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New York Times, Friday, March 17, 1961

24-Down : Wretch or rogue, in playful use.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,263
Across
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City in Yugoslavia. : ZAGREB
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Impels through space. : TRAJECTS
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Have impressions of. : IDEATE
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Traditional symbol of remembrance. : ROSEMARY
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Pertaining to voice. : PHONAL
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Served the purpose. : ANSWERED
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Act in a jaunty manner. : PERK
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Log hut of the steppes. : ISBA
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Stock car model. : SEDAN
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Unit of energy. : ERG
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Looked at. : BEHELD
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Slope up. : RISE
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Well-known Dodger. : REESE
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Prevailing course of things. : ORDER
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Doll's date. : GUY
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Where Memphis is. : EGYPT
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Having no face value. : NOPAR
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Old-time coaches. : STAGES
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Traffic in that which is sacred. : SIMONY
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Ancient king of Tyre. : HIRAM
40
Friend of Pythias. : DAMON
41
Fishpole. : ROD
42
Pardon. : REMIT
44
Verb associated with the Ku Klux Klan. : LYNCH
48
Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
50
Where the Truckee flows. : NEVADA
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Exclamation. : OHO
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Pertaining to the cheek: Zool. : GENAL
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Vessel of 1492. : NINA
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Kerosene. : FUEL
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Member-to-be of the Peace Corps. : AMERICAN
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Caused to unite. : MERGED
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End of a book. : LASTPAGE
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Free from constraint. : ATEASE
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Sheltered from the sun. : ENSHADED
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Fisherman. : NETTER
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Garment fastener. : ZIPPER
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Hold on. : ADHERE
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Lake in New York. : GEORGE
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Relative standing. : RANK
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Show to be false. : BELIE
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Big name in tennis. : TRABERT
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Actor Reagan. : RONALD
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Quadruped. : ASS
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Israelites. : JEWS
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Oriental title. : EMEER
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Popular sportswear item. : CARDIGAN
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Cabinet post. : TREASURY
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One of the Chaplins. : SYDNEY
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Fifth Avenue specialties. : SHOPS
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Wretch or rogue, in playful use. : BEGGAR
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Fabric. : DENIM
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Brand. : SEAR
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George Eliot heroine. : ROMOLA
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Part of Arabia. : YEMEN
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Quadruped. : PONY
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Dweller on the ocean front. : SHOREMAN
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Neat arrangement. : TIDINESS
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"Paradise Lost" character. : SATAN
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Perceived by intuition. : DIVINED
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Give pleasure to. : REGALE
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Household. : MENAGE
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Kind of candy. : NOUGAT
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Gruyère, for example. : CHEESE
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Cigarette ___. : HOLDER
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Fifth largest planet. : EARTH
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Small, hoofed animal. : DAMAN
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Fat, in chemistry. : LIPA
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Irritate. : FRET
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Not a gentleman. : CAD
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French season. : ETE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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