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New York Times, Thursday, June 6, 1963

9-Down : Hem in.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,058
Across
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Jeanne ___. : DARC
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Business abbreviation. : CORP
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Coin in Bangkok. : BAHT
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Double exclamation. : AHAH
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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To hold: Fr. : TENIR
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Hindu philosophy. : YOGA
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Tent holders. : PEGS
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Custom. : USAGE
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Assayer's concern. : ORES
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Candle. : RUSHLIGHT
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Inconstant. : FASTANDLOOSE
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From time to time. : EVERANDAGAIN
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Wrong name. : MISNOMER
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Opera role. : ELSA
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Ski wood. : ASH
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Sensational hit: Slang. : WOW
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Quick poke. : JAB
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Pourboire. : TIP
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Glided. : SLID
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Full of sleep. : SOPOROSE
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Irregularly. : HEREANDTHERE
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Type of shotgun. : OVERANDUNDER
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Mariner's concern. : TRADEWIND
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Hence: Lat. : ERGO
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Cheroot. : CIGAR
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Land of Esau. : EDOM
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Humble wretch. : WORM
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Nine to five. : HOURS
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Discovers. : SEES
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Out of the wind. : ALEE
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Italian saints: Abbr. : STAS
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Novel heroine. : TESS
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Apollo's mother. : LETO
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___ reckoning. : DAYOF
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Now, in Spain. : AHORA
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Spreads unchecked. : RAGES
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Discipline. : CHASTEN
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Trophy. : CUP
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Made a banking faux pas. : OVERDREW
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Customary. : REGULAR
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Render an opinion. : PASSON
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Hem in. : BESIEGE
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Word game: Abbr. : ANAG
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Intensified. : HIGH
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Old weight allowance. : TRET
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Sooner city. : TULSA
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Coal scuttle. : HOD
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Confess. : AVOW
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Nobody: Lat. : NEMO
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Tone of voice. : ALTO
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Goddess of the solar disk. : ISIS
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Back of the neck. : NAPE
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Chicken feed. : MASH
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___ of Palms, S. C. : ISLE
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Sewing term: Var. : SHIR
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Friends of Richard Roe. : JOHNDOES
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Mimicked. : APED
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Brian ___. : BORU
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Oriental cedars. : DEODARS
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Late-coming fan. : STANDEE
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Starting afresh. : RENEWAL
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Declares. : AVERS
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Late. : NEW
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Least moist. : DRIEST
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French wag. : DROLE
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Bird of the Everglades. : EGRET
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One of the Montagues. : ROMEO
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Tongue-clucking sounds. : TCHS
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Carousal. : RIOT
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___ Caliente. : AGUA
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Editor's concern. : MSS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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