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New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 14.0
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,355
Across
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Weight: Colloq. : HEFT
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ALBA
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Part of a chair back. : SPLAT
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Norman's Woe, for one. : REEF
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Skip over. : ELIDE
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Standing firm against. : RESISTANT
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Haunts of spelunkers. : CAVES
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___ poetica (art of poetry): Lat. : ARS
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Diminutive of girl's name. : TESS
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Silvery white. : ARGENT
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Offensive sight. : EYESORE
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Range animal. : STEER
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Gelid. : ICY
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First name in poetry. : WALT
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Pronoun akin to "one." : YOU
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Czech playwright. : CAPEK
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British island in the Pacific. : CHRISTMAS
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Faithful. : LIEGE
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Tune. : AIR
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Efface. : ERASE
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Capable of being attached. : ANNEXABLE
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Fissures. : RENTS
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Map abbreviation. : MTS
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Manitoba tribe. : CREE
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Source of power: Abbr. : TVA
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Son of Jacob. : ASHER
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Part of B. T. U. : BRITISH
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As ___ Croesus. : RICHAS
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Political group. : BLOC
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Educational group. : NEA
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Tree fruit. : ACORN
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Move ___ earth. : HEAVENAND
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Biblical name. : PELEG
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One of the Brontës. : ANNE
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Der ___, Adenauer's sobriquet. : ALTE
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Customers. : TRADE
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Attaches firmly. : WEDS
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Gil ___, Le Sage hero. : BLAS
Down
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Goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
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Corundum. : EMERY
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Band on an escutcheon. : FESSE
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Prefix used with color, corn, etc. : TRI
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Main channel. : ARTERY
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Legal document. : LEASE
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Peaks, in Scotland. : BENS
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Toward the stern. : AFT
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Division of the Treasury Department. : SECRETSERVICE
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A beach: Fr. : PLAGE
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Predecessor of a chauffeur. : LIVERYMAN
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Port of Arabia. : ADEN
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___ pilot. : TEST
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Part of the financial scene. : STOCKEXCHANGE
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King who married Gudrun. : ATLI
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Long wearying period of time: Colloq. : SIEGE
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River into the Moselle: Fr. sp. : SARRE
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Period of time. : WHILE
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Kiln. : OAST
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Exercises. : USES
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Shellfish. : CLAM
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Common solecism. : AINT
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Site of U. S. naval air station. : PENSACOLA
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Pole used in Gaelic games. : CABER
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A delight. : TREAT
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Olympian god. : ARES
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Valuable finds. : TROVES
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Fragment. : SHRED
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Soothing. : BLAND
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Altogether. : INALL
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Maiden in "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
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Sheol. : HADES
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Engrossed. : RAPT
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Cooler. : ICER
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Part of N. B. : BENE
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Hesitant sound in speaking. : HAW
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Catch. : NAB

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

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