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New York Times, Thursday, April 9, 1964

18-Across : Illuminating explosives.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,366
Across
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Traffic sign. : STOP
5
Plant. : MOSS
9
Open. : UNBAR
14
Bay ___. : AREA
15
December time. : YULE
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Artist who painted George Washington. : PEALE
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Bride's concern. : VEIL
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Illuminating explosives. : STARSHELLS
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Fishing device. : EELPOT
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Part of Caesar's boast. : VENI
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Beautician's concern. : SET
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Individual: Prefix. : IDIO
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Soothes. : ALLAYS
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Thing done. : FAITACCOMPLI
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French city. : ARRAS
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Fastener. : CLIP
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Part of q. v. : QUOD
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Confused. : MUDDY
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Biblical preposition. : UNTO
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Munro pseudonym. : SAKI
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Give ___ up. : ALEG
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Northwestern capital. : BOISE
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Unruly. : OBSTREPEROUS
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Dramatic units. : SCENES
51
Three, in Spain. : TRES
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Eastern alliance. : UAR
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Wife of Tyndareus. : LEDA
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Whole. : INTACT
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God's care. : PROVIDENCE
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Side glance. : OGLE
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Girl of song. : ROSIE
65
Noun suffixes. : ADES
66
Cross. : ROOD
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Change. : AMEND
68
Roly-poly's concern. : DIET
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Missiles of a sort. : EGGS
Down
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Lay by. : SAVE
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Poinciana. : TREE
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Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Fluttering. : PALPITATION
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Soothsayer. : MYSTIC
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In circulation. : OUT
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Croat. : SLAV
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Withered. : SERE
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Difficult. : UPHILL
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Born. : NEE
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Wood. : BALSA
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Passageway. : ALLEY
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Billiard cue supports. : RESTS
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Brisk: Colloq. : SNAPPY
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Harem apartments. : ODAS
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Mysterious. : OCCULT
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Shop of a sort. : LIQUORSTORE
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Beatles and others. : FADS
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Irish exclamation. : ARRA
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Eastern country. : IRAK
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Companion of wiser. : OLDER
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Lilliputian. : MIDGET
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Mussel genus. : UNIO
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City near Kyoto. : OTSU
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Performs. : DOES
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Gathered together. : MASSED
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Existed. : BEEN
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Contradicted. : BELIED
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Clergyman. : PRIEST
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Above: Lat. : SUPRA
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Shot, in a game. : CAROM
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Jagged, as leaf edges. : EROSE
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Last word of "O Captain! My Captain!" : DEAD
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"The Moon ___." : ANDI
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Eager. : AGOG
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Shoe. : CLOG
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Williams and others. : TEDS
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Coq au ___. : VIN
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Letter. : CEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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