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New York Times, Friday, May 17, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 31.3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,038
Across
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Natives of Basra. : IRAQIS
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Chess piece. : QUEEN
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Critic's word of faint praise. : ADEQUATE
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One and only. : UNIQUE
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Dances akin to the rumba. : BEGUINES
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Broken off. : ABRUPT
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Wanting novelty. : BANAL
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Floor or story: Fr. : ETAGE
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Ingested. : ATE
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Inverse of 21 Across. : ETA
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Jacket facings. : LAPELS
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River dam. : WEIR
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Rhythmic cheer. : YELL
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"As you ___!" : WERE
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Couch. : DIVAN
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Geraint's helpmeet. : ENID
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Hymn tune. : CHORALE
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Malayan canoes: Var. : PRAUS
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Dastardly deeds. : EVILS
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Rode a coaster. : SLEDDED
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Calvados' capital. : CAEN
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Knitted cap of double thickness. : TUQUE
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Gelling agent. : AGAR
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Play a game. : GOLF
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Non-flying birds. : EMUS
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Jumps. : STARTS
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Through. : PER
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Friend-at-law. : AMI
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Relative of a gill. : QUART
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Quartz. : AGATE
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Roundabout road. : DETOUR
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Novelty shop: Fr. : BOUTIQUE
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___ Bethlehem. : STAROF
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Fissions on Wall Street. : SPLITUPS
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Of bluish shade. : SLATY
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Perceives. : SENSES
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Prefigure. : IDEATE
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Of king or kingdom. : REGNAL
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Bluish-green. : AQUA
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Tail feather. : QUILL
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Gaelic name. : IAN
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Imbued with. : STEEPED
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Soft, miry places. : QUAGS
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Cease to exist. : UNBE
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Norse Hygeia. : EIR
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Of the same age. : EQUAEVAL
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Marriage rites. : NUPTIALS
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Tintern, for example. : ABBEY
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Glyceride. : ESTER
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Forever: Archaic. : ETERNE
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Actor Guinness. : ALEC
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"It's ___ child ... " : AWISE
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DC or AC system. : WIRING
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"___ not into temptation ... " : LEADUS
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Noah's scout. : DOVE
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Sans raiment. : NUDE
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Bridge bid. : HEART
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Sounding leads. : PLUMMETS
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Tit for tat. : REQUITAL
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Suffixes with farm, home, etc. : STEADS
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The basic facts. : DATA
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Parts of vehicles. : CARTOPS
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Attires. : GARBS
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Not transparent. : OPAQUE
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Pauses. : LETUPS
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Releases. : FREES
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Abounding in breakers. : SURFY
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Fabric. : SATIN
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Price: Abbr. : QUOT
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Acquires: Dial. : GITS
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___ pro nobis. : ORA
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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