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New York Times, Monday, October 2, 1967

11-Down : Playing field.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,624
Across
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Western lake. : TAHOE
6
Dressed. : CLAD
10
Young animal. : COLT
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Kind of squash. : ACORN
15
Robust. : HALE
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Finished. : OVER
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Imperturbable. : PHLEGMATIC
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Hair aplenty. : MANE
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Pen. : STY
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Place for a stroll. : LANE
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Use. : EMPLOY
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Component. : PART
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Factory. : MILL
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Disdains. : SCORNS
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Canapé spreads. : CAVIARES
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Was concerned. : CARED
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Cheese. : BRIE
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Large church: Abbr. : CATH
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Poisonous tree. : UPAS
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Drift. : TREND
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Oil-yielding tree. : EBOE
39
Aptitude. : BENT
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Ghostly signals. : RAPS
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Springe. : SNARE
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Ruse. : ARTIFICE
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District. : SECTOR
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Ruminant. : GOAT
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Guinea pig. : CAVY
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Purpose. : DESIGN
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Boy. : PAGE
51
Strand of yarn. : PLY
54
Spread. : OLEO
55
Sociable. : GREGARIOUS
58
French color. : BLEU
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Entice. : LURE
60
Call forth. : EVOKE
61
Diving bell inventor. : EADS
62
Oklahoma city. : ENID
63
Bow (to). : DEFER
Down
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Bugle call. : TAPS
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Eight: Ger. : ACHT
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Divine. : HOLY
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Hematite. : ORE
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NATO member. : ENGLAND
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Sing. : CHANT
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Delayed. : LATE
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Moslem name. : ALI
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Hoodwinked. : DECEIVED
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Self-satisfaction. : COMPLACENCY
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Playing field. : OVAL
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Marquisette. : LENO
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Playing card. : TREY
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Planet. : MARS
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11th-cen. date. : MLI
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Honored. : PRESTIGIOUS
25
Conduits. : MAINS
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Popular kind of diving. : SCUBA
27
Frolic. : CAPER
28
Praying figure. : ORANT
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Kind of paper. : CREPE
30
Moroccan city. : RABAT
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Kurile island. : ETORO
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Diaphanous. : SHEER
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Flower part. : BRACT
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Musical percussion instrument. : TRIANGLE
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Broken. : SEVERED
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Cause of low ceiling. : FOG
44
Long story. : SAGA
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Penned in. : CAGED
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Sun-dried brick, for short. : DOBE
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Girl's name. : ELLA
49
Grain. : SEED
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Elfin being. : PERI
51
Disdainful exclamation. : POOF
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Evangelist-physician. : LUKE
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Belgian river. : YSER
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Aspire to office. : RUN
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Of: Suffix. : IVE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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