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New York Times, Monday, June 29, 1964

10-Down : Writer of sea stories.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,447
Across
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Miss Spenlow. : DORA
5
Long-playing record. : ALBUM
10
Commend for bravery. : CITE
14
Actor Montand. : YVES
15
Asian hardwood tree. : NARRA
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Mediterranean port. : ORAN
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One of the beauties of Scotland. : LOCHLOMOND
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___ me tangere. : NOLI
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Inspiration. : IDEA
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Achieved. : EARNED
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Companion of "all work." : NOPLAY
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Polk's V.P. : DALLAS
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Florence's river. : ARNO
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Drowsing. : NODDING
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Popular toy. : YOYO
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Car part. : ENGINE
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Twosome. : DUO
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Nuclear experiment. : ATEST
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Break bread. : EAT
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Sounding like an oboe. : REEDY
44
Legal matters. : RES
45
Political refugee. : EMIGRE
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Under way. : ASEA
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Without affectations. : NATURAL
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1941 alliance. : AXIS
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Store provender. : ENSILE
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Sanctum. : ADYTUM
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Hogshead. : BARREL
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N.F. cape. : RACE
63
Stevedore union: Abbr. : ILA
64
Church calendar of offices. : ORDO
65
Feature of old-time medicine show. : MOUNTEBANK
68
100 dinars. : RIAL
69
Foot tap, in fencing. : APPEL
70
Dies ___. : IRAE
71
Pastoral poem. : IDYL
72
Cooper's Bumppo. : NATTY
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Cousin of the perch. : BASS
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Alec Guinness play. : DYLAN
2
Quarter-round molding. : OVOLO
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Type of tire. : RECAP
4
Tree. : ASH
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Soothing substance. : ANODYNE
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Cloth of gold. : LAME
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General. : BROAD
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Jardiniere. : URN
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Doughboys' favorite, 1917. : MADELON
10
Writer of sea stories. : CONRAD
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Cromwell's sobriquet. : IRONSIDES
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"The Wife of Bath's ___." : TALE
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Lady of Camelot. : ENID
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Double-talker. : LIAR
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Tree. : ALDER
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Place in the headlines. : LAOS
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"Peer Gynt" character. : ANITRA
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"Ah, Wilderness!" author. : ONEILL
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Art figure. : NUDE
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Spanish master. : GOYA
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Fish story. : YARN
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Great Barrier island. : OTEA
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Recently. : YESTERDAY
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Comedian's specialty. : GAG
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Brusque. : TERSE
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Pleasant. : EASY
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Important civil servant. : MAILMAN
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Quite so. : EXACTLY
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Reveal. : UNROLL
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___ fixe. : IDEE
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Break out. : ERUPT
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Lady's formal headdress. : TIARA
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Radial bones. : ULNAS
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Brands. : MAKES
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Famous soprano. : BORI
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Desertlike. : ARID
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Swiss-French author. : ANET
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Bureau of the forties. : OPA
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Part of a pinafore. : BIB

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

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