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New York Times, Friday, January 20, 1961

5-Down : Fruit of the pokeweed.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,207
Across
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Fish dish. : SOLE
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Saint Pierre and others. : ILES
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Book of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : MACC
13
Ending of some feminine nouns. : TRIX
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Native of an African river region. : NILOT
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From a distance: Poet. : AFAR
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Seaworthy. : UNSINKABLE
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Normandy town. : STLO
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Dauntless musical heroine. : MOLLYBROWN
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Part of the weather news: Abbr. : TEMP
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English essayist. : STEELE
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Household machine. : WASHER
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Campus building. : DORM
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Longed (for). : YEARNED
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Grampus. : ORC
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Monograms of Blue Eagle days. : NRAS
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Gloss (over). : GLOZE
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Persian mythological being. : PERI
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Conrad short story. : YOUTH
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Days of ___. : YORE
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January: Span. : ENERO
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Oblique line. : BIAS
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Sleep. : NAP
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Certainly. : NODOUBT
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City of ancient Greece. : ELIS
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False. : UNTRUE
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Where Cow Palace is: Colloq. : FRISCO
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Very soft mineral. : TALC
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Beautifying. : ORNAMENTAL
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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One after another. : INDIANFILE
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Boor. : LOUT
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Men's service organization. : LIONS
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___ arms. : UPIN
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Part of Paris. : ISSY
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River into the Danube. : PRUT
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Went away. : LEFT
Down
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Unfermented grape juices. : STUMS
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"To be ___ to be." : ORNOT
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Rouget de ___, French poet. : LISLE
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Banished. : EXILED
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Fruit of the pokeweed. : INKBERRY
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Double-talker. : LIAR
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Jostle. : ELBOW
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First between England and Scotland. : SOLWAY
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Showing superior skill. : MASTERLY
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Popular type of 46 Across. : AFTERNOON
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Unruffled. : CALM
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Cut short. : CROP
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Future, for instance. : TENSE
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Clothing material. : NYLON
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Witch. : HAG
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Oriental name. : MAO
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Book of the Bible. : EZRA
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Ocean. : DEEP
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Begin. : OPEN
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Western city. : RENO
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Easily convinced. : CREDULOUS
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Type of vessel, for short. : SUB
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Pittsburgh. : IRONCITY
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Bond. : TIE
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Part-way down the staff. : HALFMAST
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Absent. : OUT
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Mermaid. : SIREN
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Cook. : BROIL
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Vegetable. : TURNIP
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Wicked. : SINFUL
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Home of a witch. : ENDOR
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Stalk of a plant. : STIPE
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State: Abbr. : CALIF
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Fragrant. : OLENT
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Anklebones. : TALI
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Book of the Bible. : AMOS
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Member of a Japanese race. : AINU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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