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New York Times, Wednesday, May 1, 1963

8-Down : Short-legged sheep.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 329 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 55, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,022
Across
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The least bit. : RAP
4
Catchall abbreviation. : ETC
7
Air group. : CAA
10
American journalist's monogram. : FPA
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Greek letter. : ETA
14
Writings of Swift and Donne. : SERMONS
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Smoked salmon. : LOX
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Opposite of "lv." : ARR
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Dairy product. : CREAMCHEESE
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Slightly over a quart. : LITER
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Printer's error. : TYPO
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Praline ingredient. : NUTS
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Springtime celebrants. : MAYPOLEDANCERS
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Peak near Pasadena. : LOWE
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Indian state. : ASSAM
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Place for speakers. : DAIS
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Former governors of Algiers. : DEYS
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Village on Hudson opposite Tarrytown. : NYACK
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Golfers' target. : PIN
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Babies. : PAMPERS
40
Pius ___ (Eugenio Pacelli). : XII
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Famous fountain in Rome. : TREVI
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Foot. : BASE
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Scottish navigator. : KIDD
45
Printing press part. : INKER
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One of the Muses. : CLIO
49
Current best seller. : SEVENDAYSINMAY
54
Snouted animal. : BOAR
55
Egyptian lizard. : ADDA
56
Board. : MEALS
57
Job applicant. : INTERVIEWEE
60
Carlos' aunt. : TIA
61
Familiar farewell. : BYE
62
Without relaxing. : TENSELY
63
Virginia creeper. : IVY
64
Forbid. : BAN
65
Man's name: Abbr. : EDG
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Negative prefix. : DIS
67
Letter. : CEE
Down
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Province. : REALM
2
Central halls of Roman houses. : ATRIA
3
Type of communications circuit. : PARTYLINE
4
Banking term. : ESCROW
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Thrice: Lat. : TER
6
Part of Greece. : CRETE
7
Draftsman's instruments. : COMPASSES
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Short-legged sheep. : ANCONS
9
Wood. : ASH
10
Soames Forsyte's daughter. : FLEUR
11
Positions. : POSTS
12
Straight lines, as in a graph. : AXES
15
Springtime celebrations. : MAYDAYPARADES
19
The other side. : ENEMY
21
Major poetic works. : EPOS
25
Mother of Helen of Troy. : LEDA
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Puts up. : CANS
29
Governmental branch: Abbr. : DPT
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Filling station item. : AIR
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Implanting. : EMBEDDING
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Self-evident. : AXIOMATIC
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Scotland Yard: Abbr. : CID
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Joke. : KID
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Long. : PINE
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Vouchers: Abbr. : RECS
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Joie de ___. : VIVRE
44
Picture tube. : KINE
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Played the rogue: Archaic. : KNAVED
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Crew of the Pinafore: Slang. : LIMEYS
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Slavic girl's name. : SONYA
50
Supped. : EATEN
51
Veered in a heavy sea. : YAWED
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Unextinguished. : ALIVE
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Belgian violinist. : YSAYE
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___ lettuce. : BIBB
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Course: Abbr. : RTE
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Man's name meaning "high." : ELI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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