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New York Times, Wednesday, February 3, 1954

4-Down : Of a knot.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,681
Across
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Cut of beef. : FLANK
6
Newsman's quest: Colloq. : PHOTOS
12
Exemplar. : PARAGON
14
Screen actress. : LUPINO
15
Alligator pear. : AVOCADO
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Tree-lined promenade. : ALAMEDA
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Air flight record. : LOG
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Merganser or motmot. : SAWBILL
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Booby: Slang. : SAP
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Bough. : LIMB
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Shortening. : LARD
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Baseball park in Philadelphia. : SHIBE
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Playground for the Nautilus. : OCEAN
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Young woman. : LASS
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Ready for leasing. : RENTABLE
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Proprietors. : OWNERS
36
Biblical prophet. : AMOS
37
Turnpike. : ROAD
38
Road covering. : GRAVEL
41
Not in fashion. : OUTMODED
45
Gypsy lady. : RANI
46
Silent. : DUMB
48
Prize money. : PURSE
49
Miss Kett and others. : ETTAS
51
Lush meadows. : LEAS
53
Playful farewell. : TATA
54
Where Shaef was. : ETO
55
Familiar patron saint. : PATRICK
58
Money in Tokyo. : YEN
59
10th word of U. S. Marine hymn. : TRIPOLI
61
Whiffenpoofs. : YALEMEN
63
Biblical giants. : ANAKIM
64
Where Wilson Dam is. : ALABAMA
65
Spanish coin. : PESETA
66
Member to fit a mortise. : TENON
Down
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U. S. Navy's underwater adventurers. : FROGMEN
2
Ingredient of japan. : LAC
3
Mohammedan officers. : AGAS
4
Of a knot. : NODAL
5
Wise guys. : KNOWALLS
6
Clan symbols. : PLAIDS
7
"Father of the United Nations." : HULL
8
Precious stones. : OPALS
9
Man's nickname. : TIM
10
Clear the way! : ONESIDE
11
Drugstore adjunct. : SODABAR
12
Colorlessness. : PALLOR
13
What Moses heard on Sinai. : AVOICE
17
Copyists. : APERS
20
Heather-grown slope. : BRAE
23
Former name of Jakarta. : BATAVIA
26
Hobo's delight. : HANDOUT
28
Noted person. : NAME
30
Housewife's woe. : SOOT
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Prominent and clear. : BOLD
35
Common American eider. : WAMP
37
Quatrains. : RUBAIYAT
38
Welcome. : GREET
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Hopeless situation. : RATTRAP
40
M. Pinay. : ANTOINE
41
Hebrew measure. : OMER
42
Teamster. : DRAYMAN
43
Respect. : ESTEEM
44
Actress Durbin. : DEANNA
47
___ Thule. : ULTIMA
50
Wheel part. : SPOKE
52
Balance. : SCALE
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Roosted. : ALIT
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The third K. : KLAN
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Foot movement in choreography. : PAS
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Nigerian tribe. : EBO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 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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