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New York Times, Thursday, July 4, 1963

17-Across : Above: Lat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,086
Across
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Bombast. : RANT
5
Explorer da ___. : GAMA
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Long story. : SAGA
13
___ Good Feeling. : ERAOF
15
Element in raisins. : IRON
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"Unto us ___ is given." : ASON
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Above: Lat. : SUPRA
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Cavern: Poet. : GROT
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Frog genus. : RANA
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Potent compound. : TNT
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Edible lizard. : IGUANA
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French name for Syrian city. : ALEP
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___ Buddha, 10th cen. deity. : ADI
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Part of a deck. : TREYS
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Keen. : SHARP
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Ancient African capital. : MEMPHIS
29
Adjunct of Markham's man. : HOE
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Cubic centimeter. : MIL
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Polite word. : PLEASE
33
Like some puzzles. : SOLVABLE
35
1916 novel. : SEVENTEEN
37
Cole Porter coined word. : DELOVELY
40
History. : ANNALS
44
___ de France. : ILE
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Town in Holland. : EDE
46
Minnesota's neighbor. : ONTARIO
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Commence. : SETIN
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Hackneyed: Slang. : CORNY
51
Common Latin verb. : AMO
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Named before. : SAID
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Gets lost. : STRAYS
54
In opposition. : CON
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Grafted, in heraldry. : ENTE
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Irish isle. : ARAN
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PR man's creation. : IMAGE
59
Beverages. : NOGS
60
"King ___." : KONG
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Old spelling of Jerez, Spain. : XERES
62
Run easily. : TROT
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Broadway name. : INGE
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Essence. : GIST
Down
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Mark for renewal, as a library card. : RESTAMP
2
Seat of dukes of Norfolk. : ARUNDEL
3
Pleasant hour in the nursery. : NAPTIME
4
Rocky hill. : TOR
5
Lively French dance forms. : GIGUES
6
Marshal. : ARRAY
7
Dramatic space project. : MOONSHOT
8
Theater group. : ANTA
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First name in theater lore. : SARAH
10
Gentle ___. : ASALAMB
11
One of Lear's daughters. : GONERIL
12
"___ a day ... " : ANAPPLE
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Much-traveled craft. : FAITHSEVEN
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Mourned. : GRIEVED
26
Prominent figure in "The Music Man." : SEVENTYSIX
28
El ___. : PASO
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Empire State P. O. address. : OLEANNY
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Curve of a ship's plank. : SNY
34
See 38 Down. : ANNA
36
Part of an atom. : ELECTRON
37
Differ in opinion. : DISSENT
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With 34 Down, famous First Lady. : ELEANOR
39
"Don't bother." : LETITGO
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S. American toucan. : ARACARI
42
French porcelain. : LIMOGES
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"Least said ___ mended." : SOONEST
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New Jersey city. : ORANGE
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Explanatory Latin expression. : IDEST
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Simian. : ORANG
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English pen name. : SAKI
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Nickname for a princess. : MEG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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