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New York Times, Friday, November 1, 1963

10-Down : Action centers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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D
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S
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K
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,206
Across
1
Pulpit. : DESK
5
Floating. : AWASH
10
The top. : ACME
14
Yearn. : ACHE
15
Ledger page. : FOLIO
16
Farmer's plea. : RAIN
17
Cabinet style. : BREAKFRONT
19
Within: Prefix. : ENTO
20
All. : SUM
21
Drove. : RODE
22
18th century composer. : HANDEL
24
English novelist. : CARY
25
A hard resin. : COPAL
26
Part of the face. : EYELID
29
A kind of carpet. : BRUSSELS
32
Biblical repeated word. : BEGAT
33
Leave off. : CEASE
34
Raillery. : WIT
35
Bacchanal. : ORGY
36
Heavy cloth, often green. : BAIZE
37
Food. : BITE
38
Arab garment. : ABA
39
Catfish Row dweller. : PORGY
40
Hiding place. : CACHE
41
Definite. : TANGIBLE
43
Concealed. : MASKED
44
Cape Cod attraction. : DUNES
45
Planet. : MARS
46
Heavenly circle. : ZODIAC
48
Get on. : FARE
49
Year in Charles Martel's time. : DCC
52
Spoken. : ORAL
53
Silver dishes. : HOLLOWWARE
56
Fat. : LARD
57
Poet's Muse. : ERATO
58
Responsibility. : ONUS
59
Emmets. : ANTS
60
Author Françoise. : SAGAN
61
Following. : NEXT
Down
1
Pecks. : DABS
2
See 29 Down. : ECRU
3
Ark passenger. : SHEM
4
N. Z. parrot. : KEA
5
Have the means. : AFFORD
6
Long-winded. : WORDY
7
Lily plant. : ALOE
8
Transgress. : SIN
9
Glass edifice. : HOTHOUSE
10
Action centers. : ARENAS
11
A kind of bedspread. : CANDLEWICK
12
Little one. : MITE
13
Organic compound. : ENOL
18
Venomous snake. : KRAIT
23
Part of a church. : APSE
24
Pipe material. : CLAY
25
___ quilt. : CRAZY
26
Small craft, unarmored: Brit. : EBOAT
27
___ Buena, island in San Francisco Bay. : YERBA
28
Decorative molding. : EGGANDDART
29
Graying tan. : BEIGE
30
Flexible. : LITHE
31
Palfrey. : STEED
33
Sandburg and others. : CARLS
36
Wax-catchers on candlesticks. : BOBECHES
37
Fish. : BASS
39
Cloth from Spain. : PINA
40
English poet. : CAREW
42
Unions. : GUILDS
43
Brownish red. : MAROON
45
Valletta's location. : MALTA
46
French writer. : ZOLA
47
Algerian port. : ORAN
48
Paving stone. : FLAG
49
Great ___. : DANE
50
Essential point. : CRUX
51
___ la vie. : CEST
54
Pray: Lat. : ORA
55
Gained. : WON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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