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New York Times, Tuesday, May 2, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { F G J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 5-Down had "Soliders"; corrected this to "Soldiers."

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,309
Across
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Intuitive feeling: Colloq. : HUNCH
6
Golf hazard. : TRAP
10
Word of honor. : PAROLE
11
Begins. : ARISES
13
Enlarges. : DILATES
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Deplores. : LAMENTS
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Trees. : ASPENS
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Relative of Mme. : SRA
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Account. : TAB
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Household appliances. : DRIERS
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Suffix meaning "condition." : TION
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Musical study. : ETUDE
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Vegetable. : ARTICHOKE
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Uncommunicative. : RETICENT
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Worker. : EARNER
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Folds. : PENS
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Preposition. : INTO
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Common phrase of admonition. : STOPIT
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Was present. : ATTENDED
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Grasp mentally. : PENETRATE
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Long and slender. : REEDY
42
Unique sort of person: Slang. : ONER
43
Special editions. : EXTRAS
45
Ladder. : RUN
46
Relative of Mac, Bud, etc. : DOC
47
Oriental salutation. : SALAAM
48
Disney characters. : MICE
49
Anchoret. : EREMITE
51
Long-drawn speeches. : TIRADES
53
Springes. : SNARES
54
Hardened. : ENURED
55
Equaled. : TIED
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Aims at. : SEEKS
Down
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Large food fish. : HALIBUT
2
Eurasian river. : URAL
3
Negative. : NOT
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Understandable. : CLEAR
5
Soldiers in the Revolutionary War. : HESSIANS
6
Fleeting. : TRANSIENT
7
Flanges. : RIMS
8
Ibsen character. : ASE
9
Boarding house, in France. : PENSION
10
Publish (a book) in violation of copyright. : PIRATE
11
Wide awake. : ALERT
12
Member of the crew. : STROKE
13
Office stamp. : DATER
15
More lucid. : SANER
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Saucy. : PERT
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Misleading tactics. : DECEIT
22
Sovereignty. : THRONE
24
Star formation. : DIPPER
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Prepares and serves food. : CATERS
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Implored. : ENTREATED
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Utters again. : ITERATES
32
Fine china. : SPODE
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Chorus section. : TENORS
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Minimum parking cost. : ONECENT
35
___ boy! : ATTA
36
Mocks. : DERIDES
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Drew out. : EDUCED
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Units in the C. G. S. system. : DYNES
40
Spindles. : AXLES
44
Ammonia derivative. : AMINE
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Masculine title. : SIRE
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Grade. : MARK
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Avril's follower. : MAI
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Meadow ___, plant of the crowfoot family. : RUE

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