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New York Times, Wednesday, April 24, 1963

47-Down : Chooses.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,015
Across
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Theatrical. : STAGY
6
Top. : ACME
10
Pecks. : DABS
14
C'est ___! : LAVIE
15
Puzzling thing. : CRUX
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Article. : ITEM
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Watchful. : ALERT
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Fashion. : RAGE
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Qualified. : ABLE
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Blackbird: Poet. : MERL
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Energy. : VIM
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Hidalgo's dish. : TAMALE
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Slide. : SKID
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Serfs. : HELOTS
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First move. : GAMBIT
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Power. : IRON
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Made unfriendly. : ALIENATED
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Sharpness. : EDGE
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Bags: Colloq. : POTS
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Quay. : LEVEE
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Type of talk: Slang. : JIVE
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Dears. : PETS
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Portrays. : DESCRIBES
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Oats. : FEED
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Threnody. : LAMENT
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Stout. : PORTLY
51
Side post. : JAMB
52
Cooking direction. : BRAISE
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Particle. : JOT
54
Tidy (up), old style. : REDD
58
Routine. : ROTE
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Indifferent. : COOL
61
Pacific paradise. : SAMOA
62
Cook's concern. : OVEN
63
Tease. : TWIT
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Word of farewell. : ADIOS
65
Go: Poet. : WEND
66
Peccadillos, perhaps. : SINS
67
Aromatic gum resin. : MYRRH
Down
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Idle talk. : TALE
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State. : AVER
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Diamonds. : GIRLSBESTFRIEND
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Even now. : YET
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Pungent. : ACRID
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Stuff. : CRAM
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Tankard. : MUG
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English city. : EXETER
10
Figure of the Gay Nineties. : DIAMONDJIMBRADY
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Baseball term. : ATBAT
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Cap's companion. : BELLS
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Pintail. : SMEE
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Energetic. : VITAL
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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Family. : KIN
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Important raw material. : HIDES
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Space. : GAP
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Uneven. : ALOP
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Very little. : MITE
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Child's plaything. : TEDDY
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Night. : EVE
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Express scorn. : GIBE
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Tranquil. : EVEN
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Acclaim. : ECLAT
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Backdrops, flats, etc. : SETS
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Zodiac sign. : RAM
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Chooses. : ELECTS
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Demonstrate. : PROVE
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Made of cereal. : OATEN
51
Shocks. : JOLTS
52
Facial feature. : BROW
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Accompany. : JOIN
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Eastern prince. : EMIR
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Relative of a French window. : DOOR
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Vigor. : DASH
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Wartime group. : OWI
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One of the Brownes. : SAM

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