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New York Times, Monday, July 3, 1961

17-Across : Heat, as glass, to fix laid-on colors.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,371
Across
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Summer hats. : STRAWS
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Spanish. : HISPANIC
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Extreme; ultra: Slang. : TOOTOO
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A praising mention. : ACCOLADE
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Heat, as glass, to fix laid-on colors. : ANNEAL
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Gives an account of. : NARRATES
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Passing fancy. : FAD
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Dictionary item: Abbr. : DEF
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On the other side. : ACROSS
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Very fine, fluffy mass, as of smoke. : FLOC
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Appear bright and gay. : LAUGH
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Designates. : ASSIGNS
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Early in the 10th century. : CMIV
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Plotted. : CONSPIRED
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Lift the spirit of. : ELATE
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Excuse. : PRETEXT
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Give support to. : ENDORSE
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"There's ___ mine in the sky ... " : AGOLD
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Out of the ordinary. : IRREGULAR
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Ago: Scot. : SYNE
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Flavoring agent. : ANISEED
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Seaweeds. : ALGAE
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Locality. : SPOT
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Narrow headband. : FILLET
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City in Oklahoma. : ADA
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Him: Fr. : LUI
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Tailless. : ACAUDATE
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Not celebrated. : UNSUNG
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Educated. : LETTERED
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Posture. : STANCE
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Appraises. : ASSESSES
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Mender of pots and pans. : TINKER
Down
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Body of assistants. : STAFF
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Pertaining to musical sound. : TONAL
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Last movement of a sonata. : RONDO
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Dined. : ATE
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Blue dye from a plant. : WOAD
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Menu item. : SOLE
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River of central China. : HAN
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City in Peru. : ICA
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Scrawny animals. : SCRAGS
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Place for the rocking-chair set. : PORCH
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Having wings. : ALAR
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Initials on the international scene. : NATO
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March day, in ancient Rome. : IDES
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Bad ___ to. : CESS
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Coquet's pastime. : FLIRTING
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Stronghold. : CASTLE
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Lifetime. : AGE
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In the depths. : UNDERSEA
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Hurried. : SPED
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Age for Milne poems. : SIX
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Mare's-tails. : CLOUDS
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Crumbly soil. : MARL
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"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
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Change direction. : VEER
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Debit and credit men: Abbr. : CPAS
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Carousal. : ORGY
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Type of sign. : NEON
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Brink. : EDGE
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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River mouth: Span. : RIA
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Chancel tables. : ALTARS
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Mosquito that can carry yellow fever virus. : AEDES
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Give out a twanging sound. : PLUNK
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Weight. : OUNCE
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Shere Khan. : TIGER
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Memorable canine. : FALA
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Desserts. : ICES
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Former coins of Riga. : LATS
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Pear-shaped instrument. : LUTE
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Sprinkle. : DUST
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Hostile to: Colloq. : ANTI
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Golfers' meeting place. : TEE
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Newspaper men: Abbr. : EDS
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___ Marino. : SAN

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

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