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New York Times, Wednesday, July 24, 1963

31-Across : Jaw muscle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,106
Across
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Man on a faculty. : PROF
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Honeybee genus. : APIS
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Afternoon event. : NAP
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Type of newspaper. : DAILY
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Threnody. : DIRGE
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Wife of Athamas. : INO
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Rawlings novel. : THEYEARLING
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Card game. : GIN
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Falsehood. : TALE
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Type of magazine. : MONTHLY
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Word of worship. : GLORIA
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"All ___ Eve." : ABOUT
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Traffic sign, for short. : SLO
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___ time. : SMALL
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Incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
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Jaw muscle. : MASSETER
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Longed (for): Slang. : YENNED
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Thing done: Lat. : ACTUS
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The Amazon, for one. : RIO
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Relative of "old chap." : KIDDO
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Make a new package. : REWRAP
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Legislative list. : CALENDAR
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Sequoia. : TREE
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Slanted from the perpendicular. : ARAKE
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Cakes' companion. : ALE
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Day's march: Fr. : ETAPE
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Eels. : MORAYS
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___ Killarney. : LAKESOF
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Units. : ONES
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Birthday figure. : AGE
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Vivaldi work. : FOURSEASONS
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Opposite of max. : MIN
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Burros. : ASSES
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Fruit. : DATES
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Final cause. : END
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Musical instrument. : REED
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Days of ___. : YORE
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Western timetable abbreviation. : PDT
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Cheer. : RAH
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Goose: Fr. : OIE
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Hit a ___ left field. : FLYTO
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Trouble. : AIL
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First in time. : PRIMAL
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Meanly. : IGNOBLY
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Musical sign. : SEGNO
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"Gay Divorcee" tune. : NIGHTANDDAY
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Shetland. : PONY
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Leap ___. : YEAR
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Day-___. : DREAMER
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Leaning: Naut. : ALIST
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Go to bed: Colloq. : TURNIN
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To freeze: Fr. : GLACER
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Charles Jackson novel. : LOSTWEEKEND
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Epithet for Aleck. : SMART
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Port of Chile. : ARICA
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Certain awards. : MEDALS
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Idolize. : ADORE
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C.I.D. of France. : SURETE
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That: Sp. : ESA
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Also, old style. : EKE
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Lichen growing on trees. : OAKMOSS
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Squaw's burden. : PAPOOSE
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Sierra ___. : LEONE
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Decline. : REFUSE
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___ as. : ASFAR
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Peruse. : READ
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Analyze. : ASSAY
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Gold cloth. : LAME
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Opposed: Dial. : AGIN
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___-letter day. : RED
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Indian. : OTO
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Abner's father. : NER
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Mariner's direction. : SSE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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