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New York Times, Friday, September 25, 1964

13-Down : Describing many suitings.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,535
Across
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Gibraltar and others. : STRAITS
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Compensation for a wrong. : REDRESS
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Colorado Indian. : ARAPAHO
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Short song in a French opera. : ARIETTE
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Animated. : LIVENED
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Liken. : COMPARE
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Two-___ sloth. : TOED
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Quick in action. : RAPID
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Old English draper's measure. : ELL
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Unique. : ALONE
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Ready for plucking. : RIPE
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Of necessity. : NEEDS
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Wrath. : IRE
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Like some chairs. : CANED
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Farthest from originality. : TRITEST
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Declared by general consent. : VOTED
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Copper coins of Italy. : CENTESIMI
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Encrusted. : CAKED
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Bring to new glory. : RESTORE
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Particle. : SHRED
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Convertible. : CAR
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Become of advantage: Var. : ENURE
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Conservative. : TORY
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Tavern specialty. : LAGER
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Bumped into. : MET
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Omani or Yemenite. : ARAB
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Victor Emmanuel III's queen. : ELENA
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___ number. : MACH
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Least. : MINIMAL
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International understanding. : ENTENTE
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Practice an art. : ENGRAVE
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More timid. : SCARIER
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Goaded. : NEEDLED
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Filaments. : THREADS
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Bambi's creator. : SALTEN
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Poem of eight lines. : TRIOLET
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Disentangler. : RAVELER
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Copied. : APED
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Author Fleming. : IAN
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Volcanic isle in the Cyclades. : THERA
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Church club member. : SODALIST
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"Phèdre" dramatist. : RACINE
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Lusterless. : DIM
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Paying of damages. : REPARATION
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Fabric with an open mesh. : ETAMINE
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Describing many suitings. : STRIPED
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Planted. : SEEDED
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Carrying charge. : PORTERAGE
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Canary. : DICKEYBIRD
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Pegasus. : STEED
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French nobleman's title. : COMTE
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Object. : END
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Strength: Lat. : VIS
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Marked by greatest tranquility. : SERENEST
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Show girl, old style. : CHORINE
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Orchestrate. : ARRANGE
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Moldavia and Walachia country. : RUMANIA
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Set up. : ERECTED
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Part of a flower. : STAMEN
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Convoked. : CALLED
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Solvents used in making rayon. : ETHERS
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Vacation of a sort. : LEAVE
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Horse opera setting. : RANCH
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Pure and simple. : MERE
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Wrongful: Prefix. : MAL
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Seaman. : TAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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