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New York Times, Thursday, June 13, 1963

20-Down : Balsam fir.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,065
Across
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Salt-water fish. : SCAD
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Spotted rodent. : PACA
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Give forth. : EMIT
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Ran swiftly. : HARED
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Foreshadow. : ADUMBRATE
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Fluffed. : ERRED
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Famous Scott. : CARPENTER
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Franklin ___. : STOVES
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Variegated. : PIED
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German river. : EMS
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Period. : AGE
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Piazza or Parks. : ACTOR
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Propound. : POSE
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Laboratory item. : AGAR
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Christmas ___. : PRESENT
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Darling. : PET
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Unreliable one. : LIAR
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Caravan stops. : OASES
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___ under (defeating overwhelmingly). : SNOWING
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Sweet. : DESSERT
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Auriculate. : EARED
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Ill-humor. : BILE
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Golf term. : LIE
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Sought ambitiously (with "to"). : ASPIRED
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Satellite sound. : BEEP
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Time of day. : DAWN
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Pointless. : INANE
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Banking abbreviation. : ACC
52
Actress Hagen. : UTA
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Fire: Prefix. : IGNI
54
Climbing palm. : RATTAN
57
Bread spread. : MARMALADE
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence. : PAINE
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Airplane apparatus. : ALTIMETER
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Sources of pumice. : LAVAS
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Bench. : SEAT
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Spreads (hay) for drying. : TEDS
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Swedish man's name. : NELS
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The ladies. : SHES
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Spanish seaport. : CARTAGENA
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Presumptuous one. : ARROGATOR
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Kipling character. : DEEVER
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Moccasin. : PAC
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Adjuster. : ADAPTER
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Bibelots. : CURIOS
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Power unit. : AMPERE
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Water bird. : ERN
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San ___, California. : MATEO
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Agenda entries. : ITEMS
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Succinct. : TERSE
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Famous monogram. : DDE
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Garden plot. : BED
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Balsam fir. : SAPIN
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Mountain locale. : CRAG
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School assns. : PTAS
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Architectural structure. : APSE
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Roman ___. : NOSE
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Movable covers. : LIDS
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Choosy. : SELECTIVE
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De Witt Clinton's achievement. : ERIECANAL
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Chassé. : STEP
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Alienate (from). : WEAN
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Ich ___ (I serve): Ger. : DIEN
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Presbyter. : ELDER
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Trimmed with narrow bands. : BRAIDED
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Milne character. : PIGLET
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Intrinsic. : INNATE
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Philippine peninsula. : BATAAN
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19th cen. novelist. : DUMAS
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Start of Dickens title. : ATALE
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River into the Oder. : WARTA
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What "sum" means. : IAM
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Calendar abbreviation. : APL
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Promontory. : NESS
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With: Ger. : MIT
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Noun suffixes. : ERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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