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New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 1963

30-Down : Kind of rubber.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,071
Across
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Rocky formation. : SCAR
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Covers of a sort. : SHAMS
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Withered. : SERE
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Kansas city. : IOLA
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Beach accessory. : TOWEL
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Asian title. : KHAN
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Irritate. : EXACERBATE
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Girls named after a lily. : SUSANS
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Baby boy: Sp. : NENE
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Wrath. : IRE
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Scintilla. : IOTA
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Musical composition. : SEPTET
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Prove. : SUBSTANTIATE
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Invective. : ABUSE
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Outlet. : VENT
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Poetic verb form. : DOST
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Conrad heroine. : LENA
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Cosmetic solution. : RINSE
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Former coin of Persia. : KRAN
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Son of Jacob. : ASHER
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Greenhouse. : CONSERVATORY
48
Dispossessed (of). : BEREFT
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Region: Abbr. : TERR
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Wing: Sp. : ALA
53
___ Morgana. : FATA
56
Netherlands city. : LEIDEN
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Ornamental lamps. : CANDELABRA
63
Things belonging to: Suffix. : ARIA
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Fur. : OTTER
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Fuse partly. : FRIT
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Not any: Colloq. : NARY
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Caliologist's concern. : NESTS
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Companion of time. : TIDE
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Certain women: Abbr. : STES
Down
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Solicits. : ASKS
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Biblical charioteer. : JEHU
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Macaws. : ARAS
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Neoclassic style of art. : RENAISSANCE
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Short rest. : SIESTA
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Harding's opponent, 1920. : COX
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David Balfour's friend. : ALAN
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Longchamp event. : RACE
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Basin, for one. : STREET
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Raise ___. : HOB
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Expect. : AWAIT
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Poet's concern. : METRE
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Winter phenomenon. : SLEET
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Sword-shaped. : ENSATE
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Importance. : NOTE
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Iron or steel blocks. : ANVILS
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Certain artful dodgers. : PEDESTRIANS
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Famous bacteriologist. : SALK
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Above: Ger. : UBER
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Kind of rubber. : BUNA
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Preterit, for one. : TENSE
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Extra section of a newspaper. : INSERT
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Eight: Sp. : OCHO
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Suffix with road or spin. : STER
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Relative of a mossback. : TORY
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Real estate term. : RENTAL
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Bern's river. : AARE
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Bids. : OFFERS
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Having a veil: Zool. : VELATE
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Part of a club sandwich. : BACON
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Cheer. : ELATE
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Scolds. : RANTS
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A chief justice. : TAFT
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Kennedy's ancestral home. : EIRE
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Refusals. : NAYS
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Army division: Abbr. : DET
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Clear (of). : RID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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