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New York Times, Friday, May 8, 1964

27-Across : Part of a ship's keel.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,395
Across
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Social class. : CASTE
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Parts of barns. : MOWS
10
Whelps. : PUPS
14
Hearsay. : RUMOR
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Tenor's forte. : ARIA
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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French girl's name. : ADELE
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Mountain lake. : TARN
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___ Fein. : SINN
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Chanced drilling for oil. : WILDCATTED
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Deer. : STAG
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Sun god. : SOL
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Monkey puzzle. : TREE
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Contents of 6 Across. : HAY
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Part of a ship's keel. : SKEG
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Infantryman: Slang. : DOGFACE
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Cloth pattern. : PLAID
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Fipple flute. : FLAGEOLET
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Area near a barn. : YARD
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Above and beyond: Prefix. : TRANS
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Spanish stew. : OLLA
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One kind of moneylender. : LOANSHARK
42
At an angle. : ATILT
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Country places. : ESTATES
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Pronoun, country style. : HISN
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Common prefix. : PRO
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Quay. : PIER
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Nautical pin. : FID
51
Applaud. : CLAP
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Biggest or best portion. : LIONSSHARE
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___ Sound, Florida resort. : HOBE
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European capital. : OSLO
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Port. : HAVEN
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Operatic prince. : IGOR
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Valley. : GLEN
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Writer's mode of expression. : IRONY
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Intimidates. : COWS
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Nautical term. : YARE
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Certain Frenchmen. : PERES
Down
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Crops. : CRAWS
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TV term. : AUDIO
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Suspects trickery. : SMELLSARAT
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Related. : TOLD
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Set up. : ERECTED
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Smelting mixture. : MATTE
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Speak, in a way. : ORATE
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Imaginary finish line. : WIRE
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Caisson workers. : SANDHOGS
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Straddles the fence, on issues. : PUSSYFOOTS
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Undivided whole. : UNIT
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Corduroy, in Spain. : PANA
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Warbled. : SUNG
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Chile's neighbor: Abbr. : ARG
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Mellow. : AGE
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Certain lawbreakers. : KIDNAPPERS
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Moist and chilly. : DANK
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Those who say "Aye." : ALLINFAVOR
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Cubicle. : CELL
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Memorable war correspondent. : PYLE
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Place in the news. : LAOS
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Brothers. : FRAS
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Guardian spirit: Lat. : LAR
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Seminarian's concern. : THEOLOGY
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Ship: Abbr. : STR
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Dirigible. : AIRSHIP
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Men. : HES
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Punt propeller. : POLER
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Hole ___. : INONE
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One of the Dunnes. : IRENE
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French saint: Var. : DENYS
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Smart. : CHIC
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Word: Prefix. : LOGO
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Take ___. : ABOW
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Any one of the Balearics. : ISLA
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Racer of fable. : HARE

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

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