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New York Times, Friday, February 3, 1961

5-Down : Pleasure boats.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,221
Across
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Maine manufacturing town. : SACO
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Fresh-water fish. : CARP
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Where Shoshone Falls is. : IDAHO
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Clique. : CLAN
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Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
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Observer. : NOTER
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Resident of Central America. : NICARAGUAN
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One of the parties: Abbr. : REP
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Nothing. : NONE
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Unpretentious. : HUMBLE
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Carry on some actions. : PROCEED
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Spanish rope of grass fiber. : SOGA
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Parts of boats. : BOWS
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Big business. : INDUSTRY
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Dear: Fr. : CHERE
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Blurred. : BLEAR
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Third quarter score. : OOO
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Miss Keller. : HELEN
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___ Abner. : LIL
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Borders on. : ABUTS
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Fuel. : OIL
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Evil spirit in Oriental tales. : GHOUL
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Musical direction to be silent. : TACET
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Announce officially. : PROCLAIM
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Sound of sorrow. : SIGH
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The Weird Sisters. : HAGS
47
Of the tongue. : GLOSSAL
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Where the University of Illinois is. : URBANA
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Wang Lung's wife in "The Good Earth." : OLAN
54
Muscle Shoals power project. : TVA
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Type of written petition. : ROUNDROBIN
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Enter. : GOIN
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Actor famous for Al Smith role. : BUNCE
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German philosopher. : KANT
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Old Testament giant. : ANAK
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Passover feast. : SEDER
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Insects. : ANTS
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Gainsay. : DENY
Down
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Steep descent. : SCARP
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To go: Fr. : ALLER
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Famous island in Passamaquoddy Bay. : CAMPOBELLO
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___ shoestring. : ONA
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Pleasure boats. : CANOES
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Have ___ to (feel inclined to). : AMIND
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Move swiftly. : RACE
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
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January event. : INAUGURATION
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Tenets. : DOGMAS
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Swift's "Tale of ___." : ATUB
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Remedy. : HEAL
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Normandy department. : ORNE
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Girl's name meaning "a rose." : RHODA
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John F. Kennedy, for instance. : NEWENGLANDER
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Most important part of anything. : CORE
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Fish hook attachment. : SNELL
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Ancient Troy. : ILIUM
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Clown in "As You Like It." : TOUCHSTONE
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Routine. : ROTE
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Ballplayer with the Los Angeles Angels. : YOST
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Cut of meat. : CHOP
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Legatee. : HEIR
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City on the Loire. : BLOIS
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Purses. : BAGS
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Mother of Ishmael. : HAGAR
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The way things happen. : CHANCE
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Inclinations. : SLANTS
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Flash. : GLINT
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Of the birds. : AVIAN
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Awkwardly tall and lean. : LANKY
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City: Lat. : URBS
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Rake. : ROUE
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German organization. : BUND
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Port of Scotland, on Firth of Lorne. : OBAN
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River into the Volga. : OKA
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Son of Jacob. : GAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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