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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1964

39-Down : Athletic sports.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,486
Across
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Faro card. : SODA
5
Fireside ___. : CHAT
9
Excavation of a certain kind. : QUARRY
11
Where Mt. Hood is. : OREGON
13
Enlightened taste. : CULTURE
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Playboy's problem. : BOREDOM
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Very controversial. : HOT
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Advance. : GOAHEAD
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Expected. : DUE
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Street urchin. : ARAB
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Carpus. : WRIST
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Sea plant. : ALGA
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Of ancient Carthage. : PUNIC
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Piece of writing. : ODE
27
Well-formed. : CLEAN
28
Handcuff. : MANACLE
30
Nimble. : ALERT
31
Act of arranging in stages. : GRADATION
33
Packaging device. : BALER
35
Lynx. : WILDCAT
38
Moves with an easy gait. : LOPES
39
Wood product. : TAR
40
What the South used to be. : SOLID
42
Affected manners. : AIRS
43
Young chicken. : FRYER
45
Girl of Coward song. : NINA
46
11th cen. date. : MLI
47
Fog. : PEASOUP
49
Cut. : MOW
50
Rural. : BUCOLIC
52
Imaginary animal. : UNICORN
54
Imaginary small town. : PODUNK
55
Where Newcomb College is. : TULANE
56
Dessert. : TART
57
The thing, in "Hamlet." : PLAY
Down
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Raisin grape. : SULTANA
2
Cereal grain. : OAT
3
One kind of store. : DRUG
4
Street sign. : ARROW
5
One of the Slavs. : CROAT
6
Word with cow, goat, etc. : HERD
7
Figure on a birthday card. : AGE
8
Little one. : TODDLER
9
Select body. : QUORUM
10
8 Down, for example. : YEAROLD
11
Weighty, in a way. : OBESE
12
Candy. : NOUGAT
13
Roughen, as the skin. : CHAP
15
Purpose. : MEAN
18
Relatives of ivory towers. : HIDEAWAYS
21
Base hits: Slang. : BINGLES
23
Lace type. : ALENCON
25
Has concern. : CARES
27
Lumps of clay. : CLODS
29
Beach wagon. : CAR
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Trouble. : AIL
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Exhaust. : TIREOUT
33
Seethe. : BOILUP
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Yellowish-orange. : APRICOT
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Payment of a sort. : ALIMONY
37
Cassiterite. : TINORE
38
Gentle person. : LAMB
39
Athletic sports. : TRACK
41
Beginning. : DAWN
43
Mock attack. : FEINT
44
Make rapidly. : RUNUP
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More than one: Abbr. : PLUR
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Sometime bitter item. : PILL
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Harem room. : ODA
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Aeronautics group. : CAA

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