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New York Times, Thursday, July 11, 1963

5-Down : Washington abbreviation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,093
Across
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N. Z. bird. : KIWI
5
Violinist's term. : UPBOW
10
Peacock blue. : PAON
14
Old Norse language: Abbr. : ODAN
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___ Arabia. : SAUDI
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Italian isle. : ELBA
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Catfish Row dweller. : BESS
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Storage place. : STRONGROOM
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Masculine title. : SAHIB
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Limb. : ARM
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Enough. : AMPLE
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Lag behind. : DRAG
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Mesozoic, for one. : AGE
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Waterway of Italy. : RIVERPO
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Separated and divided, as silk. : SLEAVED
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Path: Suffix. : ODE
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Roman footwear. : SANDAL
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Girl's nickname. : TINA
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Shoulder of a road. : BERM
40
Laughing. : RIANT
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Of the dawn. : EOAN
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It, in Italian. : ESSO
43
Dances. : TANGOS
45
Printers' abbreviations. : LCS
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Have not a leg to ___. : STANDON
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Howl. : ULULATE
50
Changeling. : OAF
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Prefix akin to 2 Down. : IDEO
52
Condescend. : DEIGN
55
River into the Yangtze. : HAN
57
Camper's path. : TRAIL
61
Being within certain limits. : INTRAMURAL
64
Swan ___. : DIVE
65
Theaters, old style. : ODEA
66
On the qui vive. : ALERT
67
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Pattern. : NORM
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Double ___. : PLAYS
70
Notch. : DENT
Down
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African antelopes. : KOBS
2
Thought. : IDEA
3
Shampoo. : WASH
4
Within. : INSIDE
5
Washington abbreviation. : USS
6
Native of lower Argentina. : PATAGONIAN
7
Alias Perry Mason. : BURR
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Round-the-world flyer, 1947. : ODOM
9
Succeed. : WIN
10
Pervade. : PERMEATE
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Askew. : ALOP
12
Payment for Charon. : OBOL
13
Reputation. : NAME
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A pledge. : GAGE
21
Wintry sounds. : BRRS
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"I am ___ all that I have met." : APARTOF
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Everything counted. : ALLTOLD
27
Garments. : ROBES
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Latin phrase. : IDEST
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Vice ___. : VERSA
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Attended by bloodshed. : SANGUINARY
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Sebastian's twin. : VIOLA
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Play. : ENACT
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Valse. : DANSE
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Son of Jacob. : DAN
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Shirt adornment. : MONOGRAM
44
Fat. : SUET
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Famous newspaperman. : DANA
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___ it over. : LORDED
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Actor Boucicault. : DION
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Within: Prefix. : ENDO
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Appian Way. : ITER
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Secretary of State, 1933-44. : HULL
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Precinct. : AREA
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Leeds' river. : AIRE
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A Karamazov. : IVAN
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Balto-Slav. : LETT
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Mercator's concern. : MAP
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Officers: Abbr. : LTS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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