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New York Times, Saturday, November 7, 1964

28-Down : Fragrant balsam of So. America.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid is asymmetric.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,578
Across
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In company with. : AMONG
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Nautical cry. : YOHO
10
Jolly Roger. : FLAG
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"Main Street" heroine. : CAROL
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African city. : ORAN
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Girl's nickname. : LINA
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Magical place for children. : EMERALDCITYOFOZ
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Lose tautness. : SAG
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Type of eclipse. : SOLAR
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Resident of Stockholm. : SWEDE
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"Sing it ___ used to sing it ... " : ASWE
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Fortunate. : BLESSED
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People. : ADULTS
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Cape Cod town. : TRURO
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Helen Bannerman's hero. : SAMBO
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Memorable chanteuse. : PIAF
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Garment part. : NECK
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Snowshoe of sorts. : SKI
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Heroine of "The Winter's Tale." : PERDITA
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Arabian name. : ALI
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Rows. : OARS
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Imagine, old style. : WEEN
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"Childe Harold" author. : BYRON
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Noisy insects. : CRICKETS
48
King Mark's wife. : ISOLDE
49
Dorothy Perkins. : ROSE
50
Town on the Thames. : ETON
51
Designed fabric. : BATIK
54
Continent: Abbr. : NAMER
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Throng. : MOB
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Figure of the Gay Nineties. : DIAMONDJIMBRADY
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Bag. : GRIP
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Veritable. : REAL
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Unit: Ger. : EINER
65
Concert items: Abbr. : SELS
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Horde. : ARMY
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Drench. : DOUSE
Down
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A throw in craps. : ACES
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Peggy Wood role. : MAMA
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State: Abbr. : OREG
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Type of table. : GLASSTOP
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Tyrolean song. : YODLE
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Killer whale. : ORCA
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Flighty one: Var. : HAIRBRAIN
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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Moves in a continuous stream. : FLOWSON
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Still ___. : LIFES
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Part of a storage battery. : ANODE
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Looked. : GAZED
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Sounds from 58 Down. : LOWS
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River into the North Sea. : YSER
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Vestment. : ALB
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Air: Ger. : LUFT
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Business group: Abbr. : ASSOC
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Senegalese city. : DAKAR
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Fragrant balsam of So. America. : UMIRI
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Navigator's concern. : TIDES
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James Stuart, for one. : PRETENDER
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Peer. : EARL
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Earth. : CLOD
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Bovine animals. : KINE
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Ovine animals. : EWES
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Rapt. : ABSORBED
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Puts on short allowance. : SCRIMPS
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Thither. : YON
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Katisha's reluctant bridegroom. : KOKO
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Article. : ITEM
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"Our Town" heroine. : EMILY
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Publisher's abbreviation. : BDGS
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Yorkshire river. : AIRE
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Scut. : TAIL
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In ___. : AJAM
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By hand: Prefix. : MANU
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Lyrics. : ODES
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Cow barn. : BYRE
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1933 initials. : NRA
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Cruise port. : RIO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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