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New York Times, Tuesday, April 14, 1964

20-Across : Oxford VIP.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,371
Across
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Melodeon. : ORGAN
6
Man's name. : ELMO
10
Chess term. : MATE
14
"Tails" of a coin. : VERSO
15
Pretentious. : VAIN
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Señorita's name. : INES
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Unfit. : INAPT
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People of the South Seas. : ISLANDERS
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Oxford VIP. : DON
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First things. : ABCS
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Informed. : AWARE
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Coming out. : DEBUT
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TV gear. : CAMERAS
28
Baldwins. : APPLES
30
Oils for machinery. : LUBES
31
Noted watercolor artist. : MARIN
32
Whimper. : PULE
33
American missile. : THOR
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"Exodus" hero. : ARI
38
Bright star in Pleiades. : ELECTRA
41
Eternity. : AGE
42
Part of the street scene. : TAXI
44
Genus of honeybees. : APIS
45
Gamma's place. : THIRD
47
___ George. : LLOYD
49
Sea south of Celebes Island. : FLORES
50
Ingenuous. : ARTLESS
53
Enjoys the fruits of. : REAPS
54
Europeans. : SERBS
55
Scholar's robe. : GOWN
56
Farm crop. : HAY
59
Crop insurance of a sort. : SCARECROW
62
Siberian forest region. : TAIGA
64
Recital. : TALE
65
Cargo space. : HOLD
66
Against the thing: Lat. : INREM
67
Plane of 1917. : SPAD
68
Current of air. : EDDY
69
Building lots. : SITES
Down
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Roman poet. : OVID
2
Western city. : RENO
3
Longchamp race. : GRANDPRIX
4
Ophidian. : ASP
5
Observe: Lat. : NOTABENE
6
Dispossess. : EVICT
7
Girl. : LASS
8
Wire measure. : MIL
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___ shoestring. : ONA
10
U. S. region. : MIDWEST
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Lend ___. : ANEAR
12
Earth. : TERRA
13
Letters. : ESSES
19
38 Across, for one. : NAME
22
See 42 Across. : BUS
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Samuel's mentor. : ELI
26
Isms. : CULTS
27
But: Ger. : ABER
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Beginner's Latin verb. : AMAT
29
Brazilian port. : PARA
30
Readily understood. : LUCID
32
British diarist. : PEPYS
34
Symbol of penitence. : HAIRSHIRT
35
Fee-faw-fum. : OGRE
36
Maroons. : REDS
39
Part of Indo-China. : LAOS
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Plato's mythical land. : ATLANTIS
43
Boorish. : ILLBRED
46
School dance. : HOP
48
___ majesty. : LESE
49
Hardly any. : FEW
50
Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
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Used tire. : RECAP
52
Tuneful refrain. : TRALA
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Street brawler. : ROWDY
55
Wealth. : GOLD
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Askew: Dial. : AGEE
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Southern food. : YAMS
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What?, in Italy. : CHE
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Scepter. : ROD
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Tropical bird. : ANI

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