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New York Times, Thursday, July 30, 1964

53-Down : Very short time: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,478
Across
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Tall building in Manhattan. : PANAM
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See 44 Across. : PRO
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Boston and New York: Abbr. : SPTS
13
First article in a contract. : ITEMI
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Turns (of a motor). : REVS
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Harvest. : CROP
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Phrase of immediacy. : NOWORNEVER
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Eldritch. : EERY
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Science degrees. : SMS
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Spaniards. : IBERIANS
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Portuguese coin: Abbr. : ESC
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Controls. : REINS
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Unpleasant, as weather. : NASTY
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Soap plant. : AMOLE
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Piece of music: Ger. : DUETT
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That: It. : CHE
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Threnody. : LAMENT
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Table scrap. : ORT
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Deals a heavy blow. : SMITES
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Type of solution. : SALINE
41
Haggard heroine. : SHE
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Every: Ger. : ALLE
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Venturi, for one. : GOLFER
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Poetic time. : EEN
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Mont ___. : BLANC
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Annapolis man. : PLEBE
50
Russian co-op. : ARTEL
52
Green quartz. : PRASE
54
Least bit. : RAP
55
Speaker's forte. : ANECDOTE
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Myself: Lat. : EGO
58
Second brightest star. : BETA
60
Cape Kennedy events. : LAUNCHINGS
63
Political group. : BLOC
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This: Sp. : ESTA
65
Man at the mike. : EMCEE
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Short. : CURT
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Wise to: Colloq. : HEP
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Mimes. : APERS
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Leather. : PINSEAL
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Cyclotron. : ATOMSMASHER
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Convention VIP. : NEWSCOMMENTATOR
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Chief, in Persia. : MIR
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Offer made before an auction. : PREBID
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Income. : REVENUE
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Causes to fall. : OVERSETS
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Part of an opera. : SCENA
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Candidate's activity. : PRESSCONFERENCE
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"High ___" : TOR
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Secret agent. : SPY
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Title, in India. : SRI
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Never: Ger. : NIE
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Pronghorn. : ANTELOPE
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That can be hired. : RENTABLE
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Baseball hit. : THREEBAGGER
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Moreover. : YET
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Flower gift. : LEI
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Drama: Abbr. : TRAG
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Have effect. : TELL
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With impetuous force. : SLAPDASH
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State: Abbr. : ILL
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Okhotsk, for one. : SEA
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Along the way. : ENROUTE
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Rests. : REPOSES
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Light sleep. : CATNAP
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Decree. : ENACT
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Very short time: Colloq. : SEC
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Diminutive suffix. : CLE
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London network. : BBC
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Babylonian god: Var. : HEA
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Gremlin. : IMP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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