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New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1961

65-Across : More tedious.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,397
Across
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Goliath's city. : GATH
5
Moisten. : DAMPEN
11
FBI in London. : CID
14
Golds: Span. : OROS
15
French star. : ETOILE
16
___ carte. : ALA
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Horn sound. : TOOT
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Edges. : BRINKS
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Foxy. : SLY
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Wheel part. : HUB
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Search. : QUEST
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Title in India. : SRI
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Seasonal tribute of 1 Down. : ASALUTETOSUMMER
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Madison Avenue concern. : MEDIA
30
Store (fodder). : ENSILE
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Colorful Swiss artifact. : ALPHORN
36
Estuary: Span. : RIA
37
New York. : ASUMMERFESTIVAL
42
Envy, for one. : SIN
43
Rose bugs. : CHAFERS
44
Where Roma is. : ITALIA
47
Swords. : EPEES
51
Vernon Duke song. : AUTUMNINNEWYORK
56
End. : TIP
57
Sentences. : DOOMS
58
Letter. : CEE
59
Greek letter. : CHI
61
"Three Men on ___." : AHORSE
63
German city. : JENA
64
Through. : PER
65
More tedious. : LONGER
66
Presently. : ANON
67
Have an ___ to grind. : AXE
68
Main road. : ARTERY
69
Trees. : YEWS
Down
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Empire City. : GOTHAM
2
Stir. : AROUSE
3
Phrase of commiseration. : TOOBAD
4
Presidential monogram. : HST
5
Social event. : DEBUT
6
"___ Grows in Brooklyn." : ATREE
7
Damp. : MOIST
8
Pony. : PINTO
9
Shoe leather. : ELK
10
"___ Dorma," aria from "Turandot." : NESSUN
11
17th cen. King of Poland : CASIMIRV
12
Poorly. : ILL
13
Time period. : DAY
21
Misgiving. : QUALM
23
Abbr. in real estate ads. : RMS
25
Irish man's name. : LIAM
26
Feel. : SENSE
27
Lamb. : ELIA
28
Actual. : REAL
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Nut. : PECAN
33
Royal title: Abbr. : HRH
34
___ kind (alike). : OFA
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Ring official: Abbr. : REF
37
Global area. : ASIA
38
In ___. : SITU
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Undress. : UNATTIRE
40
Traditional Scots garb. : TREWS
41
Children's game. : ISPY
45
Him: Fr. : LUI
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Large antelope. : IMPALA
48
Geological period. : EOCENE
49
Heretofore. : ERENOW
50
Daggers of old Scotland. : SKEANS
52
"___ Care." : IDONT
53
Neighbor of Sverige. : NORGE
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Dead wind: Slang. : NOSER
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Corundum. : EMERY
59
Man of figures. : CPA
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Bewitch: Colloq. : HEX
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Not vert. : HOR
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Blue bird. : JAY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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