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New York Times, Monday, June 8, 1964

51-Down : Aegean isle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,426
Across
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Nylon nuisance. : SNAG
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Generally: Abbr. : USU
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Not care ___. : AWHIT
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Kind of rubber. : PARA
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Coin in Luzon. : PESO
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Rural sound. : NEIGH
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"Green Mansions" narrator. : ABEL
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Type of dance step. : HEELANDTOE
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Post office item. : MONEYORDER
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Bloodcurdling. : GORY
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Swiss canton. : BASEL
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Affirm. : AVER
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Decide by law. : ADJUDGE
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Part of a game name. : MAH
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Kings: Lat. : REGES
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Becoming a member. : ENROLLING
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Twig-branch angle. : AXIL
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Iraqi, for instance. : ASIAN
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"There ___ any more." : ISNT
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Confederate first name. : JEFFERSON
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"___ Dream," Wagner aria. : ELSAS
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Statute. : ACT
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Shea Stadium pilot. : STENGEL
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Base emotion. : HATE
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Pondered. : MUSED
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Man's name: Abbr. : THOS
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Adirondack resort. : LAKEPLACID
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Relative of gumption. : HORSESENSE
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Gambit. : MOVE
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Underdog victory. : UPSET
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Rise higher. : SOAR
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Look after. : SEETO
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Order to a broker. : BUY
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French city. : SENS
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Part of the Occident: Abbr. : SPAM
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Wealthy man. : NABOB
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Place for sports. : ARENA
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Outbursts, as of laughter. : GALES
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Confirm. : UPHOLD
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Seventh son. : SEER
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Accustomed (to). : USED
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New England cape. : ANN
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Piece, as of pie. : WEDGE
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Slapdash. : HITORMISS
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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People generally. : THEY
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Sound in a corrida. : OLE
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Spanish region. : ARAGON
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Certain votes. : YEAS
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Parchment: Abbr. : VEL
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One of the James boys. : JESSE
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Kind of suit or shop. : UNION
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Sturm und ___. : DRANG
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O'Neill character. : ANNA
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Hills: Abbr. : HGTS
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Oriental title. : RAJA
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Officer, for short. : EXEC
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Animal in an adage. : GIFTHORSE
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Sprite. : ELF
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Like Abner. : LIL
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Russian co-operatives. : ARTELS
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Adjective ending. : EST
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Hebrew month. : ELUL
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Kingdom: Poet. : EMPERY
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Something of value. : ASSET
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Aegean isle. : SAMOS
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St.-Cyr, for example. : ECOLE
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Couch. : DIVAN
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Consequently. : THUS
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One of a Biblical trio. : HOPE
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One of the Stevensons. : AES
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Handle. : KNOB
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Birthright seller. : ESAU
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Hideaways. : DENS
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W. W. II theater. : ETO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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