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New York Times, Tuesday, September 26, 1961

27-Across : Fishes' route.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,456
Across
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Ornamental flaps. : TABS
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Citizen's right. : VOTE
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French painter. : DEGAS
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Kind of look. : OGLE
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Bird: Lat. : AVIS
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Vacant. : INANE
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Sculptor Manship. : PAUL
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Flavorsome vegetable. : LEEK
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Musetta's dance. : VALSE
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Impart. : LEND
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Humble. : DEMEAN
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Puts on pounds. : FATTENS
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In addition. : ALSO
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Army member. : WAC
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Fishes' route. : UPSTREAM
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Events. : OCCASIONS
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___ Grande. : RIO
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Bikini's locale. : MARSHALLISLANDS
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Peak in Crete. : IDA
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Scatters. : DISPERSES
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Ocelot. : TIGERCAT
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The Tabard. : INN
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Nov 7. : TUES
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Eight-line stanza. : TRIOLET
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Finally. : ATLAST
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Lament. : MOAN
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Poetic time. : EVE
57
Series of rings. : COILS
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Metallic element. : ZINC
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Flimsy. : THIN
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Great Polish scientist. : CURIE
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Man's name. : EMIL
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Sound as a bell. : HALE
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Hiker's way. : TRAIL
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French resort. : NICE
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Whilom. : ERST
Down
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The ___ the morning. : TOPOF
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Port of Guam. : AGANA
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Plant called innocence. : BLUET
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Musical piece: Abbr. : SEL
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Spanish seaport. : VALENCIA
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Parts of ranges. : OVENS
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Fastened. : TIED
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River of Scotland. : ESK
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Strip. : DIVEST
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Inspire with love. : ENAMOR
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High wind. : GALE
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Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Witnessed. : SEEN
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Type of strap. : LEASH
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Dollars: Abbr. : DLS
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Poetic contraction. : TWAS
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Orbit point. : APSIS
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Dark. : UNLIT
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Assistant. : AIDE
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Bryophytic plant. : MOSS
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Turkish judge. : CADI
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Ibex's lookout. : CRAG
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___ the hills. : OLDAS
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Whale's blowhole. : SPIRACLE
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Red Square name. : LENIN
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Pisa's river. : ARNO
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Useful Latin phrase. : ETALII
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Playwright Crouse. : RUSSEL
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This: Fr. : CET
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Musical keynote. : TONIC
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Operetta composer. : LEHAR
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Contents of Pandora's box. : EVILS
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Dogma. : TENET
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Financial abbreviation. : ACCT
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Circuit. : TOUR
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Relative of the franc. : LIRA
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Opera role. : MIMI
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___ Buddhism. : ZEN
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All ___ better. : THE

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

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