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New York Times, Thursday, November 19, 1953

9-Down : Typical examples.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,614
Across
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A pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
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L. Frank and Vicki, authors. : BAUMS
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Football player. : BACK
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___-cadabra. : ABRA
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Leaking. : ADRIP
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Siberian lake. : ARAL
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A flower, Johnny-jump-up. : HEARTSEASE
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Tony, former middleweight champ. : ZALE
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Landon, one-time candidate. : ALF
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Expendable. : REPLACEABLE
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Misinterpret. : TWIST
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Italian money. : LIRA
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___ in the dark. : ASHOT
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Residents of a New York city. : ELMIRANS
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A diversionary move. : SMOKESCREEN
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Felicitous quip. : MOT
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Fleer from hounds. : HARE
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Straighten out. : ALIGN
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Pertaining to flying. : AERO
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Lisper's nemesis. : ESS
40
Indian telegraphy. : SMOKESIGNAL
42
Defeats decisively: Slang. : SHELLACS
44
The right place or job. : NICHE
45
Renowned sergeant of World War I. : YORK
46
Girl with a notebook. : STENO
48
Proctor at an English school exam. : INVIGILATOR
52
Greek letter. : RHO
55
Cut of meat. : LOIN
56
Clay squares. : TILESTONES
58
Andrew of the fairy tale books. : LANG
59
Zoë ___, Pulitzer Prize playwright. : AKINS
60
Terrible. : FELL
61
Females. : SHES
62
Diminutive of a girl's name. : NETTY
63
Wine, women and song, for instance. : TRIO
Down
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Response to humor. : HAHA
2
Adam's unlucky son. : ABEL
3
A Percheron. : DRAFTHORSE
4
Cooky holder. : JAR
5
Laudable diamond thefts. : BASES
6
Practiced. : ADEPT
7
River into the Caspian Sea. : URAL
8
Misstate. : MISALLEGE
9
Typical examples. : SPECIMENS
10
Church sale. : BAZAAR
11
Child of the streets. : ARAB
12
Strain blown on a bugle. : CALL
13
Paul ___, Swiss artist of the subconscious. : KLEE
18
Platitudinous. : TRITE
22
Name for a colleen. : ERIN
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Stopped sleeping. : WOKE
26
Yesterday's flame. : ASHES
27
Hard, overhand tennis stroke. : SMASH
28
Norse names. : ERIKS
29
Part of a church. : AMENCORNER
30
Girl's name. : NORAH
31
Stylish wrap. : STOLE
33
A friend in need. : SAMARITAN
34
With precision. : CLOCKLIKE
38
Against: Dial. : AGIN
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Trudge doggedly. : SLOG
41
Moveless. : INERT
43
Falsifications. : LYINGS
46
To tax. : STENT
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Disdainful: Rare. : TOSSY
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Troubles. : ILLS
49
A sailor perforce. : NOAH
50
Hollywood street. : VINE
51
Perched. : ALIT
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The sun: Comb. form. : HELI
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Norse capital. : OSLO
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Many times: Poet. : OFT

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 8 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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