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New York Times, Tuesday, July 7, 1964

42-Down : Caliph of Spanish dynasty, 756.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,455
Across
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Famous Elihu. : YALE
5
Few. : SOME
9
In the least. : ATALL
14
Gulf of the Arabian Sea. : ADEN
15
Verve. : ELAN
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Oriental inn. : SERAI
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Certain poems. : QUATRAINS
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River near Twin Falls. : SNAKE
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Marine monogram. : USS
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Relative of raven. : EBON
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Resounded. : PEALED
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Cornell's city. : ITHACA
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Curved inward, as a parrot's beak. : ADUNC
27
Command to a dog team. : MUSH
29
Understanding. : ENTENTE
33
Acrobatic tricks. : SOMERSAULTS
37
French version of U.S.A. : EUA
38
Courageous one. : LION
39
Large container. : VAT
40
Watch pockets. : FOBS
41
Balaam's adviser. : ASS
42
Opposite to. : OVERAGAINST
46
The winner, supposedly. : BESTMAN
48
Avoid. : SHUN
49
Blusters. : RANTS
51
Substitute. : ERSATZ
55
Companion of waifs. : STRAYS
58
Ancient Irish city. : TARA
60
Caviar. : ROE
61
Flower. : PEONY
62
Certain thieves. : PICKLOCKS
64
Ancient African city. : UTICA
65
Opposed. : ANTI
66
Make keen. : WHET
67
Cut, on galleys. : DELED
68
Musial. : STAN
69
Full of streaks. : LINY
Down
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Mexican Indian. : YAQUI
2
Kick up ___. : ADUST
3
Canine item. : LEASH
4
Common suffix. : ENT
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Fish. : SEABASS
6
Melange. : OLIO
7
Divine sustenance. : MANNA
8
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
9
Concurs. : ASSENTS
10
Card holding. : TENACE
11
Asian sea. : ARAL
12
Crimson color. : LAKE
13
German song. : LIED
18
Happen again. : RECUR
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Boat. : PUNT
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Verily. : AMEN
26
River mouths. : DELTAS
28
Negative verb form. : HAVENT
30
Element. : NEON
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Bathes. : TUBS
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Direction. : EAST
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Chunk. : SLAB
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Seine tributary. : OISE
35
___ rose. : MOSS
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Egypt's alliance. : UAR
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Swimmer's aids. : FINS
42
Caliph of Spanish dynasty, 756. : OMAYYAD
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Trucks. : VANS
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Kind of pickle. : GHERKIN
45
Of the ear. : AURAL
47
Daydream's cousin. : TRANCE
50
Limitation. : STINT
52
First: Prefix. : ARCHI
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Symbol. : TOKEN
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Piquant. : ZESTY
55
Vegetable: Colloq. : SPUD
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Displease. : ROIL
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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___ de Calais. : PAS
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Bird. : OWL

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

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