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New York Times, Monday, April 13, 1964

49-Down : American playwright.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,370
Across
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That is ___. : TOSAY
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Port of Eire. : COBH
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Kind of button. : STUD
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Confederate. : UNITE
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981-mi. river. : OHIO
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Type of nut. : COLA
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Athenian of drama. : TIMON
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Presiding officer. : MODERATOR
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E pluribus ___. : UNUM
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Altar end of a church. : APSE
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Obliterate. : ERASE
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Lawyer's concern. : LIBEL
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___ the beans. : SPILLED
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Good Samaritan. : SUCCORER
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French article. : UNE
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Queen of Egyptian gods. : SATI
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Group of four. : TETRAD
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Escutcheon band. : FESS
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Dogma. : TENET
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Region: Abbr. : TERR
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Star: Prefix. : ASTERO
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Understood. : KNEW
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___ sponte (of his own will): Lat. : SUA
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Tense of Greek verb: Abbr. : AOR
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Scattering. : STREWING
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Colorado city on Rio Grande. : ALAMOSA
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Bridge player's declaration. : REBID
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Occupies wholly. : FILLS
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Praise. : LAUD
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Sailing term. : LUFF
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Certain broadcasts. : TELETHONS
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Robin ___. : ADAIR
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Patriot of 1776. : OTIS
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Medical student's course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Well-known Street. : DELLA
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Common prefixes. : NONS
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Hodgepodge. : MESS
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Quai d'___. : ORSAY
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Ballet skirt. : TUTU
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Come ___ (enter). : ONIN
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Program on radio and TV at same time. : SIMULCAST
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Part of A.E.C. : ATOMIC
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Longing: Slang. : YEN
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Thorough. : COMPLETE
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Exclamations. : OHOS
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___ one's time. : BIDES
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Weeding tool. : HOE
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Heroine of 1936. : SCARLETT
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Aggregate. : TOTAL
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Marked by: Suffix. : ULOSE
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Opposed and defied. : DARED
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Queen: Fr. : REINE
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Ventilators. : AERATORS
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Genus of cattle. : BOS
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Busied (oneself) ineffectively. : PUTTERED
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Rubber trees. : ULES
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Sports places. : RINKS
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Extra-pay TV reruns. : RESIDUALS
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___ for one's money. : ARUN
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Move slowly. : DRAG
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Like some hose. : SEAMLESS
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Gives for safekeeping. : ENTRUSTS
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Perch. : ROOST
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Mesh. : WEB
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American playwright. : WILDER
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River of Scotland. : AFTON
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Nautical term. : LIETO
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___ all. : ALLIN
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By oneself. : ALONE
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Collections of curiosa. : ANAS
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Line or row: It. : FILA
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Brawl. : FRAY
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Ark passenger. : HAM
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Bustle. : ADO

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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