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New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 1964

49-Down : Welfare, old style.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,394
Across
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Composed. : MADEUP
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Bowling scores. : SPARES
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Artist's item. : PALETTE
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Aptitude. : TALENT
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English titles. : BARONETS
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Flowering plant. : ACACIA
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Nautical term. : ALIST
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Musical piece. : ETUDE
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Service craft. : LST
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___ of thousands. : TENS
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Verbal contraction. : ARENT
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Farm structure. : SILO
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Common suffix. : ESE
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Open. : OVERT
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Worker at Carnegie Hall. : TUNER
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Got lost. : STRAYED
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Unity. : ONENESS
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Pronoun. : HER
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Babylonian sky god. : ANU
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Classifies. : ASSORTS
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Make a short visit en route. : STOPOFF
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First class and others. : MAILS
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Opera role. : WOTAN
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Part of a shore dinner. : ROE
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Church alcove. : APSE
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Bactrian. : CAMEL
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Evergreens. : FIRS
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Meet. : SIT
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Bookmaker's concern. : WAGER
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Numeral. : DIGIT
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Fished in a certain way. : SEINED
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Important route. : LIFELINE
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Set of nine. : ENNEAD
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Gold, for one. : ELEMENT
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Relentless. : STEELY
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Choir members. : TENORS
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Coleridge hero. : MARINER
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At ___. : ALOSS
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Fender flaw. : DENT
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French season. : ETE
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Said. : UTTERED
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Tease. : PESTER
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Town: Ger. : STADT
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Conventional measure of length. : PACE
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Lounge. : RECLINE
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Maroons. : ENISLES
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Motor housings. : STATORS
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Least colorful. : PALEST
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Author of "America the Beautiful." : BATES
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Prevent. : AVERT
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Time of day. : SUNUP
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True copies, in law. : OYERS
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Part of a joint, in carpentry. : TENON
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Make ___ in. : AHOLE
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Its capital is Pietermaritzburg. : NATAL
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Gathers. : AMASSES
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Wise. : SAPIENT
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Vatican chapel. : SISTINE
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Robber's haul. : SWAG
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Unproductive. : STERILE
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Beginnings. : ORIGINS
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Money in Hungary. : FORINT
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Olivia's clown. : FESTE
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Breakfast fare. : OMELET
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Tea container. : CADDY
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Office worker. : FILER
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Welfare, old style. : WEAL
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People: Prefix. : DEMO
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Born. : NEE
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Swamp. : FEN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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