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New York Times, Friday, May 15, 1964

27-Across : Lead sulfide.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,402
Across
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Burden. : OPPRESS
8
Working copy of a play. : SCRIPT
14
Direct. : STRAIGHT
15
Big league ball player. : ORIOLE
16
Youth. : TEENAGER
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Abrupt. : SUDDEN
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Drive forward. : IMPEL
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Glory. : KUDOS
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Edible grass seed. : OAT
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Form 1040 experts. : CPAS
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Foot: Prefix. : PEDI
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Theater audience. : HOUSE
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Hebrew unit of capacity. : KOR
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Lead sulfide. : GALENA
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Consumer. : USER
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Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Uncle and father-in-law of Jacob. : LABAN
34
Shining. : RADIANT
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Spasmodic sound effect. : HICCUPS
40
Cubic measure. : STERE
42
See 61 Across. : DIESEL
43
Drink. : SODA
46
Did the hora. : DANCED
48
Associate of a fairway. : TEE
49
Chiefs: Abbr. : PRINS
51
Yellow bugles. : IVAS
52
Unadulterated. : PURE
53
Tune. : AIR
54
Hebrew leader. : CALEB
56
Dried root of Mexican plant. : JALAP
57
Checked. : REINED
59
Plant-propagating method. : LAYERAGE
61
Locomotive. : ENGINE
62
Ornamental shrub. : OLEASTER
63
Mining excavations. : STOPES
64
North American Indians. : PAWNEES
Down
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___! O mores! : OTEMPORA
2
Put together. : PREPARED
3
Glass. : PANES
4
Part of a pahlavi. : RIAL
5
Cake ingredient. : EGG
6
Old gold piece. : SHEKEL
7
Bakery item. : STRUDEL
8
Tolerable. : SOSO
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Rush-hour crowd. : CRUSH
10
Clear (of). : RID
11
Containing a medicinal element. : IODOUS
12
Gratify. : PLEASE
13
Drying frame. : TENTER
14
Gummed patch. : STICKER
20
Old song hit. : DINAH
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Given as security. : PAWNED
25
Small amount. : OUNCE
27
Kid's parent. : GOAT
28
Remains. : ABIDES
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Jewish month. : NISAN
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Sour. : ACID
35
Follow. : TRAIL
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Discolored, as if scorched. : USTULATE
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Ranks of noblemen. : PEERAGES
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Part of a train. : SLEEPER
41
Surround. : ENVELOP
43
Extra things. : SPARES
44
Adjust to a situation. : ORIENT
45
Motto of Maine. : DIRIGO
47
Secret doctrine. : CABALA
50
Picture. : SCENE
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Describe grammatically. : PARSE
55
Noun suffixes. : ADES
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Hugo hero. : JEAN
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Tuck's partner. : NIP
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Evergreen. : YEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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