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New York Times, Thursday, September 3, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 53.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,513
Across
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Eye shadow, et al. : MAKEUP
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Make a choice. : OPTATE
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Cover. : OVERLAY
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Formally installed. : SWORNIN
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Recite. : NARRATE
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Whole number. : INTEGER
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Anger: Lat. : IRA
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Snuggles. : NESTLES
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Cockney's idol. : ERO
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Mention. : CITE
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Ah me! : ALAS
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Chemical compound. : ACID
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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White linen vestment. : AMICE
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Habituate. : ENURE
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Drapery sash. : TIEBACK
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Faithfulness. : CONSTANCY
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Chatter. : PRATTLE
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Willow tree. : OSIER
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Piece of china. : PLATE
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Work units. : ERGS
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When the whistle blows. : NOON
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Bail. : LADE
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Sea: Ger. : MEER
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Adhesive. : GLUE
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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Return to a theme, in music. : REPRISE
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Adherent: Suffix. : ITE
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Take in. : INCLUDE
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Famous Elizabethan tavern. : MERMAID
57
Renowned: Lat. : CELEBER
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Saint-___, French city. : ETIENNE
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City replaced by Urfa. : EDESSA
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Understood. : SENSED
Down
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Role in "The Elder Statesman." : MONICA
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Acquisitiveness, plus. : AVARICE
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Basis of horny tissue. : KERATIN
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Lapse. : ERR
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___ Bator. : ULAN
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Meat paste. : PATE
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Proprietor. : OWNER
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Lobster traps. : POTS
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Three, in Italia. : TRE
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Heavenly. : ANGELIC
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Wardrobe accessory. : TIERACK
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"La Vie ___," Piaf song. : ENROSE
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Affirmations. : YESES
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Lightweight linen. : SILESIA
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Cousin of a flibbertigibbet. : TWITTERER
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Train. : EDUCATE
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Celebrating a festive day in spring. : AMAYING
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Confined. : PENT
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Letters for little ones. : ABCS
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Sound of surf on the shore. : ROTE
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Slaughter of baseball. : ENOS
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Unexpected success. : SLEEPER
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Devised. : PLANNED
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Rootlike part. : RADICLE
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Ancient Thessalians. : EOLIANS
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Standard practice. : ROUTINE
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Flatfish. : PLAICE
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Laundry problem. : GRIME
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Required. : NEEDED
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Judith Anderson's forte. : MEDEA
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Does a polishing job. : RUBS
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Matching collections. : SETS
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Sandusky's waterfront. : ERIE
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"___ Girls." : LES
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Brothers. : MEN

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

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