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New York Times, Saturday, June 20, 1964

18-Across : Girl Friday's forte.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,438
Across
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Dance. : SAMBA
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That 23-inning team. : METS
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Exclamation of surprise. : WELL
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Bartlett and Bosc. : PEARS
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Tapestry. : ARRAS
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Girl Friday's forte. : SHORTHAND
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Girl Friday. : RIGHTHAND
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Long-limbed and slender. : RANGY
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Look to be. : SEEM
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Volcano on Honshu. : ASO
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Month: Abbr. : NOV
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One of more than two. : ANY
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Kneecap. : PATELLA
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Swiss river. : AAR
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Fit accurately. : TRUEUP
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Chez ___ (at our house). : NOUS
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Precariously. : FROMHANDTOMOUTH
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Indian. : OTOE
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Famed musician. : CASALS
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Balmoral's river. : DEE
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Banquet speech. : REMARKS
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Suffix with high and low. : EST
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Zip codes, area codes, etc.: Abbr. : NOS
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Exclamation. : OHO
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
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Dutch cheese. : GOUDA
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___ Indian Wars. : FRENCHAND
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Advantage. : UPPERHAND
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Roulette bet on four numbers. : CARRE
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Activity. : STIR
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Sleep like ___. : ALOG
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Metal bar. : INGOT
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2000 and 2240 lbs. : TONS
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Way in. : GATE
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Baal and the Beatles. : IDOLS
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Cleavable minerals. : SPARS
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Bird dwelling. : AERIE
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52 Across, in England. : MARGE
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Hindu deity. : BRAHMA
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Adjt., for one. : ASST
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Western scenery. : MESAS
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Peoples: Prefix. : ETHNO
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Walked. : TROD
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Talk: Abbr. : SER
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"Yes ___ bananas ... " : WEHAVENO
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Dash. : ELAN
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Suffix with dark and spark. : LING
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First ___. : LADY
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Kind of fish line. : TROT
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Mangers. : HAYRACKS
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Little Corporal. : NAPOLEON
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To the ___ degree. : NTH
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___ stop to. : PUTA
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Showy: Colloq. : LOUD
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Guitar's cousin. : LUTE
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Famous North Carolinian. : ASHE
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___ effort. : AFOR
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Italian craft. : ARTE
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Board's companion. : ROOM
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Ones: It. : UNAS
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Wynn and others. : EDS
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Rambles. : MEANDERS
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Library features. : MSS
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Be boisterous. : ROAR
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Near. : TOHAND
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"To be ___ ... " : ORNOT
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Row of privet. : HEDGE
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Term in music. : LARGO
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Sign up. : ENROL
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Playwright Clifford. : ODETS
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Part of a squall. : GUST
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Vision: Prefix. : OPTO
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___ arms. : UPIN
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F.D.R.'s dog. : FALA
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3rd cen. date. : CCII
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Enchantress. : HAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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