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New York Times, Saturday, February 11, 1961

31-Down : King of Egypt, 1300 B. C.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,229
Across
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Call out noisily. : BAWL
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Runaway in a nursery rhyme. : DISH
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In any way. : ATALL
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"I cannot tell ___." : ALIE
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Well-known nom de plume. : ELIA
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Oils, water colors, etc. : MEDIA
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Circus arena. : RING
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Capital of Vermont. : MONTPELIER
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Basic character. : NATURE
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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___ puppy. : MUD
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Descendant of Shem. : SEMITE
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Gladiolus or crocus. : IRID
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Militia. : RESERVECORPS
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Kettle's critic, in a saying. : POT
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Iroquois foe. : ERIE
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Straightedge. : RULER
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City in central Spain. : AVILA
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Just made. : NEW
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Semiprecious stone. : AGATE
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Evil genius. : DEMON
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Engrossed. : RAPT
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Water sprite in Germanic myth. : NIX
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Library reference book. : READERSGUIDE
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River into Lake Ilmen. : MSTA
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Laughs boisterously: Colloq. : SNORTS
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Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
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Invaders of Europe, circa 400 A.D. : HUNS
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Furtive fellows. : SNEAKS
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Making a parachute jump. : BAILINGOUT
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Cantata air. : ARIA
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Chief city of the Ruhr. : ESSEN
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Besides. : ELSE
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Companion of honey. : MILK
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"But the greatest of ___ ... " : THESE
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Stadium sound. : ROAR
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Endower of a college, 1701. : YALE
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"All around Robin Hood's ___." : BARN
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Otherwise. : ALIAS
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When "every mile is two." : WINTERTIME
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Esculent vegetable. : LEGUME
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The Greek Ceres. : DEMETER
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U. N. labor body. : ILO
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___ qua non. : SINE
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Former Merman role. : HATTIE
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Improvement. : AMELIORATION
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Take ___ view of (view sceptically). : ADIM
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Place; stead. : LIEU
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Stuff with bacon. : LARD
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Bois de Boulogne. : PARC
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Exhortation to rouse a sleeper. : RISEANDSHINE
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Neighbor of Albion. : ERIN
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___ on the market. : DRUG
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Swerves. : VEERS
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Where celestial phenomena are reproduced. : PLANETARIA
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King of Egypt, 1300 B. C. : SETI
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Block of paper. : PAD
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Concluded. : OVER
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King. : REX
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Rich soil. : LOAM
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Jokers. : WAGS
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Practicer of a form of wit. : PUNSTER
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Vingt-___ (twenty-one): Fr. : ETUN
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Forest warden. : RANGER
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Soft and soothing. : DREAMY
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Dexterity. : SKILL
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Second; support. : ABET
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Bran mixture for cattle feed. : MASH
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Cold wind from the Swiss Alps. : BISE
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Type of musical performance. : SOLO
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For goodness' ___! : SAKE
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French article. : LES
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Part of N. A. : USA

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

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