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New York Times, Monday, August 10, 1964

46-Across : Thread weight, for silk, rayon, etc.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,489
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Young salmon. : PARR
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Poetic cadence. : METRE
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Urge or rouse. : PROD
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Instrument with plaintive tone. : OBOE
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Besides. : AGAIN
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Darling. : LOVE
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Greengage. : PLUM
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Type of tournament. : ROUNDROBIN
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Capital group. : SENATE
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Branch of applied mathematics. : GEODESY
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Stylish: Colloq. : DRESSY
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Failure. : DUD
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Bills. : BEAKS
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Zip. : PEP
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Names. : TERMS
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Workshop: Colloq. : LAB
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The Prestons' forte. : TRIALS
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Reddish-brown. : ROAN
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Long, long ___. : AGO
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Saw-toothed. : SERRATE
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French pronoun. : UNE
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Nubbly yarn. : SLUB
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Thread weight, for silk, rayon, etc. : DENIER
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Compass point. : NNE
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Not sweet. : SEC
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Modern detection system. : RADAR
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Exile. : DEPORT
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Wormwood. : ABSINTH
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Fleet. : ARMADA
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Puritans, circa 1650. : ROUNDHEADS
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Wild goat. : IBEX
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Dry as dust. : ARID
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One of the Howes. : ELIAS
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Dresden's river. : ELBE
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Greek letter. : BETA
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Famous nickname. : LINDY
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Cliques. : SETS
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Certain candies. : POPS
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Suffix with eat or drink. : ABLE
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Indirect. : ROUNDABOUT
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Observation. : REMARK
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Equines. : MARES
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Self. : EGO
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Greek letter. : TAU
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___ finger. : RING
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Over. : ENDED
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Slow worker. : PLODDER
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Caftan. : ROBE
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Genus of sheep. : OVIS
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Disavow. : DENY
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Defeat. : ROUT
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Aptitude ___. : TESTS
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Certain towers. : SPIRES
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Was filled with longing. : YEARNED
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Gust of wind. : BLAST
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U. S. emblem. : EAGLE
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Fish. : PLAICE
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Conference. : ROUNDTABLE
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Spiritual food. : MANNA
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Scoff. : SNEER
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Cardinal. : RED
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Misplay. : ERROR
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Heroine of "The Rape of the Lock." : BELINDA
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French novelist. : SAND
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Legions. : ARMIES
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Merman. : ETHEL
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Part of Paris. : PASSY
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Muscat man. : ARAB
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Caliber. : BORE
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Please. : SUIT
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Sun: Prefix. : HELI
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Obligation. : DEBT
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Hatchets. : AXES
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French department. : AIN
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Family member. : DAD

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

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