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New York Times, Saturday, December 26, 1964

55-Down : The "lowing herd."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,627
Across
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Asian title. : RAJA
5
Historic island. : MALTA
10
Mixture. : HASH
14
Town on the Thames. : ETON
15
Complies. : OBEYS
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That ___ say. : ISTO
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Baltimore athlete. : COLT
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Piece of writing. : TRACT
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Arizona river. : GILA
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___ the day's work. : ALLIN
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Part of an Old Testament saying. : ATOOTHFOR
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Ornamental wall inset. : PLAQUE
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Biblical mount. : HOREB
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Overlooked. : UNSEEN
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Bovine quid. : RUMEN
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Part of a brake. : SHOE
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Hill. : TOR
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Lead on. : ENTICE
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Dignified wear of the Victorian era. : CONGRESSGAITERS
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Range in southern Mongolia. : ALTAIS
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River to Pamlico Sound. : TAR
43
Responsibility. : ONUS
44
Hinged panels. : DOORS
45
Far Eastern. : KOREAN
47
Kildare, for one. : MEDIC
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Serve. : DISHUP
53
Gamble. : TAKERISKS
57
Avignon's river. : RHONE
58
Go ___ (enter). : ONIN
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See 45 Across. : ASIAN
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Certain affirmatives. : OUIS
62
Neuf, for one. : PONT
63
Italian politician. : NENNI
64
Spanish demonstrative. : ESTO
65
Entities. : ONES
66
Sharp sides. : EDGES
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Takes in. : SEES
Down
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Summary. : RECAP
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Ringlike island. : ATOLL
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La ___, California. : JOLLA
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Chlamys, chiton, etc. : ANTIQUEGARMENTS
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Quip. : MOT
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Mountain gap: Sp. : ABRA
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Sobriquet of novel character. : LEATHERSTOCKING
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Bigwig. : TYCOON
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Famous financier. : ASTOR
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Musical starring Phil Silvers. : HIGHBUTTONSHOES
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As though. : ASIF
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Normandy town. : STLO
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Gray or white. : HOAR
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Dedicated woman. : NUN
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Italian province. : TERNI
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Famous first name in Tennessee. : ESTES
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Greek goddess. : EOS
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Behavior. : MIEN
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Color. : ECRU
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Noun ending. : NESS
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Fish. : SCAD
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Entire: Prefix. : HOLO
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Descriptive of a rabbit. : EARED
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Part of a stairway. : RISER
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Former vets' group. : GAR
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Showed affection. : KISSED
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Melody. : AIR
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1955 hurricane. : DIANE
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Part of a legislature. : HOUSE
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Come together. : UNITE
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Currency in Catalonia. : PESOS
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TV's talking mouse. : TOPO
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Shortly. : ANON
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The "lowing herd." : KINE
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Rational. : SANE
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Yugoslav city. : NIS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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