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New York Times, Wednesday, October 28, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 54.0
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,568
Across
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Time of day: Abbr. : AFT
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City NE of Boston. : SALEM
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Football maneuver. : FAKE
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Parrot fish. : LORO
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Scots' city: Poet. : EDINA
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Quiet time. : LULL
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Colleen's name. : ERIN
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Calm and collected. : COOLHEADED
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Famous headland. : CAPEHORN
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Revels. : ORGIES
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Wool: Fr. : LAINE
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Nov. 3. : TUES
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Watched calories. : DIETED
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Clumsy workers. : BOTCHERS
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Emmet. : ANT
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Photo. : SHOT
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Kind of wave. : TIDAL
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Net for wild game. : TOILS
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Anger: Lat. : IRA
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Froth. : SPUME
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Deprive of courage. : UNMAN
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Popular piano piece. : NOLA
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Conical mass of thread. : COP
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Congresses. : MEETINGS
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Bluestocking's cousin. : PEDANT
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Foil's cousin. : EPEE
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Play. : SPORT
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Hardens. : INURES
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Fictional detective. : THESAINT
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What foreign policy often is. : BIPARTISAN
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Fix firmly. : MOOR
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See 6 Down. : IDOL
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African beast. : ELAND
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Coin of India. : ANNA
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Rooms. : DENS
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Weapons. : DIRKS
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Surprised exclamation. : SAY
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One of the D'Urbervilles. : ALEC
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___ song. : FORA
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Musical rhythm. : TRIPLETIME
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Extra helpings of food: Colloq. : SECONDS
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Dote on. : ADORE
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Social figure. : LION
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Type of photo: Abbr. : ENL
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Elephant man. : MAHOUT
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Admiral's post. : FLAGSHIP
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Of hearing: Prefix. : AUDI
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Swiss painter. : KLEE
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Old times, old style. : ELDS
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___ a time. : ONEAT
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Rears. : ERECTS
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Betake (oneself) quickly. : HIE
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Add up. : TOTAL
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Fact. : DATUM
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Together. : INONE
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Golf champion. : BOROS
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Students' goals. : EDUCATIONS
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Actor Novarro. : RAMON
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Rested. : SLEPT
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Be contingent (on). : HINGE
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Football plays. : LATERALS
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Sharpshooter. : SNIPER
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Subjoins. : APPENDS
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Made a home. : NESTED
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Goddess of dawn. : EOS
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Miller's forte. : DRAMA
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Leg. : SHANK
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Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
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Brood of pheasants. : NIDE
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Come ___ (encounter). : UPON
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Peter, for one. : TSAR
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Name for a ninth child. : NONA
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Salver. : TRAY
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800-mile Siberian river. : ILI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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