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New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 1963

9-Down : Hurried.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,001
Across
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Spadelike tool. : SPUD
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Rackstraw's name. : RALPH
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Pack down tightly. : TAMP
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Flighty exclamation. : LALA
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Heath plant. : ERICA
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Arab leader. : AMIR
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Rockefeller, Brown and others. : INCUMBENTS
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Jules Verne character. : NEMO
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Compass point. : NNE
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Top-notch. : AONE
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One kind of court. : TENNIS
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Divided unfairly, as voting areas. : GERRYMANDERED
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Fireplace shelf. : HOB
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Defenseless. : UNARMED
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Addition to a bill. : RIDER
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Acknowledges defeat. : CEDES
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W. W. II abbreviation. : ETO
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District. : AREA
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Lubricated. : OILED
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Cap. : TAM
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Giant with a hundred eyes. : ARGUS
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Perfumery substance. : ATTAR
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Loss of sense of smell. : ANOSMIA
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Total: Abbr. : AMT
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___ Record. : CONGRESSIONAL
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Mistakes. : ERRATA
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Precinct plans. : MAPS
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Australian peak. : EBA
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Loved. : DEAR
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Casters of six electoral votes. : NEBRASKANS
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Pertaining to a part of the eye. : UVEAL
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Adherents: Suffix. : ITES
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Scholastic degree. : MUSD
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Historic French river. : MARNE
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From beginning to end. : THRO
Down
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David's weapon. : SLING
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Soft fabric. : PANNE
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Modern-day ailment. : ULCER
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Family member: Abbr. : DAU
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Blast again. : REBOMB
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Scene. : ARENA
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Material. : LINEN
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Financial abbreviation. : PCT
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Hurried. : HASTENED
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Sixpence: Brit. slang. : TANNER
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Item in the Bill of Rights. : AMENDMENT
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Opera heroine. : MIMI
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Old hands. : PROS
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City official. : MAYOR
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Periods. : ERAS
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American ostrich. : RHEA
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Tenderfeet. : DUDES
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : ETTA
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Revolving ___. : DOOR
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Shah's land. : IRAN
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Certain party men. : DEMOCRATS
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Corona. : CIGAR
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Elected, in France. : ELU
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Aromatic plant. : ORIGANUM
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Eight, in Italy. : OTTO
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Relative of "ain't." : AMNT
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Flew. : SOARED
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___ as a ghost. : ASPALE
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Glowing coal. : EMBER
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Type of thermoplastic. : SARAN
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Under: Poet. : NEATH
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Doubleday of baseball fame. : ABNER
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Rope. : LASSO
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Cheese. : EDAM
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Received: Fr. : RECU
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Stowe character. : EVA
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Carson. : KIT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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