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New York Times, Saturday, May 23, 1964

35-Across : Fur seal.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,410
Across
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N.C.O. : SGT
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Exclamations. : OHOS
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Purveyor of provisions. : GROCER
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Turtle's shell. : CARAPACE
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Abrogate. : REVOKE
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Lark: Fr. : ALOUETTE
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Presaged. : OMENED
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Option plays in a game of skat. : TOURNEES
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Nautical term. : PORT
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___-my-thumb. : HOPO
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Abstracted. : STOLE
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Went afoot. : TROD
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Everlasting: Poet. : ETERN
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Woo. : SUE
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County. : SHIRE
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Washington agency. : AID
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___-leave (parole). : TICKETOF
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Fur seal. : SEABEAR
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Most equitable. : FAIREST
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Provided with ready money. : INPOCKET
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Shell game item. : PEA
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Be mighty fond of. : ADORE
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Genus of macaws. : ARA
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George Eliot hero. : SILAS
50
Roman ___. : NOSE
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Detonation. : BLAST
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Fledgling's home. : NEST
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Unexciting. : TAME
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Quahog cookout. : CLAMBAKE
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Designating a type style. : ITALIC
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Commandeer. : TAKEOVER
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Charm or talisman. : FETISH
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Become arrogant, old style. : OVERWEEN
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Partridge of India. : SEESEE
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U. of Nevada site. : RENO
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Antonym of SSW. : NNE
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Wither with denunciation. : SCATHE
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Old-time oddball. : GALOOT
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Company of actors. : TROUPE
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Unfeigned. : OPEN
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Avid antipathies. : HATES
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Double quartets. : OCTETS
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Participates in, to the bitter end. : SEESOUT
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Feel one's way. : GROPE
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San ___, Italy. : REMO
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Feature of "The Wizard of Oz." : OVERTHERAINBOW
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Mighty sorry. : CONTRITE
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Somehow get by (with "out"). : EKE
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What Rufus means. : RED
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Nature's show of "merry dancers." : AURORABOREALIS
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Eric's son. : LEIF
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Gold ornaments: Sp. : OROS
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Adroit. : DEFT
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Kinswoman. : NIECE
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Hits a tall fly. : SKIES
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The mail, in East Indies. : DAK
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___ and bells. : CAP
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Capital of Shensi province. : SIAN
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Within: Prefix. : ENDO
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Turncoat. : APOSTATE
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Authentic. : REAL
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Mechanical mule. : TRACTOR
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"No man is naturally ___." : ASLAVE
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Yeast. : LEAVEN
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___ as mustard. : ASKEEN
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Laurence of 18th Century London. : STERNE
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___-de-mer (sea cucumber). : BECHE
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Abstracted. : TAKEN
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___ en scène. : MISE
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Warm seas grouper. : MERO
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Suppositions. : IFS
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Links place. : TEE

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

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