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New York Times, Tuesday, March 24, 1964

1-Across : Dial ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,350
Across
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Dial ___. : TONE
5
Reddish shade. : RUST
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Cowboy's garb. : CHAPS
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Spore sacs. : ASCI
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Blackbird: Var. : OUSEL
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Popovich, for one. : COSMONAUT
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Kind of rocket. : RETRO
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Blazed paths. : TRAILS
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Spacemen's goal. : MOON
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Chute "cord." : RIP
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Gaseous element. : NEON
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Cell cavity. : VACUOLE
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Narrow banner. : STREAMER
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In tatters. : TORN
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Live. : ARE
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By no chance. : NEVER
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Throbs. : BEATS
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Hurrah!: It. : VIVA
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Gambles. : DICES
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Gagarin of Vostok I. : YURI
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Age. : EPOCH
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French actor Guitry. : SACHA
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Cask. : TUN
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Page. : LEAF
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Biblical hypocrite. : PHARISEE
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Vital time after lift-off. : PLUSTEN
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Speaker of baseball. : TRIS
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Situated. : SET
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___ Ericsson. : LEIF
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Illinois city. : PEORIA
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Come up. : ARISE
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Fellow student. : CLASSMATE
68
Plane stunts. : LOOPS
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Cabbage. : KALE
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In any case. : EVER
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Talking birds. : MYNAS
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Batter's forte. : SWAT
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San ___, Italy. : REMO
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Discernment. : TACT
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Scent. : ODOR
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Webb's concern. : NASA
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Royal symbol. : ERMINE
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Redeemed. : RANSOMED
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Military monogram. : USA
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Refuse. : SCUM
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August, 1961 orbiter. : TITOV
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Type of pipe. : CORNCOB
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Color. : HUE
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Mercury men. : ASTRONAUTS
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"For those in ___ on the sea." : PERIL
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Incline. : SLOPE
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New York city. : OLEAN
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Grain. : OAT
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Leeward Island. : NEVIS
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Nobelist in chemistry, 1934. : UREY
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Except. : SAVE
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Flight, for one. : TRIP
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Relative of an orbit. : REVOLUTION
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Summary: Colloq. : RECAP
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Right: Ger. : RECHT
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Loyal. : TRUE
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___ qua non. : SINE
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Expert aviators. : ACES
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Placed at an acute angle. : SHARPSET
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Sans sombrero. : HATLESS
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Zodiac sign. : ARIES
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Charge. : FEE
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Type of chemical compound. : ISOMER
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"The Lord is my shepherd ... " : PSALM
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Spaceman Cooper's first name. : LEROY
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Notches. : NICKS
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Crack. : FLAW
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Enthuse. : RAVE
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Detail. : ITEM
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Aviation prefix. : AERO
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Watering place. : SPA
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According to. : ALA

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

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