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New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1964

19-Down : Destroy: Var.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,475
Across
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Showers. : BATHES
7
Bow. : STEM
11
Diminutive suffixes. : ETS
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Check. : ARREST
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Before: Lat. prefix. : PRAE
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Tuck's partner. : NIP
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Young salmon. : GRILSE
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Pneumatic tool. : AIRDRILL
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New 12-Meter yacht. : AMERICANEAGLE
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Barn ___. : OWLS
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Levels. : EVENS
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Granges. : FARMS
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Part of a joule. : ERG
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Ascertain. : LEARN
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Lizard. : IGUANA
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Wild plum. : SLOE
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Certain currency: Colloq. : TENNERS
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Panegyrics. : ENCOMIA
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Secular. : LAIC
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Shore. : STRAND
44
Turkish name. : ABDUL
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Chart. : MAP
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Tailor, in Italy. : SARTO
51
Certain kings. : ROIS
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___ committee. : RULES
54
Señorita's relatives. : TIOS
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New 12-Meter yacht. : CONSTELLATION
58
___ Cup races. : AMERICAS
59
Still. : ATREST
62
German article. : DER
63
International group. : NATO
64
More just. : FAIRER
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Newspaper men: Abbr. : EDS
66
___ sea. : OPEN
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Downy. : FLOSSY
Down
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Base. : BAG
2
Adapted: Abbr. : ARR
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Maiden voyage. : TRIALRUN
4
Holder of the 12 Down. : HELMSMAN
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Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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Metric measure. : STERE
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Current-reversing devices. : SPACERS
8
One shape of a race course. : TRIANGLE
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Obtains. : EARNS
10
Ancient Asian. : MEDE
11
Puzzle. : ENIGMA
12
Steering device. : TILLER
13
Ire. : SPLEEN
19
Destroy: Var. : RASE
21
Common suffix. : IVE
22
What ___? : OFIT
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Stipend. : WAGE
27
Fishhook tie. : SNELL
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Talks: Abbr. : LECTS
31
Brazilian bird. : ARA
33
Switch positions. : ONS
35
Feign. : SIMULATE
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Piece of music. : ORATORIO
38
Members of Operation Sail. : MARINERS
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Run ___. : INTO
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Pothers. : ADOS
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Visits. : CALLSON
44
Covered passageway. : ARCADE
45
Grew rapidly. : BOOMED
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Certain R.R. cars. : DINERS
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Pasternak's country: Abbr. : USSR
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Legume. : PEA
52
Summary: Colloq. : RECAP
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Chief's assistants. : STAFF
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Man's nickname. : TINO
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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His: Fr. : SES
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Test. : TRY

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

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