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New York Times, Friday, October 2, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 46.7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,542
Across
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Kind of dance. : CLOG
5
Intensified exclamations. : AAHS
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Vegetable. : PEA
12
Long time. : HOURS
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Deity. : ALLAH
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Globe : ORB
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Cabalistic word. : ABRACADABRA
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Draw. : TIE
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Hill's partner. : DALE
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Single. : UNMATED
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French word of affection. : CHERIE
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Intermediate: Law. : MESNE
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Card game. : LOO
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Gather. : AMASS
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The same. : IDEM
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Prints in a certain way. : EMBOSSES
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Always, in Italy. : SEMPRE
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First appearance. : DEBUT
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Day: Sp. : DIA
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Capital of the Balearic Islands. : PALMA
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Slanted. : TILTED
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Well-conceived, as a plan. : DEEPLAID
44
Numbers. : ONES
45
Customers. : USERS
47
Compass point. : NNE
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Thick. : DENSE
50
In ___ (agitated). : ASTATE
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Textile fiber, as in rayon. : ACETATE
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Duck. : TEAL
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Surprised exclamation. : HAH
57
Trite. : COMMONPLACE
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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Queen. : RULER
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Teuton. : SAXON
65
Largest river of Scotland. : TAY
66
Philology: Abbr. : ETYM
67
Cheer. : YELL
Down
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Chinese tea. : CHA
2
Tennis term. : LOB
3
Possessive pronoun. : OUR
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A or B, for example. : GRADE
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State of the Union: Abbr. : ALA
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Books for stamps. : ALBUMS
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Reins, traces, etc. : HARNESS
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Pillow covers. : SHAMS
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Gift for someone with a green thumb. : POTTEDPLANT
10
Lake. : ERIE
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Retired. : ABED
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Precipitous rock. : SCAR
14
Took away, in law. : ADEEMED
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Otherwise named. : ALIAS
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Elephant or mule. : ANIMAL
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Enter. : COMEIN
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Awkward youth. : HOBBLEDEHOY
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One thing ___ another. : LEDTO
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Stage direction. : ASIDE
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Fur. : ERMINE
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Civil War general. : MEADE
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Beginning. : OUTSET
33
Relative of San or Sao. : STE
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Epistles: Abbr. : EPP
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Fumigating device. : AERATOR
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Clean, as closets, drawers, etc. : DUSTOUT
43
German city. : ESSEN
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Suitable. : SEEMLY
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Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
51
Bugle call. : TAPS
52
Ease. : ALLAY
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Make ___. : AHIT
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Señora's home. : CASA
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Hebrew letter. : MEM
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Cutting tool. : AXE
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Army man: Abbr. : COL
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Bigger, as photos: Abbr. : ENL

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

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