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New York Times, Friday, July 24, 1964

12-Down : Town: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { C J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,472
Across
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Theater curtain. : DROP
5
Vapor: Prefix. : ATMO
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Dance. : SAMBA
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Kind of review. : RAVE
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Stead. : LIEU
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"God ___ fathers ... " : OFOUR
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State. : AVER
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In case. : LEST
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Ahead of: Dial. : AFORE
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Fifth Avenue fun. : WINDOWSHOPPING
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Feign. : ASSUME
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Escaped. : FLED
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Alaskan isle. : ATKA
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Musical composition. : ADAGIO
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Discomfit. : ABASH
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Zulu band. : IMPI
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Certain laces. : VALS
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Fight imaginary opponents. : TILTATWINDMILLS
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She-bear: Lat. : URSA
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River NW of Paris. : OISE
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Lost. : ATSEA
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Shoe. : BROGAN
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Froth. : SUDS
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Plenty, for a poet. : ENOW
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"For the ___ time." : RESTOF
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Famous fan owner. : LADYWINDERMERE
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Political epithet. : METOO
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Voted against. : NOED
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He himself: Lat. : IPSE
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Czech man's name. : ANTON
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Girl at Annapolis. : DRAG
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Small duck. : TEAL
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Take ___. : ADARE
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Sawatch mountain, 14,172 feet. : YALE
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Attention-getting calls. : HEYS
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___ bead on. : DRAWA
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Nous sommes ___ (we are delighted): Fr. : RAVIS
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Bakers. : OVENS
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Lost: Fr. : PERDU
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Dead wrong. : ALLWET
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Bow and others. : TIES
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Net. : MESH
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Come in ___ the rain. : OUTOF
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Produced 47 Across. : SOAPED
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Important statement. : AFFIDAVIT
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Shelley's "orbed maiden." : MOON
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Town: Colloq. : BURG
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Exist. : ARE
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Sioux Indian. : OMAHA
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Clan mark. : PLAID
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Apteryx. : KIWI
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Tank contents: Abbr. : GALS
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That: Let. : ILLE
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Movable mountain. : OSSA
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"Three men in ___." : ATUB
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Sound of a spinning wheel. : BIRR
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Besides. : ALSO
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Where Johnny waits. : STAGEDOOR
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Worked by compressed air: Abbr. : PNEU
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Up ___. : TONOW
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Microwave amplifier. : MASER
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Indefinite person. : ANYONE
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Scrape the bottom. : DREDGE
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Epithet for Chicago. : WINDY
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Well-known college. : SMITH
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Brave house. : TEPEE
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Quai d'___. : ORSAY
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Gropes. : FEELS
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Bestow temporarily. : LEND
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Relative of Eleanor. : NORA
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Pine board. : DEAL
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Rural sound. : MAA

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

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