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New York Times, Monday, January 23, 1961

6-Down : Clothe or invest.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,210
Across
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Little twig. : SPRIG
6
Angers. : IRES
10
Natural ability. : GIFT
14
Maine town. : ORONO
15
Cozy home. : NEST
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Amorous stare. : OGLE
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So as to cover present facts, knowledge, etc. : DOWNTODATE
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East Indian tree. : TOON
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Prayers. : AVES
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Bulrush. : TULE
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Particle. : SHRED
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Coin of Peru. : SOL
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Resin products. : SHELLACS
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Consumed. : ATE
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Combining form meaning oil. : OLEO
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Plaything. : TOY
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Frying pan. : SPIDER
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The infernal regions. : TARTARUS
36
City in New Jersey. : CAMDEN
37
Subject of diffusion, in chemistry. : OSMOSE
38
Obvious. : APPARENT
41
One who strikes. : SMITER
42
Dance step. : PAS
43
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
44
Elevator cage. : CAR
45
At the proper time. : INSEASON
47
205. : CCV
50
Loud ringing sound. : CLANG
53
Let fall. : DROP
54
Attraction. : LURE
55
Paintings. : OILS
56
Instruments used by mathematicians. : SLIDERULES
58
Fixed way of doing something. : ROTE
59
Swerve. : BEND
60
Drive out. : EXPEL
61
Half hitch. : KNOT
62
Nervous. : EDGY
63
Rembrandt ___, American painter. : PEALE
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Fountain beverages. : SODAS
2
City in Utah. : PROVO
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Small wheel on a spur. : ROWEL
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Hostelries. : INNS
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Acquired a mental grasp of. : GOT
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Clothe or invest. : INDUE
7
Distribute again. : REALLOT
8
Dickens heroine. : ESTELLA
9
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
10
Barbarians. : GOTHS
11
Operatic prince. : IGOR
12
Floating ice. : FLOE
13
Manage. : TEND
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Differentness. : OTHERNESS
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Highlander. : SCOTSMAN
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Directing. : STEERING
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Apparatus for collecting dust suspended in air. : AEROSCOPE
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Tributary of the Po. : ADDA
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Gait. : TROT
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River of Yorkshire. : OUSE
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River of France and Belgium. : YSER
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One-time MacArthur title. : SCAP
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Family member. : PAPA
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Gremlins. : IMPS
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Prince of Afghanistan. : AMIR
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Heckled: Colloq. : NEEDLED
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Moving with speed. : TEARING
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Put into. : INSET
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Covered with turf. : SODDY
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Negligence, in law. : CULPA
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Basket. : CREEL
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Rheims' river. : VESLE
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Stopper. : CORK
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Simba. : LION
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Low voice. : ALTO
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De ___. : LUXE
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Point on a mariner's compass. : SBE
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Fabric. : REP

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

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