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New York Times, Monday, May 13, 1963

31-Across : Shot by Hoppe.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,034
Across
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Character in Melville. : AHAB
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Part of a process. : STEP
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Stage lights. : SPOTS
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"I ___ Little Pony." : HADA
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Sign of sorrow. : TEAR
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Landscape painter. : COROT
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Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
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Reliquary. : ARCA
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Like Esau. : HAIRY
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Ludicrous prank. : MONKEYSHINE
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Product of shale. : OIL
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Kind of club. : GLEE
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Hollywood product. : ROMANCE
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Dispensed with. : SPARED
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Freshened. : AIRED
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Shot by Hoppe. : CAROM
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Secretary's forte. : MESSAGES
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North Pacific isle. : ATTU
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Antecedent. : CAUSE
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Petulant expression. : POUT
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English painter. : REYNOLDS
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Abundance. : STORE
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Herd. : DROVE
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"___ Two." : TEAFOR
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Start of a famous anthem. : GODSAVE
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Smell ___. : ARAT
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Noun suffix. : URE
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Formalities. : CEREMONIALS
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Union group. : LOCAL
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Nautical marker. : BUOY
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Algerian seaport. : ORAN
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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Ballot box: Fr. : URNE
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___ me tangere. : NOLI
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Feet. : SOLES
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Namesakes of a princess. : MEGS
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Booty. : SWAG
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Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
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Angelic symbol. : HALO
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English protectorate. : ADEN
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Settings. : BACKGROUNDS
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Lodged. : STAYED
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Laconic. : TERSE
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Price list word. : EACH
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Sights in the Middle West. : PRAIRIES
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Plans. : SCHEMES
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Bluegrass genus. : POA
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Where Rigel is. : ORION
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Type of lens. : TORIC
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Paris product. : STYLE
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Basic: Abbr. : ELEM
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Olaf's people. : NORSE
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Rewritten compositions. : ADAPTATIONS
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Mark. : SCAR
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Form of pasty. : PATE
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Describing some décor. : ARTY
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Divert. : AMUSE
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Pull a boner. : GOOF
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Prefix for a continent. : EURO
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Suffix with tap and team. : STER
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Kind of spice. : CLOVE
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Word for word: Lat. : ADVERBUM
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Infallible ones. : ORACLES
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Relative of Shawn. : SEAN
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City on the Seine. : TROYES
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Heraldic color red. : GULES
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College town in Maine. : ORONO
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Transfer picture, for short. : DECAL
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In company with. : AMONG
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River into the Seine. : EURE
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In a line. : AROW
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Singer's syllables. : LALA
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Eel: Dial. : SNIG
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Common verb. : ARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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