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New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 1964

41-Down : Briers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,522
Across
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Geometry, for instance. : COURSE
7
Capital of Laconia. : SPARTA
13
Certain court suits. : APPEALS
15
Hesitates. : FALTERS
16
Man with both feet on the ground. : REALIST
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Geographical feature of Asia. : ARALSEA
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Banking abbreviation. : INT
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Save. : LAYAWAY
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On ___. : TAP
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Nonstop talkers. : BORES
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Part of a Tom Collins. : GIN
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Musical instrument. : AMATI
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Tallow ingredient. : SUET
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Preferably. : FIRST
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Egyptian symbol. : ATEN
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Server. : TEATRAY
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___ potatoes. : RICED
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Legal claim. : LIEN
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Kid. : JOSH
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Farewell. : ADIEU
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Wading bird. : BITTERN
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Pitcher's plate: Slang. : SLAB
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Small amounts. : DRAMS
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Connected. : TIED
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Permitted. : LICIT
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Flu shot: Abbr. : INJ
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Adventure. : GESTE
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Optimistic. : ROSEATE
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Relatives of Rds. : STS
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Blood vessel. : VEINULE
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Part of the street scene. : MANHOLE
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Lorelei. : ENTICER
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Footballer from Pittsburgh. : STEELER
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Artistic expressions. : STYLES
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Under the most favorable conditions. : ATBEST
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Early West Indians. : CARIBS
2
Disclose to view. : OPENOUT
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Trapped: Colloq. : UPATREE
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Kinsman: Abbr. : REL
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Departs. : SAILS
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Gottfried's sister. : ELSA
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One of the Delanos. : SARA
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Dried-up lake basin. : PLAYA
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Paraphrase. : RESTATE
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Dealt with. : TREATED
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Neat ___. : ASAPIN
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Infernal. : STYGIAN
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Bambi's playmates. : FAWNS
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Vivacious. : AIRY
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And elsewhere: Lat. : ETALIBI
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Knife for cutting sugar cane. : MACHETE
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Sigmund of Austria. : FREUD
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Gaits. : TROTS
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Foulard. : TIE
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Suffix with violin or guitar. : IST
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The jitters. : JIMJAMS
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Food. : ALIMENT
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Robbery, in India or Burma. : DACOITY
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Deadly harm: Poet. : BANE
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Browned in deep fat. : RISSOLE
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Briers. : NETTLES
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Drudges. : SLAVES
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Stair part. : RISER
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Forsake. : DESERT
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Respite of a sort. : TRUCE
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Spotted African cat. : GENET
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Shouts from the redondel. : OLES
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See 37 Across. : TATA
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___ desperandum. : NIL
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Ancient language: Abbr. : HEB

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

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