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New York Times, Tuesday, May 28, 1963

46-Down : Historic signature.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,049
Across
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Track the rainbow. : FISH
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Embark. : SHIP
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Small field, in England. : CROFT
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Sailing. : ASEA
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Intermediate: Prefix. : MESO
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Pillage. : RIFLE
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Somewhat resembling. : NEAR
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Left room suitable to. : ALLOWEDFOR
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Certain police. : GENDARMERIE
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Took place. : WAS
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Singles. : HITS
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Pixie. : SPRITE
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Plant using hemp. : ROPERY
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Beginning. : OUTSET
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Marshal, as troops. : ARRAY
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Clamp's relative. : VISE
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Food fish. : SHAD
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Taunt. : JEER
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Track man. : MILER
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Beginner. : TYRO
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Zuider Zee city: Abbr. : AMST
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Assert. : AVER
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Golfers' problems. : HOOKS
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Worked on the lawn. : SEEDED
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Con. : PERUSE
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Nurture. : CRADLE
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Diva's forte. : ARIA
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Type of letter: Abbr. : REG
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Antonym of cheers. : DISHEARTENS
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What Holmes said to Watson. : ELEMENTARY
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Look ___. : INON
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Masculine title. : SENOR
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New York county. : ERIE
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Vegetable. : OCRA
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Work in the garden. : WEED
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Part of the U. S. : NENG
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Tusk. : FANG
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Understanding comment. : ISEE
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O'Casey. : SEAN
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Unfeeling. : HARDHEARTED
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Child's epithet. : SMARTY
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Guides, as a ship. : HELMS
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___ Royale. : ISLE
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Barren. : POOR
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Scary feeling. : CREEPS
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Free (of). : RID
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Go away! : OFFWITHYOU
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Raft. : FLOAT
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To the point. : TERSE
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He wrote "The Virginian." : WISTER
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Graceful. : AIRY
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Museum job. : RESTORATION
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Indian prince. : RAJA
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Utah town. : OREM
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VIP on Broadway. : PRESSAGENT
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Lubricated. : OILED
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Consumer. : USER
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___ le roi! : VIVE
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Houseboats. : ARKS
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Part of a prescription. : DOSE
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___ the U. S. A. : MADEIN
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Will's beneficiary. : HEIR
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Certain Presbyterians. : ELDERS
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Made supplication. : PRAYED
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Peak. : CREST
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Historic signature. : RELEE
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House on a cliff. : AERIE
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Ragout. : STEW
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Lagomorph. : HARE
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Norse goddess. : NORN
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Nylon flaw. : SNAG
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Man's nickname. : MOE

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

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