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New York Times, Tuesday, June 11, 1963

53-Down : Place to play a game.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,063
Across
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Disconcert: Colloq. : FEAZE
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Front-page initials. : NASA
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Floated. : SWAM
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Honest ___ (on my word of honor). : INJUN
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Object of adulation. : IDOL
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Fruit. : POME
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Sober-minded. : STAID
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Washed-out. : PALE
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City in Iowa. : AMES
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Great multitude. : HORDE
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Collector's items. : AMERICANA
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Deserves. : EARNS
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Pollster's concerns. : TRENDS
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Featured. : STARRED
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Lee's land: Abbr. : CSA
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Santa ___, Calif. : CRUZ
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Fuss. : STIR
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Neighbor of Sverige. : NORGE
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Elder: Fr. : AINE
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Garment for Caesar. : TUNIC
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Gymnasium adjunct. : POOL
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Tribal symbol. : TOTEM
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Spanish dwelling. : CASA
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Eternities. : EONS
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Solicit. : ASK
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True opera lover. : STANDEE
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Passage of music. : STRAIN
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Mock. : SCOFF
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Important worker. : COALMINER
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Passageways. : RAMPS
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Deep blue. : ANIL
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Bernard De ___. : VOTO
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Adjective suffix. : ICIAL
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Colliery. : MINE
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Asteroid approaching the earth in 1964. : EROS
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Numerical prefix. : CENTI
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Floral gift. : POSY
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Burning glass. : LENS
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Stated further. : ADDED
Down
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Skipjack. : FISH
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Open. : AJAR
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Body of water, now Ijssel Lake. : ZUIDERZEE
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Make beloved. : ENDEAR
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In close competition. : NIPANDTUCK
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___ ale (water). : ADAMS
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Menu item. : SOLE
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Warnings. : ALERTS
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Modern frontier. : SPACE
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Miss, for instance. : WOMAN
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Correct. : AMEND
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Western phenomena. : MESAS
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Shah's land. : IRAN
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Musical notation. : REST
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Feline dismissal. : SCAT
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Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, and Pitti-Sing. : TRIO
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Potential babysitter. : AUNT
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Ticktacktoe. : CRISSCROSS
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___ pickle. : INA
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Ingenuous-looking. : OPENFACED
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Land measure. : ROOD
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Used up. : GONE
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More. : ELSE
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Contemporary of Pompey. : CATO
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Wound seriously. : MAIM
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Whine. : SNIVEL
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Where Lake Victoria is. : AFRICA
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Rascal. : SCAMP
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Opera role. : TONIO
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Pours. : RAINS
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Place to play a game. : ALLEY
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Incite. : SETON
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Estuary of the Thames. : NORE
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Make up one's ___. : MIND
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Top of the head. : PATE
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Glided. : SLID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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