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New York Times, Tuesday, September 3, 1963

52-Across : Flotillas.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,147
Across
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Northern European. : LAPP
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Equal. : MATCH
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Warp yarns. : ABBS
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Asiatic prince. : EMIR
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Dark yellow. : OCHRE
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Fish. : SOLE
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Wind indicator. : VANE
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Entangle. : TIEINAKNOT
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Tacit. : IMPLIED
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Harsh cry. : SCREECH
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Make a play, in baseball. : FIELD
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Reprove. : CHIDE
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Lived. : WAS
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German "unit." : EINER
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Single. : LONE
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Floor covering. : MAT
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Native. : INNATE
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Fitting. : APT
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Where the story begins. : PAGEONE
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Follower: Suffix. : ITE
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Money. : SPECIE
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Merriment. : FUN
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Musical sign. : CLEF
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Kind of lever. : PEDAL
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Impatient exclamation. : TUT
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Suppose. : GUESS
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African carnivore. : RATEL
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Ticket. : CARD
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Entwine. : WREATHE
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Flotillas. : ARMADAS
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Emphasize one's ideas forcefully. : HAMMERHOME
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Pile of hay. : COCK
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Height. : ACME
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Strange. : EERIE
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Wrong. : AWRY
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Breakfast. : MEAL
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Garden crop. : WEEDS
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Numbers. : ONES
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Son of Jacob. : LEVI
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Village of Judah. : AMAM
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Located. : PINPOINTED
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Introduction. : PRELUDE
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Specks. : MOTES
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Acrimonious. : ACID
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Article. : THE
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Turning point. : CRISIS
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Therefore. : HENCE
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Welcomed. : ASKEDIN
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Ossicle. : BONE
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Group. : BLOC
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Son of Adam. : SETH
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Miss Francis. : ARLENE
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Hothead's forte. : IRE
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Significant. : FATEFUL
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Embrace. : CLASP
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Billiard great. : HOPPE
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Oscillate. : WAG
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Secured. : NAILEDDOWN
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Feminine suffixes. : ETTES
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Shoals. : REEFS
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Girl's name. : MAE
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Auberge. : INN
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Procurator of Judea. : PILATE
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Gone. : OUT
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Candy. : CARAMEL
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West Indian island. : CURACAO
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Giggle. : TEEHEE
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Herd of whales. : GAM
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Cast. : THREW
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Ojibways' kin. : CREES
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Loud sound. : WHAM
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Speed. : RACE
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Queen Wilhelmina's mother. : EMMA
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Encompassed by. : AMID
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Square measure. : ACRE
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"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
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Siderite. : ORE

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

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