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New York Times, Friday, February 15, 1952

65-Down : Feathered or furred neckpiece.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 971
Across
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Windsor home of Britain's royal family. : CASTLE
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Noted Primate of Yugoslavia. : STEPINAC
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Reach or achieve. : ATTAIN
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Unit of Hudson River escarpment. : PALISADE
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Certain photographs. : STILLS
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Unfasten, as a coat. : UNBUTTON
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African lily plant. : CALLA
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Bar of cast metal. : INGOT
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Bone: Comb. form. : OST
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Bobolink or bunting. : ORTOLAN
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"Garry ___," old Irish tune. : OWEN
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Where oil comes from. : WELLS
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Mrs. Tony Beauchamp. : SARAH
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He audits the books. : CPA
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Lunar periods. : EPACTS
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Rational. : SANE
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___ Kong. : HONG
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Late Senator Johnson of California. : HIRAM
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Female red deer. : HIND
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A very small quantity. : IOTA
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Well-known Slovene-born American writer. : ADAMIC
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He wrote "Life With Father." : DAY
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Weizmann of Israel. : CHAIM
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A kind of bear. : POLAR
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Soft, porous rock. : TUFA
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Set bounds again. : RELIMIT
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Opportunity to proceed. : WAY
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Game like halma. : SALTA
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The animals of a region. : FAUNA
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Opera by Richard Strauss. : ARABELLA
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Important Czech city, 52 m. SW of Prague. : PILSEN
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Reveler. : CAROUSER
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Fall flowers. : ASTERS
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Something that beautifies. : ORNAMENT
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Man's nickname. : SHORTY
Down
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Isle-studded bay off Portland, Me. : CASCO
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Perfume obtained from flowers. : ATTAR
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Long-legged wading bird. : STILT
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Soap ingredient. : TALLOW
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Screen actress born in N. Y. C. : LILALEE
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Annapolis graduate: Abbr. : ENS
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Drawn out and twisted. : SPUN
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Ballroom dance from the Argentine. : TANGO
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Bend in a river. : ELBOW
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Indians of Utah: Var. : PIUTES
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Adherer to a cult. : IST
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Atlantic Pact group. : NATO
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Fussy activities. : ADOS
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Scarce U. S. coin. : CENT
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Set in a surface. : INLAID
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Designation for the brightest star. : ALPHA
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Poet and humorist. : NASH
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Junk. : SCRAP
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Incursion. : RAID
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Eugene O'Neill's Miss Christie. : ANNA
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Viennese screen star Lamarr. : HEDY
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Fashionable. : CHIC
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A famous Winnie. : POOH
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Theatrical production group. : ANTA
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Queen in "Titus Andronicus." : TAMORA
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Friendly greeting. : SMILE
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Singlefoot or canter. : GAIT
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Like an awkward, silly youth. : CALFISH
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The Metropolitan. : MUSEUM
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Theatre district. : RIALTO
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Untrue. : FALSE
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George Burns' partner, Gracie. : ALLEN
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Ponderer. : MUSER
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Sluggish. : INERT
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Strong-scented herb, a common weed in North America. : TANSY
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City in Texas. : WACO
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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Tall story. : YARN
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Small pie with no top crust. : TART
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Feathered or furred neckpiece. : BOA
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Step for a ballerina. : PAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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