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New York Times, Monday, April 8, 1963

50-Down : New Year's Eve sound effects.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J K Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,999
Across
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Cloud. : MIST
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Indian corn. : MAIZE
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Lobster pot. : TRAP
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Scene of Perry victory. : ERIE
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Alphabetical key. : INDEX
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Wander. : ROVE
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Relative of a chestnut. : ROAN
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Precipitous. : STEEP
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Ready to drop off. : ABED
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As a whole. : ENMASSE
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Fragments. : SLIVERS
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Make happy. : BLESS
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Pay dirt. : ORE
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Romantic song. : BALLAD
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Counterpart. : PARALLEL
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Creek. : INLET
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Bambino. : BABE
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Wading bird. : SORA
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Senorita's relative. : TIA
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Doubletrees. : EVENERS
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Taxi. : CAB
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New Haven's pride. : ELMS
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Read copy. : EDIT
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Great thinker, circa 400 B.C. : PLATO
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Passages for ships. : SEALANES
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Magellan, for instance. : SAILOR
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United. : ONE
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Elevator of a sort. : HOIST
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Part of a camera. : SHUTTER
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Where Mount Ararat is. : ARMENIA
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Yearling. : COLT
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Highway. : ROUTE
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Chimney site. : ROOF
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Contemporary princess. : ANNE
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To eat: Ger. : ESSEN
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Architectural pillar. : ANTA
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Interpret. : READ
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Senior members in groups of men. : DEANS
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The "limerick" man. : LEAR
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Nothing but. : MERE
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Golf club. : IRON
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King Mongkut's land. : SIAM
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Capable of being defended. : TENABLE
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Felt the lack of. : MISSED
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Pays up. : ANTES
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Suffix in chemistry. : IDE
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Letters. : ZEES
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U.S. satellite. : EXPLORER
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Subject of Steinbeck book. : TRAVELS
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Vestment. : ROBE
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State as fact. : AVER
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Feet: Suffix. : PEDS
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List of candidates. : SLATE
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Man's name meaning "watchful." : IRA
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Romance language. : SPANISH
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Snacks. : BITES
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Beast of burden. : LLAMA
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Incite. : ABET
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In the neighborhood. : LOCAL
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Clio's sister. : ERATO
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Cabinet post. : LABOR
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Adam of fiction. : BEDE
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Gave an attractive surface appearance to. : VENEERED
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Sudden burst of activity. : SPASM
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Having elongated apertures. : SLOTTED
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Not figurative. : LITERAL
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Symbol of industry. : ANT
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New Year's Eve sound effects. : SIRENS
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Made of a certain cereal. : OATEN
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Mark. : SCAR
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Christmas ___, European herb. : ROSE
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No part. : NONE
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Very small quantity. : IOTA
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At a distance. : AFAR
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Widely known monogram. : USA

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