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New York Times, Friday, October 30, 1964

10-Down : Relative of a junta.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,570
Across
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Bianca's sister. : KATE
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Seaport in Brazil. : NATAL
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Hero, ingenue, villain, etc. : CAST
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Kirghiz mountains. : ALAI
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Exclusively. : ALONE
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Choir voice. : ALTO
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Rowdydowdy. : ROUGHHOUSE
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Squander: Slang. : BLOW
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Oblivion. : LETHE
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Frighten off. : SCAREAWAY
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Nonsense. : TRASH
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Wheel support. : AXLE
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Man-made man. : ROBOT
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Speck. : MOTE
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Purpose. : AIM
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Goddess: It. : DIVA
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Enthusiastic, in a way. : KEEN
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Prefix with physics. : ASTRO
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Eyelike. : OCELLAR
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Understand. : CATCHON
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Girl's name meaning "blackbird." : MERLE
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Bibliographical word. : IDEM
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Pierced by sound. : RENT
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Planet. : ORB
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Frequenter. : GOER
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___ now and then. : EVERY
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Financial transaction. : LOAN
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Directional signal. : ARROW
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Cognition. : KNOWLEDGE
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Certain girder. : TBEAM
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Part of speech. : NOUN
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Docile. : MANAGEABLE
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Latin pronoun. : IPSE
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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Booth. : LOGE
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Golfer, at times. : TEER
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Reticulate. : NETTY
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Violation of security. : LEAK
Down
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A Marx. : KARL
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Liliaceous plant. : ALOE
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High-strung. : TAUT
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Symbol of frustration. : EIGHTBALL
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Relative of 56 Down. : NAH
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At ___. : ALOSS
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___-not. : TOUCHME
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Part of a Saturn ring. : ANSA
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Ogle. : LEERAT
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Relative of a junta. : CABAL
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Good for rain and shine. : ALLWEATHER
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Feature of Greek architecture. : STOA
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Flaxen. : TOWY
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The "good guy." : HERO
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Permission for change of diocese. : EXEAT
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Aleutian island. : ATKA
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Kitchen device. : RICER
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Something to wear. : OVERBLOUSE
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In the past. : ONCE
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Literary device. : IRONY
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State: Abbr. : MONT
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Major-___. : DOMO
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Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
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Zany. : SCREWBALL
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Juridical. : LEGAL
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No. or So. ___. : AMER
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Part of a manhunt. : DRAGNET
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Kind of art show. : ONEMAN
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Word on political posters. : VOTE
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Proprietor. : OWNER
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Undergo chemical change. : REACT
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Contract. : KNIT
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Virginia. : DARE
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Central American tree. : EBOE
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Water plant. : ALGA
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Long-suffering. : MEEK
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Frolicsome. : GAY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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