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New York Times, Monday, June 12, 1961

34-Down : "Fidelio" composer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,350
Across
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Debris from the cutting of timber. : SLASH
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Rumple. : MUSS
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Cigarfish. : SCAD
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Bohemian dance. : POLKA
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On one's toes. : ATIP
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Lohengrin's wife. : ELSA
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Encore. : AGAIN
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Storyteller. : RACONTEUR
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Kipling novel. : KIM
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Adam's third. : SETH
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Witty reply. : RETORT
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Realm of the budgeteer. : ECONOMY
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Precipitous. : STEEP
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Penalize by fine. : AMERCE
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Newspaper department. : DRAMA
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Picasso or Braque. : CUBIST
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Godiva, for instance. : LADY
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Shoe shade. : TAN
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Euratom member. : ITALY
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Name for a colleen. : ERIN
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Worth. : USE
43
Desserts. : ICES
44
Sierra ___, California range. : NEVADA
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Author of South African stories. : PATON
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Shangri-La's raison d'etre. : ESCAPE
50
Long walks. : HIKES
52
Fatuous. : ASININE
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Tweed. : WOOLEN
58
Wiles. : ARTS
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Hawaiian neckpiece. : LEI
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Bring before the public. : ADVERTISE
62
The hot corner, in baseball. : THIRD
64
Four, in Germany. : VIER
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Lake of the St. Lawrence Seaway. : ERIE
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Part of A.W.O.L. : LEAVE
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River into the Danube. : ENNS
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Stern. : REAR
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Presbyter. : ELDER
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"Thus ___ Zarathustra." : SPAKE
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Dialectics. : LOGIC
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Stadium at San Antonio. : ALAMO
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Slalom. : SKI
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Baker Street vehicles. : HANSOMS
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Early Christian. : MARTYR
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Where Provo is. : UTAH
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Thus. : SIC
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Good loser, for one. : SPORT
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Irish, English, or Gordon ___. : SETTER
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Heroine of many tragedies. : CLEOPATRA
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Sennacherib's war god. : ASUR
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Scoot. : DART
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Indigent. : NEEDY
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Item for a medicine chest. : EMETIC
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Ungula. : NAIL
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Guarantee of authenticity. : SEAL
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Social rank. : CLASS
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Abigail. : MAID
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Count Vronski's love. : ANNA
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Surprise stratagem. : COUP
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Heavenly bear. : URSA
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"Fidelio" composer. : BEETHOVEN
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Monarch. : DYNAST
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River of England. : TEES
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Flush with. : EVEN
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Printer's device. : INKER
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Missive. : EPISTLE
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Workers with machinery. : OILERS
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Occupation. : CAREER
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Record. : ENTER
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Tale of the wrath of Achilles. : ILIAD
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Strength. : NERVE
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Marine duck. : EIDER
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Breaker. : WAVE
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One-eyed deity of Norse myth. : ODIN
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Home of the yak. : ASIA
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Indignation. : IRE
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Loki's daughter. : HEL

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

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