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New York Times, Tuesday, May 23, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.1
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,330
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French philosopher, 17th century. : PASCAL
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Crushed pulp of fruit pressed for juice. : POMACE
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Reduce. : CURTAIL
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Follow the example of. : IMITATE
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Where Banff is. : ALBERTA
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Obtain vengeance. : GETEVEN
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Great ___ Lake. : SLAVE
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Favorite poet of childhood. : MILNE
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Statute: Abbr. : ORD
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Food fish. : SOLE
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Frog: Lat. : RANA
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Vindicate. : AVENGE
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Furrowed. : STRIATED
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Airship or ocean liner. : VESSEL
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North River structures. : PIERS
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Department of a newspaper. : ART
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Abuse of liberty. : LICENSE
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Chief, in Persia. : MIR
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Of the citizenry. : CIVIC
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Occupant. : INMATE
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Liable to happen. : INCIDENT
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Removes frost. : DEICES
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Exploit. : DEED
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Pinocchio's special feature. : NOSE
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Wolfe of fiction. : NERO
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Sigmoid letter. : ESS
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Innermost part. : HEART
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Wild. : FERAL
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Form of government control. : STATISM
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Function. : OPERATE
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Canadian port of entry. : TORONTO
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Cognate. : RELATED
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Blush. : REDDEN
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Pondered (with "over"). : MULLED
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Sweater. : PULLOVER
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Old-time crossbow. : ARBALEST
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New Jersey educational institution. : STEVENS
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Solicitude. : CARE
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River islet. : AIT
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Cameloid ruminant. : LLAMA
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Language of a sort. : PIGLATIN
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Prophetic meaning. : OMEN
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Little bit. : MITE
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Devoured. : ATE
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Leap about. : CAVORT
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Unceasing: Poet. : ETERNE
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Source of tapioca. : CASSAVA
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Ceased. : ENDED
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Lestrade, for example. : INSPECTOR
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Experience anew. : RELIVE
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Initials of Latin-American group. : OAS
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Frosty. : GELID
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Have an abiding place. : RESIDE
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One of the Forsytes. : IRENE
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Light reddish-brown. : CINNAMON
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Soften by soaking in liquid. : MACERATE
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Repeated. : ITERATED
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Did a cobbler's job. : RESOLED
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Ruy Diaz de Bivar. : CID
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One of the three kingdoms. : MINERAL
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Useful Latin phrase, usually abbreviated. : IDEST
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Counselor. : NESTOR
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Basso Siepi. : CESARE
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Equinoctial phenomenon. : STORM
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Opposite of fore. : HIND
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Guelph family. : ESTE
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Knock down. : FELL
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Bushy clump, as of ivy. : TOD
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A little bit: Fr. : PEU

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