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New York Times, Monday, November 2, 1964

38-Down : Imaginary third confidant.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,573
Across
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Altogether. : INALL
6
Innuendo. : SLUR
10
Become gentle. : MELT
14
Santa ___. : MARIA
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Spike. : TINE
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Wife: Lat. : UXOR
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Baby buggies. : PRAMS
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An ounce, in Portugal. : ONCA
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Gainsay. : DENY
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Leave of absence. : SABBATICAL
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Half of a Samoan port. : PAGO
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In ___ parentis. : LOCO
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Take up the slack, nautically speaking. : TAUTEN
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Sermon. : HOMILY
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Comedian of silent movies. : LLOYD
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In rapport. : ATONE
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Military band instrument. : SNAREDRUM
37
One of the Websters. : NOAH
38
Ribbonlike trimmings. : GIMPS
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Heroine of Conrad's "Victory." : LENA
40
Sets off. : DETONATES
42
Cattails. : REEDS
43
Tribal symbol. : TOTEM
44
Flintlock. : MUSKET
45
Leaf through a book. : BROWSE
48
Generous. : OPEN
50
City on the Tevere. : ROMA
51
Harold Wilson's milieu. : PARLIAMENT
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Swiss-French author. : ANET
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Eye defect: Suffix. : OPIA
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Electrician. : WIRER
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Fringe. : EDGE
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Shensi city. : SIAN
62
French year. : ANNEE
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Go up. : SOAR
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Speak to the point. : TALK
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A long time. : YEARS
Down
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Some children. : IMPS
2
Honshu city. : NARA
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Near Easterner. : ARAB
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Branch. : LIMB
5
Chicago street. : LASALLE
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Unemotional one. : STOIC
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National shrine. : LINCOLNMEMORIAL
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Bent like a hook: Lat. : UNCA
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Land brokers. : REALTORS
10
Result of a heavy rain. : MUDPUDDLES
11
See 20 Across. : EXEAT
12
Rein used in horse training. : LONGE
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Do a shopping chore. : TRYON
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Knickknack. : TOY
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Ever. : AYE
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Harvest worker. : HAND
27
Tribe of Sioux. : OTOE
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Castle's defense. : MOAT
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Surrounded by trouble. : INHOTWATER
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Splashes gently. : LAPS
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Locale. : SITE
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Emit fumes. : REEK
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Wavy: Her. : UNDE
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Topgallant. : MAST
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Imaginary third confidant. : GATEPOST
41
French possessive. : NOS
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Easily won victory. : RUNAWAY
44
Part of a Chinese name. : MEI
45
Heather-grown hillsides. : BRAES
46
Lively musical movement. : RONDO
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The end. : OMEGA
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Part of a platform. : PLANK
52
South Pacific port. : APIA
53
Colliery. : MINE
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Singer Berger. : ERNA
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Three: Sp. : TRES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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