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New York Times, Saturday, August 31, 1963

64-Down : Two ___ kind.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,144
Across
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Lots. : OODLES
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False courage. : BRAVADO
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Divination by means of eggs. : OOMANCY
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Customary. : REGULAR
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Bases of columns. : PLINTHS
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Second First Lady's first name. : ABIGAIL
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In corpore ___. : SANO
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Old-time movie. : SERIAL
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Cunning. : SLY
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Bet on the wrong horse. : LOSE
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Designating some tuxedos. : RENTED
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Regional. : AREAL
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Wonder. : AWE
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Tear. : REND
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Small animal. : PANDA
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Taste. : SAVOR
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Baby of a sort. : PAPOOSE
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Weather word. : SHOWERY
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Actor's speech. : ASIDE
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Effendi's equivalent. : SAHIB
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Chinese poet. : LIPO
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An ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Prefix with film or wave. : MICRO
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Goat or mule. : MASCOT
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Valley. : GLEN
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Diminutive suffixes. : ETS
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Type of shoe or garment. : STEPIN
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Pennsylvania and others: Abbr. : AVES
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Unnerved: Slang. : SHOOKUP
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Is afraid, Biblical style. : FEARETH
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Swishy cloth. : TAFFETA
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Egregious imposter: Slang. : FAKEROO
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Large red star. : ANTARES
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Soldiers' curfew. : TATTOO
Down
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Sorry!, slangily. : OOPS
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Slangy exclamation of appreciation. : OOLALA
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Key of Beethoven's Ninth. : DMINOR
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Woolly. : LANOSE
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Suffix for differ and depend. : ENT
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Junior high and others: Abbr. : SCHS
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Reindoctrinate, modern style. : BRAINWASH
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Deduction. : REBATE
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Deft and active. : AGILE
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Cavity in a rock. : VUG
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Word for poor Yorick. : ALAS
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___ Eireann. : DAIL
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Paris airport. : ORLY
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Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Study. : READ
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Signature of literary light. : EAPOE
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Attraction. : DRAW
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___ Cruces. : LAS
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Day in December. : EVE
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European country: Abbr. : NOR
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Uninteresting. : DRY
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Isn't it so?: Fr. : NESTCEPAS
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Ferber novel. : SOBIG
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Chum. : PAL
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"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
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Small seed. : PIP
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Famous flier. : ODOM
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That man. : HIM
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Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
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Crafty. : ASTUTE
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Purplish red. : CLARET
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Go back (to). : REVERT
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___ many. : ONETOO
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Question man. : ASKER
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Petty quarrel. : TIFF
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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Comparative particle. : THAN
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Gentle. : SOFT
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"___ but not gaudy." : NEAT
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Chase away. : SHOO
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Two ___ kind. : OFA
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Woody vine of New Zealand. : AKA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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