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New York Times, Friday, September 13, 1963

5-Down : Composer of lieder.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 348 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,157
Across
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Creator of Henry Higgins. : SHAW
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Key of Schubert's 5th Symphony. : BFLAT
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Pleased. : GLAD
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Stone: Suffix. : LITH
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Ben Ezra, for example. : RABBI
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Prefix used in aviation. : AERO
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Vedic fire god. : AGNI
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A felony. : ARSON
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City in 22 Across. : LVOV
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Collection of notables. : WHOSWHO
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Where Kiev is. : UKRAINE
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Native of Cambodia. : KHMER
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Permissive. : LAX
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Monasteries. : ABBEYS
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O'Neill opus. : HAIRYAPE
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Marks, in music. : SLURS
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Agra's river. : JUMNA
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Play. : FUN
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Pullmans. : CARS
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Ferber novel. : SOBIG
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Trading center. : MART
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Ventilation. : AIR
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French composer. : DUKAS
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Not so tan. : PALER
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Theater VIP. : PRODUCER
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Source of malt. : BARLEY
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Relative of Ltd. : INC
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First name in Arizona. : BARRY
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To score. : CHALKUP
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Giant of myth. : CYCLOPS
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Alban Berg opera. : LULU
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Hejaz capital. : MECCA
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Husband of Lilith. : ADAM
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Give out. : EMIT
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Lassie. : BAIRN
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Popular pianist. : NERO
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Garden party. : FETE
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English philologist. : SKEAT
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Trail. : DRAG
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Salad. : SLAW
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Mighty's partner. : HIGH
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Chemical abbreviation. : ATNO
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Chin decor. : WHISKERS
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Composer of lieder. : BRAHMS
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___ Islands, near Iceland. : FAROE
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Weights: Abbr. : LBS
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Eastern name. : ABOU
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Bell-like. : TINKLING
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Brilliant array. : GALAXY
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Italian author. : LEVI
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French historian. : ARON
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Shade of gray. : DOVE
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Reasons. : WHYS
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___ avis. : RARA
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Diamond argument. : RHUBARB
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Composers' group. : ASCAP
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___ House. : BLAIR
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Pack animal. : BURRO
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English novelist. : AMIS
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Ride for ___. : AFALL
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Baby food. : PUREE
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Foyer. : ENTRY
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Quip. : JOKE
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Is defeated. : SUCCUMBS
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Old Line State. : MARYLAND
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Dip, as doughnuts. : DUNK
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Monceau, for one. : PARC
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Attenuate. : DILUTE
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American poet. : BRYANT
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African capital. : ACCRA
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Musical symbol. : CLEF
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British philosopher. : HUME
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Came down. : ALIT
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Part of a cap. : PEAK
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German river. : ODER
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Amazon estuary. : PARA
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Weather word. : SMOG
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Company: Fr. abbr. : CIE

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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