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New York Times, Wednesday, March 8, 1967

34-Across : Contemporary of Dickens.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,416
Across
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Get-together of a sort. : STAG
5
Mechanical part. : GEAR
9
Angry look. : GLARE
14
Lofty. : TALL
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Como or Garda. : LAGO
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Place for a carnation. : LAPEL
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"And pretty maids ___." : ALLINAROW
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Perfect. : IDEAL
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Radiated. : BEAMED
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One of the Lawrences. : GERTRUDE
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Joan of Arc (with "the"). : MAID
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Gen. Lemnitzer's command. : NATO
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Gingerbready. : OVERORNAMENTED
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Boris Godunov. : TSAR
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Song. : LAY
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Contemporary of Dickens. : READE
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Decree. : ACT
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Undirected. : AIMLESS
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Book before Jeremiah: Abbr. : ISA
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Lassie or laddie. : BAIRN
42
Hardwood. : OAK
43
River into the Elbe. : EGER
44
Free and easy. : UNCONVENTIONAL
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Ratify. : SEAL
49
Hurried on. : SPED
50
Quoted from memory. : REPEATED
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Small earthen pot. : PIPKIN
58
Of the ear. : AURAL
59
Egg yolk. : VITELLINE
61
Box. : CRATE
62
River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Neighbor of Sask. : ALTA
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In harmony. : KEYED
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Votes against. : NOES
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Name in football lore. : YOST
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Sudden pain. : STAB
2
Legend. : TALE
3
To the: It. : ALLA
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Glowworm's light. : GLIMMER
5
Flowers. : GLADIOLI
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Fruiting spike. : EAR
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Eagerly interested. : AGOG
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Ivanhoe's bride. : ROWENA
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Shines. : GLITTERS
10
Bandito. : LADRONE
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___ près (nearly): Fr. : APEU
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Edit (copy). : READ
13
French pronoun. : ELLE
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Intimate. : NEAR
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Aries. : RAM
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Fluid measure. : DRAM
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Ancient Italian. : OSCAN
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Oracular. : VATIC
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Fabric. : NYLON
29
Forest region of Siberia. : TAIGA
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One of the Fords. : EDSEL
31
Letter opener. : DEAR
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Prohibit. : TABU
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Tempered and rendered malleable. : ANNEALED
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Food: Colloq. : EATS
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Leaders of a sort. : SKIPPERS
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Cheerful. : ROSEATE
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Football maneuver. : ENDPLAY
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Large vessel. : VAT
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Cricket team. : ELEVEN
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Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Display frame. : RACK
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Seine tributary. : EURE
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Implore. : PRAY
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Prank: Colloq. : DIDO
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Prefix with gram or watt. : KILO
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Pauses: Abbr. : INTS
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Adroit. : NEAT
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Pipe fitter's item. : TEE

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

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