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New York Times, Tuesday, April 16, 1963

5-Down : Hardens.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,007
Across
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Beatnik word. : COOL
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Mountainside detritus. : SCREE
10
One of T. E. Lawrence's names. : SHAW
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Sailor's patron saint. : ELMO
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More steadfast. : TRUER
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Rabbit fur. : CONY
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1919 group. : LEAGUEOFNATIONS
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Unable to carry a tune. : TONEDEAF
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Young pigs. : SHOTES
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Cartographer's abbreviation. : ALT
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Washington group. : GMEN
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Sticks fast. : STALLS
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Group on the links. : FOURSOME
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Pertaining to time. : HORAL
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Came up. : AROSE
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___ de plume. : NOM
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Central lines. : AXES
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Native ___. : SON
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Particle. : ATOM
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Card game. : GIN
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Member of Peter Rabbit's family. : MOPSY
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Bored by pleasures. : BLASE
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Where to find ophidians. : SNAKEPIT
44
Kukla or Ollie. : PUPPET
45
Sandy's namesake. : ALEC
46
Piece of music. : RAG
47
Hunter. : CHASER
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Famous London thoroughfare. : PALLMALL
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1358 group. : HANSEATICLEAGUE
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French river. : ORNE
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Crude dwelling. : TEPEE
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Spanish title. : DONA
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Well being, old style. : WEAL
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Put in vigorous action. : EXERT
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Governor in Juneau. : EGAN
Down
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Hibernian. : CELT
2
Fatty stuff. : OLEO
3
Arabian sultanate. : OMAN
4
Theater part. : LOGE
5
Hardens. : STEELS
6
European. : CROAT
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Trump. : RUFF
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Famous Dutch scholar. : ERASMUS
10
Descendants. : SCIONS
11
Bird call. : HOOT
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Fatima's sister. : ANNE
13
Author of "Swiss Family Robinson." : WYSS
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Cabinet member. : UDALL
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Exclamation of satisfaction. : THERE
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Large sea bird. : GOONY
24
Napped cloths. : SHAGS
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Poisonous stuff. : TOXIN
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Circus. : ARENA
27
Spanish article. : LAS
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American poet. : FROST
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Ready for use. : ONTAP
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Fraternal member. : MOOSE
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Robert ___ Sherwood. : EMMET
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Meat jelly. : ASPIC
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High peak. : ALP
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Fracas. : MELEE
40
Manage or use. : OPERATE
41
Military alarm. : BUGLE
43
City in West Germany. : KASSEL
44
Poor bed. : PALLET
46
Speedy one. : RACER
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Breed of dog. : CHOW
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Run swiftly. : HARE
49
Coin of India. : ANNA
50
Boatswain's whistle. : PIPE
51
Constituted. : MADE
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Excited. : AGOG
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Moon goddess. : LUNA
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Depend (on). : LEAN
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Cowboy nickname. : TEX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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