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New York Times, Thursday, July 13, 1961

10-Down : 800-mile river in Sinkiang.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,381
Across
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Mooring place for yachts and launches. : MARINA
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Materia ___. : MEDICA
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Man with cape and sword. : MATADOR
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Delicacy at Fisherman's Wharf. : ABALONE
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Talented people. : ARTISTS
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In name only, not in fact. : NOMINAL
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Plant with aromatic seeds. : DILL
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Moon goddess. : SELENE
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Dutch uncle: Dial. : EME
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Dresses (stone) with a hammer. : NIGS
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Derisive sound. : HOOT
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Above: Ger. : UBER
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Prudent. : SAFE
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Talk, in France. : PARLE
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Lozenge. : PASTILLE
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Badge of a British order. : GARTER
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Being. : EXISTENCE
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Plaited grass for hats. : SENNIT
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___ as (considering everything). : INASMUCH
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Highest peak in Crete. : MTIDA
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Winged child, in art. : AMOR
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Active. : SPRY
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Exclamations of surprise. : AHAS
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Affirm. : AVER
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Kind of muffin. : GEM
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Three battalions: Abbr. : REG
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Vital fluid. : PLASMA
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Cereal product. : BRAN
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Suffering. : TRAVAIL
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Having spots resembling eyes. : OCULATE
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Desert wind. : SIROCCO
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Not in cipher. : UNCODED
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Tilt. : CAREEN
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In a position of authority. : SEATED
Down
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Instrument like a xylophone. : MARIMBA
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Well-known English family. : ATTLEES
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Shore bird. : RAIL
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Parts of psyches. : IDS
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Negatives. : NOTS
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Storage places of a sort. : ARSENALS
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Horsemanship. : MANEGE
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Dark colors: Poet. : EBONS
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Feminine title. : DAME
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800-mile river in Sinkiang. : ILI
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Monarch's mate. : CONSORT
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France. : ANATOLE
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Put together. : MADEUP
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Click beetle. : ELATER
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Spans of three-score years and ten. : LIFETIMES
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Parts of Moslem houses. : HAREMS
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Certain football players: Abbr. : RTENDS
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Cut. : SLIT
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Loggers' boots. : PACS
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Iris plant. : IXIA
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Growl. : GNAR
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Brobdingnagian. : ENORMOUS
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Is painful. : SMARTS
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Pertaining to the upper atmosphere. : ETHERIC
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River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. : NIAGARA
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Promote. : UPGRADE
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Brought about. : CREATED
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Praised in song. : HYMNED
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Paradise for King Arthur. : AVALON
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Girl who was elongated, also shortened. : ALICE
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Rate of progress. : PACE
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Skin affection : ACNE
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Escutcheon stain. : BLOT
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Before: Ger. : VOR
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Genus of fiddler crabs. : UCA

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

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