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New York Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1964

57-Across : Shirked.

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: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,434
Across
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Float. : RAFT
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Impart. : LEND
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Nautical term. : SHEET
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Suffix in "eye" words. : OPIA
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Yogi Berra. : LARRY
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Stands still. : MARKSTIME
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Walking ___. : ONAIR
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Saturated. : STEEPED
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Director of a bank. : TRUSTEE
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Like some roads. : OILED
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Freudian subject. : EGO
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Prim: Colloq. : STUFFY
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Nabob, for one. : RICHMAN
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Slight breeze. : WHIFF
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Where Callao is. : PERU
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Glaswegian. : SCOT
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NATO, for one. : ORG
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Nautical term. : YARDARM
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Decant. : POUR
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Swamps. : BOGS
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Impatient. : EAGER
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Commonplace statement. : BROMIDE
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Emphasis. : STRESS
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Deplorable. : SAD
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Gossamer. : SHEER
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Night spot. : CABARET
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Shirked. : AVOIDED
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"Something there is that doesn't love ___." : AWALL
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Operating. : INSERVICE
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Kind of knife. : BOWIE
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Waterfall. : LINN
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This: Sp. : ESTE
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Lane of a tennis court. : ALLEY
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Small fry. : TOTS
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Bodega. : SHOP
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Gypsies. : ROMS
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"___ on the back." : APAT
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Prometheus' gift to man. : FIRE
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Burlesque. : TAKEOFF
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Not long ago. : LATELY
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Suppress. : ELIDE
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O.T. book: Abbr. : NUM
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Doctor's orders. : DIET
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Discard. : SLOUGH
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Baker Street vehicles. : HANSOMS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Place in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
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Ancient metropolis. : TYRE
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Smart: Slang. : SPIFFY
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Appear again. : RECUR
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Sprinkles with flour. : DREDGES
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Barter: Colloq. : SWOP
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Vibrate. : THROB
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Member of a Turkic people. : UIGUR
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Cleopatra's faithful maid. : IRAS
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"Nor iron bars ___." : ACAGE
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Contents of a certain book. : NOTES
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Goad. : PROD
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Dick Deadeye and others. : TARS
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Sojourn. : ABIDE
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Visitor from outer space. : METEOR
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Cole Porter show. : ROSALIE
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Lands. : ARRIVES
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Scrooge's partner. : MARLEY
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Cards. : SEVENS
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Negative verbal contraction. : HASNT
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Old-time workbasket. : CABA
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Military acronym. : AWOL
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Shout noisily. : BAWL
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Slant : TILT
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Plate. : DISH
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Obscure. : DEEP
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Greek island. : NIO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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