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New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1964

38-Across : Absurd.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,477
Across
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Do the crawl. : SWIM
5
Surplice. : COTTA
10
Spring beer. : BOCK
14
Atmosphere. : AURA
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Sign up. : ENROL
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Equitable. : EVEN
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One kind of play. : GRANDSTAND
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Part of "to be." : WERE
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Title of courtesy: Abbr. : ESQ
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Tiny thing. : ATOM
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Card game. : ECARTE
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Determined attitude. : STIFFUPPERLIP
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Suppositions. : IFS
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Likeness. : ANALOGY
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Noble. : LOFTY
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Paid wages to. : HIRED
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Weal's opposite. : WOE
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Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
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Absurd. : SILLY
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Animal sound. : MEOW
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Attitude. : AIR
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Small: Slang. : DINKY
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Certain numbers, in math. : SURDS
43
French dramatist. : ROSTAND
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Without sincerity. : TONGUEINCHEEK
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Container. : BARREL
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Presidential nickname. : ANDY
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Former U.N. name. : LIE
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Verve. : ELAN
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Spring season. : EASTERTIDE
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Words from Caesar. : ETTU
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Yonder. : THERE
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Yemen's neighbor. : ADEN
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Filter through. : SEEP
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___ days. : SALAD
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Human beings: Abbr. : PERS
Down
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Magi. : SAGES
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Delicatessen item. : WURST
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Modern Arabic dialect. : IRAQI
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Staff. : MAN
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Ancient boxing glove. : CESTUS
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Leading. : ONTOP
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Cargo vessel. : TRAMP
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Chic style. : TON
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Where St. Anne is. : ALDERNEY
10
Deplore. : BEWAIL
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Subdue : OVERPOWER
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Sure thing: Slang. : CERT
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___ britches. : KNEE
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Idiotic: Colloq. : DAFFY
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Attired. : CLAD
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Son of, in surnames. : FITZ
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In remote times. : EARLY
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Exclamation of pleasure. : GOOD
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Trees. : YEWS
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Monarch of drama. : LEAR
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Mishmash. : OLIO
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Top-notch. : FIRSTRATE
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___ Kush, Asian range. : HINDU
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Of that ___. : ILK
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Jerseys. : SINGLETS
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Breakfast food. : MUSH
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Andersen, for one. : DANE
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France's West Point. : STCYR
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In tatters. : TORNUP
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Truly. : INDEED
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Atelier adjunct. : EASEL
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Inside of: Prefix. : INTRA
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Omit. : ELIDE
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Kind of duck : EIDER
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Irish laments. : KEENS
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Busy ones. : BEES
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Der ___. : ALTE
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Touch lightly. : TAP

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

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