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New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1964

25-Down : Light devices.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,416
Across
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Fundamental. : ORGANIC
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Scrawny animals. : SCRAGS
14
Utrillo. : MAURICE
15
Cheering. : HAILING
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Puts green feed in wet storage. : ENSILES
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Mrs. John Adams. : ABIGAIL
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Part of n.b. : NOTA
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One of Freud's first pupils. : RANK
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Dry: It. : SECCO
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Tanguay. : EVA
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Gen. Putnam. : ISRAEL
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Oilseed tree of East Africa. : ROKA
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Exeter's county. : DEVON
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Lab burners. : ETNAS
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Fell in with. : MET
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Start in again. : RENEW
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Jars of a sort. : HUMIDORS
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Kind of jelly. : CRABAPPLE
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Denial. : NEGATION
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Smuggle. : STEAL
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___ et labora (pray and work). : ORA
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Surcingle. : STRAP
47
Irish patriot. : EMMET
49
Heavy square column. : PIER
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Become angry: Colloq. : SEERED
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Greek letter. : ETA
54
Olivier. : ACTOR
56
Vale. : GLEN
57
Young Lindy. : SLIM
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Duncan. : ISADORA
60
Patti. : ADELINA
62
"___ the brave deserve the fair." : NONEBUT
63
Museum man. : CURATOR
64
Snares. : NOOSES
65
Sister: Sp. : HERMANA
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Foreboded. : OMENED
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Exceeded. : RANOVER
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Flaubert. : GUSTAVE
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Forte of 60 Across. : ARIA
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Nought: Lat. : NIL
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Refrigerators. : ICERS
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Borgia. : CESARE
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Jarred or shocked. : SHAKENUP
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Hansom. : CAB
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Jacob ___ Park, L. I. : RIIS
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Horatio. : ALGER
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Puccini. : GIACOMO
13
Covert laugh. : SNICKER
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Eyes with avarice. : GLOATS
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Gen. Greene. : NATHANAEL
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Noncombustible gases. : INERTS
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Light devices. : LAMPS
28
Light weight, in Brazil. : ONCA
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Obstructed with rocky particles. : SILTED
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Attends upon. : WAITS
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Judge. : DEEM
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California sea trout. : BOREGATS
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Feeling ___. : NOPAIN
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Leif ___. : ERICSON
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Donizetti. : GAETANO
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Galli-Curci. : AMELITA
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Be ___ the ground floor. : LETINON
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Exhort. : PREACH
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Early queen of Georgia. : TAMARA
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Where vaqueros vie. : RODEO
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Clothe. : ENDUE
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Holds up. : ROBS
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Feel remorse for. : RUE
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Misplay. : ERR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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