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New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 1963

51-Across : ___ boy.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 383 (avg 2.01)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,170
Across
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Kind of wheel. : FIFTH
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Pow! : WHAM
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Where Creighton University is. : OMAHA
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Present. : HERE
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___ and Thummim. : URIM
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Certain dictionaries. : GAZETTEERS
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Grey. : ZANE
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Merganser. : SMEW
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Filipino statesman. : QUEZON
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All ___. : EARS
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Big and strong. : BURLY
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Theatrical "Game." : PAJAMA
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Je ___. : SUIS
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Mathematical abbreviation. : QED
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Lower. : ABASE
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Octopus arms: Zool. : TENTACULA
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Garment. : ROBE
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One of the Thompsons. : SADIE
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Coleridge poem. : KUBLAKHAN
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Unravel. : SOLVE
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Had a snack. : ATE
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Noun suffix. : SION
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Covenants: Fr. : PACTES
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Geneva's river. : RHONE
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Best: Colloq. : PICK
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Poltroon. : COWARD
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___ boy. : BAT
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Gush. : FLOW
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Bristol's river. : AVON
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Temblor. : EARTHQUAKE
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Adorn. : DECK
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Old French coins. : ECUS
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Ne plus ___. : ULTRA
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Black. : INKY
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Sympathy. : PITY
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New York city. : OLEAN
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States of confusion. : FOGS
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Caliph. : IMAM
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Daunt: Colloq. : FAZE
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Part of a folk song refrain. : THEWEASEL
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Stove pipe. : HAT
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Stimulates. : WHETS
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Part of Italy. : HEEL
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Railroad abbreviation. : ARR
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Southwestern tree. : MESQUITE
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European blackbird. : OUZEL
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Comfortable of a sort. : CRAZYQUILT
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Tub or vat: Ital. : TINO
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Sign. : OMEN
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Fictional plantation. : TARA
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___ Minor. : URSA
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Spirit: Fr. : AME
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Nobelist author, 1933. : BUNIN
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Winter garment. : PARKA
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Almost. : ABOUT
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Fictional species of dragon. : JABBERWOCK
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Car. : SEDAN
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French scholar. : ELEVE
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Braves. : DARES
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California resort. : TAHOE
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Replete. : CHOCKFULL
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Superficial. : SKINDEEP
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Biblical lyre. : ASOR
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Algonquian. : SAC
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Essence. : PITH
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Pocket item, for short. : HANKY
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Fall guy. : PATSY
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Moslem judge. : CADI
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Kitchen requisite. : OVEN
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Dry, as wine. : BRUT
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New. : LATE
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Vegetable. : OKRA
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Alienate (from). : WEAN
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Chemical prefix. : ACI
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Status ___. : QUO

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

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