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New York Times, Monday, January 9, 1961

5-Down : Heavy hammer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,196
Across
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Language course: Abbr. : SPAN
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Ladder: Lat. : SCALA
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Sherberts. : ICES
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No man: Lat. : NEMO
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Where sprinters perform. : LANES
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Salad cabbage. : SLAW
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At ___ (at a good distance). : ARMSLENGTH
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Marsh bird. : SORA
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Finished. : PLAYEDOUT
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Pernickety. : FUSSY
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Javits' title. : SEN
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Lambs: Lat. : AGNI
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Untrammeled. : FREE
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Presidential monogram. : DDE
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Blackthorn. : SLOE
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Accountant. : CPA
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American-born Japanese. : NISEI
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Mock serenade with discordant noises, tin horns, etc. : CHARIVARI
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Pertaining to Hades. : AVERNAL
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Tilelike. : TEGULAR
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Scientific paper. : MONOGRAPH
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Tillers. : HELMS
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Previous to. : ERE
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Baby's word. : MAMA
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McKinley and Wilson: Abbr. : MTS
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Mop. : SWAB
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Nonprofessional. : LAIC
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Sweet potato. : YAM
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Breakfast food. : BACON
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Careless glance. : HALFANEYE
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Where Dortmund is. : RUHR
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An easy situation: Colloq. : BEDOFROSES
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Ach! : ALAS
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Ammonia compound. : AMINE
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"___ brillig ... " : TWAS
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Ivy League champions. : YALE
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Supped. : DINED
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Eldritch. : EERY
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Ginger cookies. : SNAPS
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Hostess Mesta. : PERLE
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Hussein's capital. : AMMAN
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Busybodyish. : NOSY
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Heavy hammer. : SLEDGE
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Decree. : CANON
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Torment. : ANGUISH
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Resident of Riga. : LETT
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Cinder. : ASH
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Edition. : ISSUE
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Narrow escape. : CLOSECALL
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All ___. : EARS
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Influence. : SWAY
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Co-star. : LEADINGMAN
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Gondola. : FREIGHTCAR
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Cry on the links. : FORE
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Combining form meaning "neck." : DERO
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Trellis wood. : LATH
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Baby coach. : PRAM
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Affected manners. : AIRS
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Noted person. : NAME
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___ Novello. : IVOR
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Major-domo. : SENESCHAL
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Mollusk. : CLAM
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Sights, in France. : VUES
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Yemenite. : ARAB
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TV role. : PALADIN
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Offended: Slang. : MIFFED
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Inferior. : WORSE
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With nothing more. : ALONE
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"___ have no bananas ... " : YESWE
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Dollar-___ man. : AYEAR
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Disordered. : MESSY
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Animal sound. : BRAY
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German assembly hall. : AULA
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Half: Prefix. : HEMI
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Observation. : NOTE
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Malefic. : BAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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