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New York Times, Monday, November 30, 1964

12-Down : Brews.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,601
Across
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Mountain ridge. : SPUR
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Love seats. : SOFAS
10
Asian gulf. : SIAM
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___ sure. : TOBE
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"South Pacific" hero. : EMILE
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Game. : POLO
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Part of Arabia. : ASIR
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Obsolete. : ANTIQUATED
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Makes return for. : REQUITES
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Spread to view. : UNCASE
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J. F. Cooper hero. : UNCAS
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___ noire. : BETE
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Carpenter's tool. : CHISEL
27
Art of disputation. : POLEMICS
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Regular course. : RUT
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Hesitate. : DEMUR
34
Made hastily. : RANUP
35
Greek god. : EROS
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Silken. : SERIC
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Girl of song. : NITA
40
Facial expressions. : POUTS
42
Tin Pan Alley group. : ASCAP
44
Abbreviation in geometry. : QED
45
Complete costume. : ENSEMBLE
47
Happens again. : RECURS
49
Black-eyed ___. : PEAS
50
Asian range. : ALTAI
51
___'s Ferry. : HARPER
54
Of customers. : CLIENTAL
57
Polo player, for one. : EQUESTRIAN
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Bossa ___. : NOVA
60
Glacier in Alaska. : MUIR
61
Weight. : OUNCE
62
Certain affirmatives. : OUIS
63
Dishlike receptacles. : PANS
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Parts of bottles. : NECKS
65
Sibilant sound. : TSST
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Castor or Pollux. : STAR
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Propound. : POSE
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Present everywhere. : UBIQUITOUS
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TV fare. : RERUNS
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Adventure stories. : SEATALES
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Exeunt ___. : OMNES
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Equips. : FITS
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Oriental name. : ALI
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Succeeding part. : SEQUEL
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Hero, modern style. : SPACEMAN
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Tiny bit. : IOTA
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Brews. : ALES
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Fashion. : MODE
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___ den Linden. : UNTER
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Like some beverages. : ICED
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Kind of acid. : BORIC
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Kind of paper. : CREPE
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American Indian. : HURON
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Clutch bag. : PURSE
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Wicked. : INIQUITOUS
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Shrewder: Colloq. : CUTER
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Miner's nails. : SPADS
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Perennial daily trio. : MEALS
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Dancers: Colloq. : STEPPERS
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Transportation systems. : CARLINES
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Pintail ducks. : SMEES
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Man's name in an expression. : PETE
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A. R. C. organizer, 1881. : BARTON
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"I ___ sing the old songs ... " : CANNOT
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Oh, dear! : ALACK
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Asiatic herb. : HEMP
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Shade of blue. : AQUA
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Crumbling structure. : RUIN
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Presidential title. : CINC
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Finally. : LAST
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Morgue, for one. : RUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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