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New York Times, Saturday, October 10, 1953

67-Across : Litany words.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,574
Across
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Island in San Pablo Bay. : MARE
5
Covered walk in Athens. : STOA
9
West Pointer. : CADET
14
Lump of earth. : CLOD
15
Layers. : HENS
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Musical hit of 1913. : ADELE
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Windows. : CASEMENTS
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___ Goodfellow. : ROBIN
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Spenser's Ireland. : IRENA
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Tribal symbol. : TOTEM
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Hilarity. : MIRTH
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Family in "Tobacco Road." : LESTER
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Mrs. Burns. : GRACIE
30
Popular Western. : SHANE
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"Music in the ___." : AIR
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Morning reception. : LEVEE
35
Russian peasant under the Czars. : MUJIK
39
Antimacassar. : DOILY
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Seventeen or ninety-seven. : AGE
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Actress Massey. : ILONA
43
Rudy Vallee's "___ Song." : STEIN
44
Of the sun. : SOLAR
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Hello there! : HEY
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French girl friends. : AMIES
49
___ Bill. : PAWNEE
51
Tarkington hero. : PENROD
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Doyle's middle name. : CONAN
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Beverage. : ALE
56
Lariat loop. : NOOSE
59
In an unemotional way. : DRYLY
62
Contestant in 66 Across. : RIDER
64
Producer of "Uncle Vanya," "Our Town," et al. : JEDHARRIS
66
Wild West show. : RODEO
67
Litany words. : ORAS
68
Roof edge. : EAVE
69
Distinction in art or acting. : STYLE
70
Spanish muralist. : SERT
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Henna user. : DYER
Down
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Fourteen years before Magna Charta. : MCCI
2
Having wings. : ALAR
3
Musical hit of 1924. : ROSEMARIE
4
Utopian. : EDENIC
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A Helen Gahagan role. : SHE
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Row J. : TENTH
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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She played in "Scared Stiff." : CARMENMIRANDA
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Bustle. : ADO
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Red-ink item. : DEBIT
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Le beau monde. : ELITE
13
Brian Sullivan. : TENOR
18
Star of "How to Marry a Millionaire." : MARILYNMONROE
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High note. : ELA
25
Where a golf match begins. : TEE
27
Pas ___ (solo dance): French. : SEUL
28
Gallivants. : GADS
29
Cause of laughter: Slang. : RIOT
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Lilies of Utah. : SEGOS
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Shoe part. : HEEL
34
Container for 30 Down. : VASE
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Variation of the lachrymal singer's name. : JOHNNYRAY
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Hans Andersen. : KAYE
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Ananias. : LIAR
45
Part of a G.I.'s address. : APO
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Form of Esperanto. : IDO
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Engaged in battle. : WARRED
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Relatives of Heny VIII's sixth wife. : PARRS
52
Author of "The Cocktail Party." : ELIOT
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Donkey. : NEDDY
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Wide-spreading evergreen. : CEDAR
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Eyes: Spanish. : OJOS
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Parched. : SERE
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Wide-awake. : LIVE
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Belgian river. : YSER
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Wriggler. : EEL
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Winner of the Four Freedoms Award. : HST

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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