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New York Times, Monday, September 16, 1963

5-Down : Adjective for a good base runner.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,160
Across
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Sandy's cousin. : ALEC
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Kind of ball. : SPIT
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Blew a whistle. : PIPED
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Catalan surrealist painter. : MIRO
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Spotted rodent. : PACA
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Famous ball player. : REESE
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Kind of ball. : BEAN
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Harangue. : ORATE
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Certain ball players. : OUTFIELDERS
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Instructed. : LED
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Certain ball players. : ENDS
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Scoter's cousins. : EIDERS
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Lively. : SPARKY
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Student of Socrates. : PLATO
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Place for a game. : ALLEY
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Not of the cloth. : LAIC
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Men in blue. : UMPS
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Sad sound. : MOAN
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Double-play action. : PIVOT
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Pail handle. : BAIL
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Timing term, in movies and TV. : SYNC
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To ___ (everyone). : AMAN
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Golf stroke. : SLICE
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North Sea port. : EMDEN
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Wound (in or out). : REELED
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Well-known college. : VASSAR
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Retain. : KEEP
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Palinode. : ODE
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Where a good ball team may end up. : SECONDPLACE
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Baseball, for one. : TOPIC
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Military acronym. : AWOL
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Muse. : ERATO
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No score, in a game. : LOVE
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Rebel ___. : YELL
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Sublease. : RELET
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Chigoe. : FLEA
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Game units. : SETS
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Desk, old style. : AMBO
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Stead. : LIEU
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He was: Lat. : ERAT
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Mound confabs. : CONFERENCES
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Adjective for a good base runner. : SPEEDY
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Sliding bolts. : PAWLS
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Cool. : ICED
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Vetch. : TARE
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Toast. : PROSIT
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Noun suffix. : IER
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Famous painter. : PEALE
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Chemical. : ESTER
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Transfers: Law. : DEEDS
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Dark. : INKY
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Respond. : REACT
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Winning events on the diamond. : DOUBLEPLAYS
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Snead and others. : SAMS
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Some action or sport. : PLOY
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Presidential middle name. : ALAN
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Stately dance. : PAVAN
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Celebrity. : LION
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Candy flavor. : LIME
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Kind of bag. : MAIL
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Coin of India. : PICE
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Cutter. : SLED
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Chaplain. : PADRE
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Ooze. : SEEP
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Goat, for one. : MASCOT
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Body of water in Great Rift Valley. : REDSEA
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Citizen. : VOTER
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Revere. : ADORE
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Carpel's companion. : SEPAL
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Card. : KNAVE
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Farm animal. : CALF
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Greek coin. : OBOL
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Bide ___. : AWEE
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Yearling. : COLT
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House parts. : ELLS
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Follower: Suffix. : ITE

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

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