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New York Times, Monday, May 15, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,322
Across
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Larklike bird. : PIPIT
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Small barracuda. : SPET
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Kind of cotton cloth. : PIMA
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Contemporary of Freud. : ADLER
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Wife of Siva. : KALI
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Kind of beer. : ROOT
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Toilworn. : WEARY
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The Little Dipper. : URSAMINOR
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Negative. : NAY
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Rarely seen snow leopard. : OUNCE
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Courage: Colloq. : SPUNK
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Choose. : PLEASE
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Sword-shaped. : ENSATE
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Famous London street. : FLEET
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Hypocrite's cousin. : LIAR
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Expositions. : FAIRS
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Undignified: Lat. : INFRADIGNITATEM
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Make investigation. : SEE
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Completely confine. : BOXIN
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Prepare for an examination: Colloq. : CRAM
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Famous name in golf. : HAGEN
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Public officer. : NOTARY
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Lower. : DEMOTE
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Asiatic antelope. : SEROW
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Vestment. : ORALE
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Coarse woolen cloth. : BAIZE
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To what effect. : HOW
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Carried on swiftly or sharply. : RAPIDFIRE
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Candied. : GLACE
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Ely, for one. : ISLE
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Strait-laced one. : PRIG
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Bizarre. : OUTRE
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Seventh son. : SEER
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Tool for dressing wood. : ADZE
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Hebrew April. : NISAN
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Chess piece. : PAWN
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Notion. : IDEA
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Takes no chances. : PLAYSSAFE
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Comparative ending. : IER
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Test. : TRYOUT
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Bushy-tailed mammal. : SKUNK
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____ Monceau. : PARC
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If not. : ELSE
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Aunt, in Spain. : TIA
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Hedge shrub. : PRIVET
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Ancient Greek colony. : IONIA
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Heavenly bodies. : MOONS
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"On ___ by a river ... " : ATREE
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Annoy. : MOLEST
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French article. : UNE
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Young salmon. : PARR
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About: Prefix. : PERI
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Where the Augean stables were. : ELIS
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Shoe size for Clementine. : NINE
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Dickens character. : FAGIN
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Waterfall, in Scotland. : LINN
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Idee ___. : FIXE
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Seasonal wear. : STRAWHATS
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Be informed of. : HEAR
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Award. : EMMY
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Quashed, in law. : ABATED
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Venetian magistrate. : DOGE
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Deed: Span. : ACTO
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More sacrosanct. : HOLIER
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Pince-___. : NEZ
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Where Bonneville Dam is. : OREGON
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Daughter of Oceanus. : DORIS
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Obliterate. : ERASE
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Wood for furniture, flooring, etc. : MAPLE
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Beleaguer. : SIEGE
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Windhover. : BIRD
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Where Flagstaff is: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Soup vegetable. : OCRA
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Think, old style. : WEEN
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Memorable columnist. : FPA
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Him: Fr. : LUI

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

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