AROMATIC
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Washington and ___. : LEE
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Unity. : ONENESS
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I hate: Lat. : ODI
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Slips. : ERRS
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Lady "en famille." : TANTE
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Songbird. : WREN
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Belgian city. : NAMUR
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Links place. : TEE
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Billiard stroke. : MASSE
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Brilliant bird. : TANAGER
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Suitable to. : FOR
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Mr. Bones. : ENDMAN
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Polynesian people. : MAORIS
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Wife of Saturn. : OPS
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Acid salt. : CITRATE
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Biblical book. : KINGS
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Juan or Jose. : SAN
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Fishline. : SNELL
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Numbers. : ONES
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Central point. : PIVOT
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Magnolia. : TREE
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Part of a circus. : ACT
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Noted naval vessel. : MONITOR
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Santa ___. : ANA
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Of a shore. : LITTORAL
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___ peace. : RESTIN
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Legendary island. : ATLANTIS
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Cylindrical in form. : TERETE
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Taken care of. : SEENTO
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Baseball pitch. : SLIDER
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Plagiarized. : STOLEN
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Allow. : TOLERATE
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Public official. : ALDERMAN
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Give ___ try. : ITA
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Rule: Lat. : REGO
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Get an inkling of. : SCENT
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Familiar. : CLOSE
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Borders. : RIMS
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Oriental title. : AGA
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Instructors. : TUTORS
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Leaves out. : ELIDES
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Wisconsin city. : RACINE
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Worker with foods. : CANNER
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Mountain formation. : ARETE
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Dined. : EATEN
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Solar halos or rainbows. : SUNDOGS
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Legal writ. : WARRANT
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Passageways. : RAMPS
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"Wuthering Heights" country. : MOORS
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Highway sign. : GAS
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Profitable. : FAT
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North Dakota city. : MINOT
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Repeated. : ITERATED
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Moon dweller. : SELENITE
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Objects pettily. : CAVILS
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Marsupials. : KOALAS
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Stir up. : INCITE
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Vex. : NETTLE
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Red Sea peninsula. : SINAI
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Pitched horseshoe resting against the peg. : LEANER
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Portuguese city. : PORTO
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Civil wrongs. : TORTS
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State: Abbr. : MONT
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Dance. : REEL
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Color. : TAN
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Oriental title. : SRI

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

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