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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 1961

28-Down : Outlet.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,515
Across
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___ boy! : ATTA
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Of ___. : ASORT
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Worry. : FRET
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One of triplets. : TRIN
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South Pacific isle. : SAMOA
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Card game. : FARO
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Adventurer in 1884 book. : HUCKLEBERRYFINN
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City in Florida. : OCALA
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Spanish girl's name. : ANITA
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Cobweb. : NET
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Exclusive. : SELECT
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Ballad in West Indian style. : CALYPSO
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Range. : STOVE
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Reptile. : BOA
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Ireland, personified. : IRENA
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First-class. : AONE
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Tale of the Quaker City's voyage. : INNOCENTSABROAD
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Nurse shark. : GATA
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Inventor in electricity. : TESLA
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Certain radio sets: Abbr. : FMS
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"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
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Means of control. : REINS
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Clever but specious reasoner. : SOPHIST
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Cortez conquered them. : AZTECS
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Ab ___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Passageway. : AISLE
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Lawyer in 1894 novel. : PUDDNHEADWILSON
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Butterine. : OLEO
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___ du Louvre. : MUSEE
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Girl's nickname. : TESS
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Remainder. : REST
70
Separated. : APART
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Snick and ___. : SNEE
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Mountain in Greece. : ATHOS
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Armistice. : TRUCE
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Siamese coin. : TICAL
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Joints. : ANKLES
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Ibsen character. : ASE
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Biblical land. : SABA
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Portent. : OMEN
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Dewy. : RORIC
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Woolen cloth. : TARTAN
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Musical direction. : FFF
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Watertight. : RAINPROOF
12
White-tailed birds. : ERNES
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The Lone Ranger's friend. : TONTO
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Of milk. : LACTIC
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Famous Elihu. : YALE
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Moved swiftly. : TORE
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New ___. : YEAR
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Outlet. : VENT
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Stage direction. : ENTER
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Extensive. : BIG
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"___ Sunday afternoon ... " : ONA
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Exact opposites. : ANTIPODES
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Caama. : ASSE
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Viet-___. : NAM
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Workers on galleys: Abbr. : EDS
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Hippocratic ___. : OATH
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Japanese shout. : BANZAI
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Hill of Jerusalem. : SION
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Item for the allergist. : ASTHMA
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Shore birds. : STILTS
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Unnaturally deep sleep. : SOPOR
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Immature seed. : OVULE
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Start of a golf game. : TEEUP
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City in Germany. : ESSEN
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Conclusion. : CLOSE
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Meaning. : SENSE
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Tabula ___ (clean slate). : RASA
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Frankfurt's river. : ODER
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Spot. : DOT
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Dripping. : WET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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