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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 57.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,486
Across
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Faro card. : SODA
5
Fireside ___. : CHAT
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Excavation of a certain kind. : QUARRY
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Where Mt. Hood is. : OREGON
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Enlightened taste. : CULTURE
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Playboy's problem. : BOREDOM
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Very controversial. : HOT
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Advance. : GOAHEAD
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Expected. : DUE
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Street urchin. : ARAB
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Carpus. : WRIST
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Sea plant. : ALGA
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Of ancient Carthage. : PUNIC
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Piece of writing. : ODE
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Well-formed. : CLEAN
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Handcuff. : MANACLE
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Nimble. : ALERT
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Act of arranging in stages. : GRADATION
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Packaging device. : BALER
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Lynx. : WILDCAT
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Moves with an easy gait. : LOPES
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Wood product. : TAR
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What the South used to be. : SOLID
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Affected manners. : AIRS
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Young chicken. : FRYER
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Girl of Coward song. : NINA
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11th cen. date. : MLI
47
Fog. : PEASOUP
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Cut. : MOW
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Rural. : BUCOLIC
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Imaginary animal. : UNICORN
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Imaginary small town. : PODUNK
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Where Newcomb College is. : TULANE
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Dessert. : TART
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The thing, in "Hamlet." : PLAY
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Raisin grape. : SULTANA
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Cereal grain. : OAT
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One kind of store. : DRUG
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Street sign. : ARROW
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One of the Slavs. : CROAT
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Word with cow, goat, etc. : HERD
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Figure on a birthday card. : AGE
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Little one. : TODDLER
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Select body. : QUORUM
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8 Down, for example. : YEAROLD
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Weighty, in a way. : OBESE
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Candy. : NOUGAT
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Roughen, as the skin. : CHAP
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Purpose. : MEAN
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Relatives of ivory towers. : HIDEAWAYS
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Base hits: Slang. : BINGLES
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Lace type. : ALENCON
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Has concern. : CARES
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Lumps of clay. : CLODS
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Beach wagon. : CAR
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Trouble. : AIL
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Exhaust. : TIREOUT
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Seethe. : BOILUP
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Yellowish-orange. : APRICOT
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Payment of a sort. : ALIMONY
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Cassiterite. : TINORE
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Gentle person. : LAMB
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Athletic sports. : TRACK
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Beginning. : DAWN
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Mock attack. : FEINT
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Make rapidly. : RUNUP
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More than one: Abbr. : PLUR
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Sometime bitter item. : PILL
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Harem room. : ODA
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Aeronautics group. : CAA

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