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New York Times, Thursday, May 21, 1964

10-Down : Maintain positively.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,408
Across
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Lacunae. : GAPS
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Brilliance of reputation. : ECLAT
10
Apple of one's eye. : IDOL
14
Wings: Bot. : ALAE
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Traffic concomitant. : NOISE
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Admonition to a toddler. : NONO
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Certain short stories. : FAIRYTALES
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Old French coins. : SOUS
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Kind of nut. : FILBERT
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To start with. : ATFIRST
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Certain French regions. : ILES
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Thrown: Poet. : TOST
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Cocktail party item. : CANAPE
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___ last resort. : COURTOF
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Celebrities. : LIONS
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Frozen dessert. : BOMBE
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Sunshine. : DAY
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"___ and the Man." : ARMS
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Vegetable dish. : PUREE
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Carolina rail. : SORA
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Join together. : WED
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See 15 Across. : SIREN
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Dr. Holt, Dr. Bartlett, Dr. ___. : SPOCK
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Street sign. : DEADEND
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Stands out boldly. : STARES
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Braid. : PLAT
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Boot addendum. : SPUR
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Candidate of 1940. : WILLKIE
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Compared. : LIKENED
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College grad. : ALUM
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15th cen. Italian reformer. : SAVONAROLA
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Tide's partner. : TIME
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Rubbish: Slang. : TRIPE
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Look ___ (visit). : INON
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Captured: Scot. : TAEN
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Jet's specialty. : SPEED
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Place to sleep. : BUNK
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Boat hook. : GAFF
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Container. : PAIL
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Slavs. : SERBIANS
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Meal course. : ENTREE
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Slickers. : COATS
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Diamond ___. : LIL
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On the wave. : ASEA
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Lab item. : TESTTUBE
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Maintain positively. : INSIST
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Canvasser's route. : DOORTODOOR
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Blame. : ONUS
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Wasted. : LOST
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Canine sounds. : YELPS
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Warning on the links. : FORE
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Kind of hammer. : CLAW
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Made public. : AIRED
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O. Henry, for one. : NOMDEPLUME
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Removed the center. : CORED
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Portent. : OMEN
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Broad humor. : FARCE
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Result of sunshine. : BURN
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Asian beasts. : YAKS
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Pious persons. : PIETISTS
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Restaurant item. : SPARERIB
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Where Pierre is: Abbr. : SDAK
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Former German plane. : STUKA
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"That ___ are created equal ... " : ALLMEN
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Like cacti. : SPINED
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Place for a slalom. : SLOPE
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Scottish inventor. : WATT
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Hipbones. : ILIA
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Wyatt of the West. : EARP
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Nancy Mitford's term for the unsmart set. : NONU
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Esau's father-in-law. : ELON
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Moist and chilly. : DANK
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Compete (with). : VIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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