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New York Times, Friday, March 24, 1961

28-Down : She-fox.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,270
Across
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Outstrip. : BEST
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Ornery fellow. : CUSS
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Member of the Hindu trinity. : SIVA
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Hors d'oeuvre. : ANTIPASTO
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Adult. : OFAGE
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Unhearing. : STONEDEAF
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The bear, in Kipling tales. : BALOO
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Misplay. : ERR
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Word in street names. : TERRACE
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Once ___ lifetime. : INA
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Ant: Archaic. : EMMET
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Latent. : HIDDEN
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Brownish yellow. : AMBER
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Leave untenanted. : VACATE
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Humble worker. : PEON
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Headdress. : MITER
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Roil. : STIR
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Suffix used with gyro and thermo. : STAT
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Dignify. : EXALT
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White-tailed bird. : ERNE
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Native of Tallinn. : ESTH
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Dingles. : DELLS
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Potato ___. : RACE
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Judges, old style. : OPINES
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___ roses. : BEDOF
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Pungent plant. : GARLIC
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Biblical juniper. : RETEM
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
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Dice wager. : SIDEBET
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Snout of an animal. : NEB
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Opera composer. : BIZET
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Declare blameless. : EXONERATE
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Trader of a sort. : MIDDLEMAN
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Sheol. : HELL
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Vous ___. : ETES
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Kind of book. : TEXT
Down
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Found. : BASE
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Side dish. : ENTREMETS
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Landing craft. : STORMBOAT
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Stannum. : TIN
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West Pointer. : CADET
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Consumer. : USER
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White spot on the forehead of a horse. : STAR
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Amen. : SOBEIT
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"___ body meet a body ... " : IFA
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Having legal force. : VALID
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Past: Archaic. : AGONE
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Dwindle (with "out"). : PETER
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Of the dawn. : EOAN
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Skipper's concern. : CHARTS
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Cigarette ingredient. : MENTHOL
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Mormon state, 1849. : DESERET
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Area near the chancel. : APSE
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She-fox. : VIXEN
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"It is ___ told by an idiot ... " : ATALE
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Cubicles. : CELLS
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Noted Tuscan family. : MEDICI
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Brand. : TRADENAME
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April annual form. : INCOMETAX
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Part of a sail. : REEF
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Falstaff's ensign. : PISTOL
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Areca nut. : BETEL
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Dark stripe to shield camera lens from lights. : GOBO
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School subject: Abbr. : ARITH
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Remove the upper deck (of a ship). : RAZEE
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Rips. : RENDS
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Greek township. : DEME
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Way out. : EXIT
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Prophesy. : BODE
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Propensity. : BENT
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"Der ___ könig." : ERL
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Not active: Abbr. : RET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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