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New York Times, Friday, December 8, 1961

48-Down : Small grooves.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,529
Across
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Outlines. : FORMS
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Shock or surprise. : JOLT
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Invitation addendum. : RSVP
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""It's ___!" : ADEAL
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Willow genus : ITEA
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Electrical genius. : TESLA
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Hawaiian port. : HILO
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Dray. : CART
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Craftsman. : ARTISAN
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Swiss lake. : LUCERNE
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Apparatus at Canaveral. : CHERRYPICKER
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English poet. : POPE
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___ Grande. : RIO
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Be wrong. : ERR
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Little ___. : EVA
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Chemical suffix. : IDE
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Trances. : COMAS
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Preserved food in a certain way. : PICKLED
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Obsolescent kitchen item. : ICEPICK
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Ancient city on the Tiber. : OSTIA
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1949 Nobel Peace Prize winner. : ORR
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Spring time. : MAY
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Auditor. : CPA
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___ Angelico. : FRA
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Slope of a hill. : SIDE
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Started a rumpus. : PICKEDAFIGHT
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Made possible. : ENABLED
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Empress. : TSARINA
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Prayer. : PLEA
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Lodgepole ___. : PINES
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Reptile, for short. : CROC
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Shipshape. : TAUT
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Units of distance. : PACES
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Horn sound. : HONK
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Regal address. : SIRE
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Pine. : YEARN
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Opole's river. : ODER
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Sit. : REST
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Ill will. : MALICE
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Forest debris. : SLASH
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Lorna Doone's love. : JOHNRIDD
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I hate: Lat. : ODI
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Piece of candy, for short. : LOLLY
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Thespian group. : TROUPE
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China's concern. : RICECROP
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Bleak. : STARK
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Father of science fiction. : VERNE
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19th cen. stylist. : PATER
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Kind of nest. : AERIE
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Sorceress. : CIRCE
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Shad ___. : ROE
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Gourd or melon. : PEPO
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Sheep genus. : OVIS
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Agreement. : PACT
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Puccini heroine. : MIMI
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School: Abbr. : ACAD
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Terrier. : SKYE
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Sharp reaction. : KICKBACK
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Coat part. : LAPEL
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Fret. : IRRITATE
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Rugged heights. : CRAGS
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On one's way. : OFF
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Experts. : ADEPTS
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Small grooves. : STRIAE
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Orange-yellow. : PEACH
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Opening bars of music. : INTRO
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"___ a Hot Tin Roof." : CATON
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U. N. name. : ADLAI
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : HAPPY
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Atahualpa. : INCA
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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NAM, for one. : ASSN
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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