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New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1964

56-Down : Shape of some flowers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,442
Across
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World-famous word. : FAIR
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Abruptly: Colloq. : SPANG
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Cattle feed. : MASH
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Current cartoonist. : ARNO
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Oliver de Boys' bride. : CELIA
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Look ___. : INTO
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Inscription in a book. : DEDICATION
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Put into a carrier. : LOAD
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Parisian season. : ETE
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Neat as ___. : APIN
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Certain San Franciscans. : GIANTS
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Salami, for example. : DELICATESSEN
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Business abbreviation. : INT
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Progressive decline. : ATROPHY
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Pleasant experience: Slang. : PICNIC
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St. ___. : IVES
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Sea food item. : ROE
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Oriental officials. : AGAS
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Horse opera. : OATER
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Cast (a vote). : POLL
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Heap. : LOT
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Organist's degree. : DMUS
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Pick's partner. : SHOVEL
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Maxim. : PRECEPT
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Black bird. : ANI
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Quickly. : ALLOFASUDDEN
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Gardener's tool. : DIBBLE
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Sign. : OMEN
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Olive tree. : OLEA
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Said "or else." : THREATENED
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Occupy. : FILL
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Desirous. : EAGER
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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Refrain syllables. : FALA
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Cleaners' partners. : DYERS
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Trawls. : NETS
Down
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Lost color. : FADED
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Rocky formation. : ARETE
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Unseemly. : INDELICATE
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Ruler of a kind. : ROI
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___ Flow. : SCAPA
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Small: Fr. : PETIT
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Straighten. : ALINE
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Greek island. : NIO
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Hoodlums. : GANGSTERS
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City NE of Torino. : MILANO
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In a while. : ANON
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Suffix with photo. : STAT
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Coal scuttles. : HODS
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Plants. : CACTI
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Noun suffixes. : IERS
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Vacation places. : INNS
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Except. : SAVE
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Divine guidance. : PROVIDENCE
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Golf target. : HOLE
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Rhythmic cheer. : YELL
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Feeler. : PALP
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Over. : COMPLETED
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"___ a boy!" : ITS
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Vehicle. : AUTO
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Body of water. : POND
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Farmer's home. : DELL
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Frequent. : HAUNT
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Mystical doctrine. : CABALA
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Shape. : FORGE
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Asiatic ruler. : AMEER
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Chars. : SEARS
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Choose. : ELECT
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Works of art. : NUDES
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Take off. : DOFF
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Dorsal bones. : ILIA
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Shape of some flowers. : BELL
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Fodder. : HAY
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Poetic time. : EEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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