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New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1964

47-Across : Degrees in religion.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,448
Across
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Star of "The Best Man." : FONDA
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Tears. : RIPS
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Cacholong. : OPAL
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Congressman from Indiana. : ADAIR
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Beige. : ECRU
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Calendar entry. : DATE
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Current best seller. : CONVENTION
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Faithless one. : TRAITOR
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Ring decision. : TKO
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One of the Kennedys. : TED
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Contrive. : DEVISE
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___ you go. : PAYAS
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Simple. : BARE
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Cheering up. : ELATING
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Presidential nickname. : ABE
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Part of Indonesia. : JAVA
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"TWTWTW," for example. : SATIRE
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Plants, also called innocence. : BLUETS
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Rent. : TORE
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Topsy's friend. : EVA
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Members of weddings. : BESTMEN
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Degrees in religion. : MRES
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"Most Happy ___." : FELLA
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Eastern name. : ALI
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Mal de ___. : MER
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Party provender. : PEANUTS
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Talk: Abbr. : LECT
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Not snobbish. : DEMOCRATIC
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Rugged rock. : SCAR
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Hercules' archery prize. : IOLE
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Capital of Guam. : AGANA
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Sicilian sight. : ETNA
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Tonsorial item. : TRIM
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"He sold all that __ ... " : HEHAD
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Matter of ___. : FACT
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Sapor. : ODOR
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Zola title. : NANA
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Conquer's companion. : DIVIDE
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Rocky crest. : ARETE
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Get back. : RETRIEVE
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Here; Fr. : ICI
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Genus of plants, as the sugar-bush. : PROTEA
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Done for: Slang. : SUNK
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"___ to Joy" : ODE
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Perle Mesta, for one. : PARTYGIVER
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Bewildered. : ATSEA
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Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
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Election time: Abbr. : NOV
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Narcotic. : OPIATE
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Biased. : SLANTED
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Opponent. : ANTI
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Sting. : BARB
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Steinbeck hero. : ABEL
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River in Kansas. : REPUBLICAN
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Former ruler. : TSAR
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Goods cast overboard. : JETSAM
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Legislative helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Those: Sp. : ESAS
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Dance. : REEL
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"Till Eulenspiel," for one. : TONEPOEM
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___ less. : MOREOR
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Contrive. : MANAGE
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Misleading. : FALSE
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Verb for 1964. : ELECT
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Sort time, for short. : SEC
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Name meaning "princess." : SARAH
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Revise. : EDIT
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Gov. Clyde's home. : UTAH
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Girl's name. : TINA
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Fish. : SCAD
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Refrain syllable. : TRA
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15 years before Hastings. : MLI

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

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