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New York Times, Tuesday, August 22, 1961

9-Across : Weak.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,421
Across
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Be a match for. : COPE
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Burn up. : CHAR
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Weak. : FRAIL
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Seaport of Scotland. : OBAN
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River NW of Paris. : OISE
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Wood: Prefix. : LIGNI
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Heard about. : GOTWINDOF
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Open-mouthed. : AGAPE
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Conceal. : SECRETE
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Panama. : ISTHMUS
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Swift animal. : HARE
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Insect. : ANT
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Make lace. : TAT
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Vehicles. : JEEPS
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Louisianian. : CREOLE
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Runs out. : ENDS
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Cashiered. : DRUMMEDOUT
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Old French coin. : ECU
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Sound from a byre. : MOO
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Outside: Prefix. : EPI
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___ tree. : UPA
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Snakes. : REPTILIANS
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Flurry. : STIR
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Ready: Colloq. : ALLSET
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River into the Rhone. : SAONE
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Invite. : ASK
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Quadruped. : ASS
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One's own welfare. : SELF
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Darkness. : TENEBRA
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Racine drama. : ATHALIE
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Get ___ out of. : ARISE
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Don't bother. : NEVERMIND
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Breeding place. : NIDUS
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Think, old style. : TROW
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Contemporary playwright. : INGE
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Holds on to. : KEEPS
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Adages. : SAWS
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O'Casey. : SEAN
Down
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Teeth of a sort. : COGS
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Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
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Made right. : PATCHEDUP
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Envelops. : ENWRAPS
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Brief narrative. : CONTE
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Seek's partner. : HIDE
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Kyushu volcano. : ASO
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Cultivation. : REFINEMENT
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Positive. : FLAT
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Vindicated. : RIGHTED
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Lizard. : AGAMA
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Energy fed to a machine. : INPUT
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Fibs. : LIES
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Noun suffixes. : IERS
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Steps heavily: Dial. : STOMPS
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Really!, in Ireland. : ARU
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Scoff. : JEER
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Relatives of brioches. : CROISSANTS
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Garland. : LEI
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Coin of many nations. : DOLLAR
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Not in agreement. : OUTOFLINE
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___ arms. : UPIN
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Biblical weed. : TARE
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National Guard: Abbr. : MIL
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Makes shorter. : TAKESUP
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Adlai's initials. : AES
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Island near Athens. : SALAMIS
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Very: Ger. : SEHR
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Lofty abode. : AERIE
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Tricky: Slang. : SNIDE
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Ragouts. : STEWS
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Fish bowl. : TANK
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Good Queen ___. : BESS
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Admit frankly. : AVOW
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Girl's name. : INGA
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Garden spot. : EDEN
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Historic time. : ERA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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