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New York Times, Monday, August 14, 1961

10-Down : Worked.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,413
Across
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Black pool ball. : EIGHT
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Occident. : WEST
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"What ___?" : OFIT
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Shaft. : ARROW
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High: Prefix. : ALTI
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Tuscan city. : PISA
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Asia's defense group. : SEATO
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Covered, as steak in onions. : SMOTHERED
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Oklahoma city. : ENID
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Palominos. : SHOWHORSES
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Poe poem. : LENORE
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Jewish month: Var. : SEBAT
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Tropical fruit. : GENIP
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Cakewalk. : STRUT
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School course. : ART
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Ask to be released from. : BEGOFF
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Facile. : EASY
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Ripe old age. : FOURSCOREANDTEN
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Dress. : ATTIRE
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In the style of: Suffix. : ESE
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Rives. : RENDS
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Winter blankets. : SNOWS
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Time off. : LEAVE
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___ de corps. : ESPRIT
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Haunted house atomosphere. : SPOOKINESS
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Black Canyon structure. : HOOVERDAM
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Set about. : BEGAN
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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Skirt insert. : GORE
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Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
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Fort ___, Va. : MYER
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Droves. : HERDS
Down
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Atelier stand. : EASEL
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One of the Forsytes. : IRENE
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Wheat. : GRAIN
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Stadium fare. : HOTDOG
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Age of innocence. : TWO
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Flow over. : WASH
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Forecaster Roper. : ELMO
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Puts away. : STOWS
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Tenth part. : TITHE
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Worked. : OPERATED
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A-O. K. : FIRSTRATE
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Conversational cliché. : ISEE
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Urchins. : TADS
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Quoits pegs. : HOBS
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One of the Finger Lakes. : SENECA
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Boys in gray. : REBS
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"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
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Harbors. : PORTS
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Treats. : USES
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Newcastle's river. : TYNE
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Way off. : AFAR
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Dolman. : ROBE
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Set free. : TURNLOOSE
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Sinn ___. : FEIN
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Danish islands. : FAROES
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Treat arrogantly. : RIDEOVER
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Man bites dog. : NEWS
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Japanese beverage. : SAKE
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Globe. : SPHERE
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Constellation. : VIRGO
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Village of Palestine. : ENDOR
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Airman's O. K. : ROGER
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"Go ___ out the window ... " : INAND
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Camps. : TENTS
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Imposture. : SHAM
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___ express. : PONY
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Be a breadwinner. : EARN
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Pooh! : BAH

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

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