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New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,475
Across
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Showers. : BATHES
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Bow. : STEM
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Diminutive suffixes. : ETS
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Check. : ARREST
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Before: Lat. prefix. : PRAE
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Tuck's partner. : NIP
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Young salmon. : GRILSE
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Pneumatic tool. : AIRDRILL
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New 12-Meter yacht. : AMERICANEAGLE
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Barn ___. : OWLS
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Levels. : EVENS
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Granges. : FARMS
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Part of a joule. : ERG
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Ascertain. : LEARN
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Lizard. : IGUANA
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Wild plum. : SLOE
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Certain currency: Colloq. : TENNERS
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Panegyrics. : ENCOMIA
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Secular. : LAIC
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Shore. : STRAND
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Turkish name. : ABDUL
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Chart. : MAP
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Tailor, in Italy. : SARTO
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Certain kings. : ROIS
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___ committee. : RULES
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Señorita's relatives. : TIOS
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New 12-Meter yacht. : CONSTELLATION
58
___ Cup races. : AMERICAS
59
Still. : ATREST
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German article. : DER
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International group. : NATO
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More just. : FAIRER
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Newspaper men: Abbr. : EDS
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___ sea. : OPEN
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Downy. : FLOSSY
Down
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Base. : BAG
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Adapted: Abbr. : ARR
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Maiden voyage. : TRIALRUN
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Holder of the 12 Down. : HELMSMAN
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Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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Metric measure. : STERE
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Current-reversing devices. : SPACERS
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One shape of a race course. : TRIANGLE
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Obtains. : EARNS
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Ancient Asian. : MEDE
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Puzzle. : ENIGMA
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Steering device. : TILLER
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Ire. : SPLEEN
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Destroy: Var. : RASE
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Common suffix. : IVE
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What ___? : OFIT
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Stipend. : WAGE
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Fishhook tie. : SNELL
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Talks: Abbr. : LECTS
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Brazilian bird. : ARA
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Switch positions. : ONS
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Feign. : SIMULATE
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Piece of music. : ORATORIO
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Members of Operation Sail. : MARINERS
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Run ___. : INTO
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Pothers. : ADOS
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Visits. : CALLSON
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Covered passageway. : ARCADE
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Grew rapidly. : BOOMED
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Certain R.R. cars. : DINERS
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Pasternak's country: Abbr. : USSR
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Legume. : PEA
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Summary: Colloq. : RECAP
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Chief's assistants. : STAFF
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Man's nickname. : TINO
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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His: Fr. : SES
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Test. : TRY

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

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