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New York Times, Saturday, July 1, 1961

17-Across : Problem for the networks.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,369
Across
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Pace in marching. : STEP
5
Trouble-maker of Norse myth. : LOKI
9
Queenly. : REGAL
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Defect, as in an argument. : HOLE
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Of a certain shape. : OVAL
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To love: Lat. : AMARE
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Problem for the networks. : EQUALTIME
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Scotsman's "don't." : DINNA
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Ineffectual thing: Slang. : DUD
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Circus tent. : BIGTOP
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Looks after: Colloq. : SEESTO
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Fishgig. : SPEAR
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Barbarous Asiatic people. : HUNS
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Not now. : LATERON
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Summer Festival area. : TIMESSQUARE
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Japanese herb. : UDO
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Noted name in furniture. : ADAM
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Swiss canton. : URI
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"___ on first?" : WHOS
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Support. : LEG
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Certain rules. : QUEENSBERRY
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Rhythmic break. : CAESURA
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Attempt: Colloq. : STAB
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Chinese monies. : TAELS
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Yoke, as oxen to a wagon. : INSPAN
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Apt to make a grating sound. : CREAKY
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Contraction of "am not." : AMNT
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Verb-forming suffix. : IZE
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Start of a serial story. : PARTI
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Existing condition of affairs. : STATUSQUO
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Pilgrim of Plymouth Colony. : ALDEN
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Take on hands. : HIRE
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Time of a chronological change. : TURN
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Language of a sort. : SLANG
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City in Oklahoma. : ENID
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Flowers' companions. : BEES
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Farm buildings. : SHEDS
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Hat. : TOQUE
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Get away from. : ELUDE
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Sweet ___. : PEA
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Cosmetics. : LOTIONS
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Genus of sheep. : OVIS
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Hills of glacial material. : KAMES
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___ de France. : ILE
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Shine brightly. : RADIATE
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Fugitive from a country. : EMIGRE
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Thomas Wolfe hero. : GANT
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River of the Ponte Vecchio. : ARNO
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Spring. : LEAP
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Emblem of Egypt. : LOTUS
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___ Mountain. : BEAR
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Son of Noah. : SHEM
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Prairies. : PLAINS
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Sharp, high-pitched sound. : SQUEAL
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River into the Rhine. : RUHR
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Given to prying: Colloq. : NOSY
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French chalk. : TALC
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Thought. : IDEA
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Wizard, old style. : MAGE
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State of being: Suffix. : URE
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Networks. : WEBS
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Trembling. : QUAKING
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1934 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. : UREY
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Limited. : STINTED
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Linguistic group of Africa. : BANTU
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___ Island. : STATEN
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Fabric. : SATIN
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Ruffle the pride of. : PIQUE
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Blue. : AZURE
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Features of 33 Across. : NEONS
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Auditors. : CPAS
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Gradually slower: Mus. abbr. : RALL
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Wagner role. : ERDA
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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Novel title. : SHE
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Ministerial degree. : STB

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

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