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New York Times, Thursday, August 3, 1961

38-Down : Deface.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q U X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,402
Across
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Diaphanous. : SHEER
6
By nature. : BORN
10
Duck. : SMEW
14
Greeting. : HELLO
15
Artists' saint. : ELOI
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Asian dialect. : PALI
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Final conflict between good and evil. : ARMAGEDDON
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Shah's land. : IRAN
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Golf tourney. : MASTERS
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Knowing: Scot. : KENNING
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Before: Poet. : ERE
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Sculptor of Pisa, c. 1250. : PISANO
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R. R. crossings: Abbr. : JCTS
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Telegraph. : WIRE
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Tendencies. : BENTS
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Altar: Lat. : ARA
34
Begone! : SHOO
35
Bullfighter: Span. : TORERO
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Seasonal wind of Asia. : MONSOON
38
One of the "Untouchables." : MOBSTER
39
Luzon province. : BATAAN
40
Devotees. : FANS
41
Make lace. : TAT
42
Indication. : STAMP
43
Poetic time. : MORN
44
Defeats, in bridge. : SETS
45
Extra margin. : LEEWAY
47
A Gardner. : AVA
49
Flap on a bridle. : BLINDER
51
Eternal. : AGELESS
55
Take it easy. : LAZE
56
Hypocrite's specialty, : LIPSERVICE
58
Actor Burl. : IVES
59
Clip. : SNIP
60
Ice mass. : SERAC
61
Launching ___. : PADS
62
Chances, old style. : HAPS
63
City on the Adige. : TRENT
Down
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Counterfeit. : SHAM
2
Greek goddess. : HERA
3
Shade trees. : ELMS
4
Inspirits. : ELATES
5
O.K. : ROGER
6
Four-posters. : BEDS
7
Experienced. : OLD
8
Baseball tyro. : ROOKIE
9
Dressed to the ___. : NINES
10
Fish lures. : SPINNERS
11
Punch or Judy. : MARIONETTE
12
Dash. : ELAN
13
Fly over. : WING
18
Literary anagram. : EREWHON
22
Plutocrats. : NABOBS
24
Golf expert. : PRO
25
Doorway posts. : JAMBS
26
Slav. : CROAT
27
Teased. : TANTALIZED
29
Electrified atom. : ION
31
Dutch ___. : TREAT
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Classifies. : SORTS
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Lathered. : SOAPED
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Capacity of a ship. : TONNAGE
37
Uniformity. : SAMENESS
38
Deface. : MAR
40
"Donnybrook!" star. : FOY
43
Mooring place. : MARINA
44
Tray. : SALVER
46
Natives of Swansea. : WELSH
48
2/3 mile, in Russia. : VERST
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Radar signal. : BLIP
50
Slag. : LAVA
51
Vipers. : ASPS
52
Where Donnybrook is. : EIRE
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Look over. : SCAN
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Following. : SECT
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Dickens hero. : PIP

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

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