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New York Times, Saturday, July 11, 1964

39-Across : Best-selling escape story.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,459
Across
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Mason's piece for leveling. : SHIM
5
Mr. Bede. : ADAM
9
Invitation addenda. : RSVPS
14
El ___, Marine airfield in Calif. : TORO
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City on the Tevere. : ROMA
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Set ___. : ATRAP
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Part of 1 Down. : OVEN
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___ the boards. : TROD
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Not sturdy. : FRAIL
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Best seller (with "The"). : VENETIANAFFAIR
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Intoxicates. : ELATES
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Liquefy. : MELT
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Parry. : STOP
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___ the post. : LEFTAT
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High in the sky. : ALOFT
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Famous physicist. : RABI
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Exclamatory negative. : OHNO
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Best-selling escape story. : VONRYANSEXPRESS
42
Mixture. : OLIO
43
Misplace. : LOSE
44
Adam's product. : IDEAS
45
Nurse. : NANNIE
47
Relative of a foil. : EPEE
49
Recipe abbreviation. : TSPS
51
___ march. : STEALA
56
Best seller (with "The"). : WAPSHOTSCANDAL
60
Turkish dish. : PILAU
61
Int. org. : NATO
62
Woman's title. : DAME
63
River of Italy. : ADIGE
64
Part of Western Hemisphere: Abbr. : AMER
65
Heroine of 1931 best seller. : OLAN
66
Bewitches: Colloq. : HEXES
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Hire. : RENT
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Subjective verb. : WERE
Down
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Heater. : STOVE
2
Dwelling of sorts. : HOVEL
3
Ireland, in Spenser. : IRENA
4
French painter. : MONET
5
Brushman. : ARTIST
6
Mrs. Copperfield. : DORA
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Egyptian god. : AMON
8
Woman's title. : MADAM
9
Money-raising device. : RAFFLE
10
Birthplace, 1564. : STRATFORD
11
True: Fr. : VRAI
12
Loving couple. : PAIR
13
Kind of train: Abbr. : SPL
21
Peevish. : TESTY
22
Mendelssohn. : FELIX
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Whether ___. : ORNO
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What "old hat" means. : PASSE
29
Fifth word of "America." : THEE
30
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Partner of pitch. : TOSS
32
River of 10 Down. : AVON
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Gwen Verdon role. : LOLA
34
Come ___. : ONIN
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Famous play, 1928 hit. : FRONTPAGE
37
Radio signal. : BEEP
40
Hebrew letter. : ALEPH
41
Feature at the World's Fair. : PIETA
46
Points of argument. : ISSUES
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Go with. : ESCORT
50
Ship's device. : SONAR
52
Set up a foundation. : ENDOW
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Alan-___. : ADALE
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Birthplace, 1884. : LAMAR
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Coeur d'___, Idaho. : ALENE
56
Not limited. : WIDE
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Girl's name. : ALIX
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Dull. : TAME
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Gun. : STEN
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Disdainful sound. : PAH

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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