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New York Times, Saturday, November 14, 1964

41-Down : Big birds.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,585
Across
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Isle of song. : CAPRI
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___ and polish. : SPIT
10
French town. : STLO
14
Willow. : OSIER
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Fork part. : TINE
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Adjust sails. : TRIM
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Legal document. : CONVEYANCE
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Seine tributary. : EURE
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Indian. : ONEIDA
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Hannibal's father. : HAMILCAR
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School term: Abbr. : SESS
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Tolstoy and others. : LEOS
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Egyptian cotton. : SAK
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Make ___. : ADEAL
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Author Zweig. : STEFAN
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Black. : SABLE
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1/20 of a shekel. : GERAH
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"Cakes and ___." : ALE
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Grader. : CLASSER
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Facial arch. : EYEBROW
42
Department of France. : AIN
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Bit of hair. : TRESS
45
Cuts of meat. : RUMPS
46
Equine of sorts. : PADNAG
48
Diminutive suffixes. : ETTES
50
Sorrow. : WOE
51
Rumanian city. : IASI
52
Biblical weed. : TARE
56
Certain homes. : TRAILERS
59
Telephone operator. : DIALER
61
Horses and buggies. : RIGS
62
Plush conveyance. : GRAVYTRAIN
64
African lily. : ALOE
65
Sicilian city. : GELA
66
Scots' city: Poet. : EDINA
67
Set right. : MEND
68
Army men: Abbr. : SGTS
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Beasts of burden. : ASSES
Down
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Palm trees. : COCOS
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___ man (in unison). : ASONE
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Forest growths. : PINES
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Amendments. : REVISALS
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Angered. : IRED
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Very small opening. : PINHOLE
8
Indians. : INCAS
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Swarm. : TEEM
10
Commemorative stones. : STELAE
11
Where vegetables grow. : TRUCKFARM
12
Turkish coin. : LIRA
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Eastern campus. : YALE
22
"___ a doctor in the house?" : ISTHERE
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Tidal wave in an estuary. : EAGRE
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Mme. ___, French writer. : DESTAEL
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Chance to speak. : SAY
30
Off balance. : ALOP
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Name of many papers. : NEWS
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Title once held by MacArthur. : SCAP
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Political conveyance. : BANDWAGON
36
Pauses. : RESTS
39
Work unit. : ERG
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Big birds. : BUSTARDS
44
Briny substance. : SEASALT
47
Spread about, as rumors. : NOISED
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Antimacassar. : TIDY
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Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
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Turkish regiments. : ALAIS
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Queen: Fr. : REINE
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Namesakes of singer Berger. : ERNAS
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London conveyance. : TRAM
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Anger: Dial. : RILE
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Ingredient of floating island. : EGGS
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Willow genus. : ITEA
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Duct: Anat. : VAS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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