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New York Times, Thursday, August 6, 1964

31-Down : Knobby.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,485
Across
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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Shot and shell. : AMMO
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Units of supersonic speed. : MACHS
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Lawn mowing, gardening, etc. : TOIL
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V-___. : MAIL
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Be of use. : AVAIL
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Brainstorm. : IDEA
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At all. : ONCE
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Numerical prefix. : TETRA
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Most Englishmen. : COMMONERS
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Resource. : ASSET
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This takes care of income. : OUTGO
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Slogan. : CRY
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Exclamations. : OHS
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Wisconsin, ___ State. : THEBADGER
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Germany. : REICH
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People of Tabriz. : IRANIANS
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Part of a military title. : ALLIEDCOMMANDER
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Cod ___. : LIVEROIL
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Rent to someone else. : RELET
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Kind of vote. : ELECTORAL
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Historian's concern. : ERA
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Calendar abbreviation. : APR
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Attention-getter, at times. : GAVEL
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Parts of lamps. : WICKS
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Furnace openings. : FIREDOORS
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President of Turkey, 1938-50. : INONU
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Maple. : ACER
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Disorder. : RIOT
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Performed on snow or water. : SKIED
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Well-known Republican. : TAFT
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Italian wine. : ASTI
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Brings to a fine edge. : HONES
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Island and city of England. : ELYS
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In the vicinity. : NEAR
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Adjective suffix. : ATIC
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Cousin of an old fogy. : DODO
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Per ___. : DIEM
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Cottonwood. : ALAMO
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In ___ of Sundays. : AMONTH
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Horsemanship. : MANEGE
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Of a certain science. : MICROBIOLOGICAL
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Arena cries. : OLES
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___ Hari. : MATA
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Prayers. : AVES
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Very old game. : CATSCRADLE
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Personnel man. : HIRER
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Of a grayish cast. : SLATY
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"The music goes round and round and it comes ___." : OUTHERE
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Viva voce. : ORAL
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The sun: Prefix. : HELI
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Kennedy half dollar, for instance. : SILVERCOIN
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Where the radius is. : ARM
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Hoover, for one. : DAM
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Knobby. : GNARLED
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German article. : EINE
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Light blue. : CIEL
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Miss, south of the border: Abbr. : SRTA
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOC
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Voter: Abbr. : CIT
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Make purer. : RAREFY
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Wards off. : AVERTS
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Make ___. : AWISH
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Relative of a red. : PINKO
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Navigator's device. : LORAN
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Dandling place. : KNEE
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Washday problem. : SUDS
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Kismet. : FATE
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River in northern France. : OISE
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Roster. : ROTA
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Cooking direction. : STIR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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