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New York Times, Tuesday, September 12, 1961

28-Down : Straight: Prefix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,442
Across
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Hymnist of "Greenland's icy mountains." : HEBER
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Walked. : STRODE
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Recorder of the news. : CAMERA
13
Embarrassed : SHEEPISH
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Island of Arthurian legend. : AVALON
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Epitomize. : CONDENSE
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___ Nevis. : BEN
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Ich liebe ___. : DICH
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Pass or lake in California. : DONNER
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Silly. : INANE
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Daughter of Loki. : HEL
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Female of the red deer. : HIND
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Observe. : NOTE
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A coming out. : EMERGENCE
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To the point. : TERSE
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Calculated the mean of. : AVERAGED
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Odin's brother. : VILI
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Cooler. : ICER
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Unknown to fame. : NAMELESS
41
Dickens hero. : TWIST
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Law. : ENACTMENT
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Carol. : NOEL
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Morning glory. : VINE
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Attention. : EAR
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Port of Guam. : AGANA
51
Heroine of "Private Lives." : AMANDA
54
Enthusiastic. : KEEN
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Wall Street term. : PAR
57
Aversion. : DISTASTE
59
Outdoor sport. : DIVING
61
Maintained. : ASSERTED
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Without delay. : ATONCE
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Bird. : MARTIN
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Squalid. : MANGY
Down
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Person of little wealth: Colloq. : HAVENOT
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Rise from. : EMANATE
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___ canto. : BEL
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Eat into. : ERODE
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Indian title. : RANI
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Old Japanese coin. : SHO
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Minister to. : TEND
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Make over. : REDO
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Type of investigation. : OPENHEARING
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Repeating insistently. : DINNING
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Perfume. : ESSENCE
12
Summer shack. : CABIN
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Systematic arrangement. : SCHEMA
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Flocked together. : HERDED
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Who: It. : CHE
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Control group, in anatomy. : NERVECENTER
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Italian author. : LEVI
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Straight: Prefix. : RECT
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Burgeoned. : GREW
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Sediment. : SILT
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Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Conversational cliché. : ISEE
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Its name means "snow-capped." : NEVADA
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Belief in spirits. : ANIMISM
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Jack Dempsey's Colorado birthplace. : MANASSA
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Moved sinuously. : SNAKED
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First step in a cleansing task. : SOAPING
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Period of occupancy. : TENANCY
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Three, in Italy. : TRE
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Generous. : LARGE
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Writer Loos. : ANITA
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Arrow. : DART
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City of sparkling wines. : ASTI
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Cheese. : EDAM
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___-strike. : TEN
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From: Ger. : VON

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

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