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New York Times, Saturday, September 2, 1961

44-Down : Matched.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,432
Across
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Cote sounds. : BAAS
5
King of Israel. : AHAB
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Harbors: Abbr. : SPTS
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Today, in Italy. : OGGI
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Red Square name. : LENIN
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Chopped. : HEWN
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Celebrity. : LION
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Historic ship. : SANTAMARIA
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Crimson ___. : LAKE
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Physicist Szilard. : LEO
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Yield. : ACCEDE
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Brogan. : SHOE
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Dull. : DIM
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Full of substance. : MEATY
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Emergency item. : SPARETIRE
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"This ___ sudden!" : ISSO
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Certain. : BOUND
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Cools. : ICES
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Approved models. : STANDARDS
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Nutritious food. : BEANS
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Witch. : HAG
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Storm centers. : EYES
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Conference. : PARLEY
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Cuban speciality. : RUM
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Needlefish. : GARS
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Figure on a U. S. stamp. : STATUEOFLIBERTY
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Finance official. : CONTROLLER
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Tropical plant. : TARO
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Wavy: Heraldic. : UNDE
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Playground favorite. : SLIDE
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Slightly open. : AJAR
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Energetic one. : DOER
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Imitated. : APED
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Binding strip. : TAPE
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Cotton pod. : BOLL
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Exchange premium. : AGIO
3
Popular ballet. : AGON
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Part of a bridge hand. : SINGLETON
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European clover. : ALSIKE
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Pant. : HEAVE
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Fatima's sister. : ANNE
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Deck post. : BITT
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Vibrate. : SHAKE
10
Publication. : PERIODICAL
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Double. : TWIN
12
Underwater tree stump. : SNAG
15
Slangy negative. : NAH
19
Scuffle. : MELEE
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English title. : LADY
24
Mennonites. : AMISH
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___-dire (that is to say). : CESTA
26
Arizona national monument. : CASAGRANDE
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Spadelike tools. : SPUDS
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___ Sachs, cobbler-poet. : HANS
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Local law: Abbr. : ORD
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Greek goddess. : IRENE
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Untidy. : MESSY
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Sensitive. : SORE
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The third estate: Fr. : TIERSETAT
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Laurel tree. : BAY
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Object. : DEMUR
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Sharp point. : BARB
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Matched. : PAIRED
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Complete. : UTTER
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European kite. : GLEDE
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Move swiftly. : SCUD
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Come ___ good. : TONO
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Dawn goddess. : EOS
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Earthenware pot. : OLLA
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Springboard stunt. : FLIP
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Indian dignitary. : RAJA
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Ambush. : TRAP
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Long ago: Archaic. : YORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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