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New York Times, Saturday, April 4, 1964

50-Across : Velvety cloth.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,361
Across
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Dark. : UNLIT
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Up and ___! : ATEM
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Western sight. : MESA
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Cut ___. : NOICE
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Girl's nickname. : TONI
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Furze genus. : ULEX
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"110 ___." : INTHESHADE
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Small, for one. : SIZE
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Old-timer. : VET
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Part of RSVP. : REPONDEZ
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Christmas bonanza. : BONUS
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Suit a story to the medium. : ADAPT
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Lobster's claw. : CHELA
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Shoptalk. : SLANG
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Rural sound. : BAA
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Titles for Madrileños. : SENORS
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Most arrogant. : PROUDEST
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Aegean island. : LEMNOS
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Shoe attachments. : CLEATS
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Spoiling. : DECAYING
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Curved. : ARCHED
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Invite. : ASK
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Macaw. : ARARA
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English novelist. : READE
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Big name in Hollywood. : OSCAR
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Velvety cloth. : PANNE
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Mariner's direction. : SBE
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Romeo. : LADYSMAN
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Occur, old style. : HAP
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Be elevated. : SOAR
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Tires. : WHITEWALLS
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San ___. : REMO
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Sea duck. : COOT
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White poplar. : ABELE
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League: Abbr. : ASSN
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___ time. : ATNO
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Meet in secret. : TRYST
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Electronic computers. : UNIVACS
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Notwithstanding. : NONETHELESS
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Quahogs. : LITTLENECKCLAMS
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Links place. : TEE
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European capital. : ATHENS
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Beaten ___. : TOAPULP
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In zoology, inner part of protozoa. : ENDOSARC
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Bearing. : MIEN
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Pondered. : MUSED
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"Barefoot" star. : ELIZABETHASHLEY
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___ you! : SEZ
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Chopper. : AXE
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Hit sign. : SRO
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Inventor in photography. : DAGUERRE
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Farmer's milieu. : BARNYARD
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Catcher's problem. : PASSEDBALLS
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Indian matting. : TAT
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Relative of 10 Across. : LOMA
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Tune popularized by Vincent Lopez. : NOLA
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Evening, in Paris. : SOIR
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Carplike fish. : DACE
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Photo. : SNAPSHOT
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Very large Philippine tree. : DAO
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Type of charged atom. : GRAMION
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Firmly established. : DEEPSET
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Salmon color: Var. : ANATTO
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Brother of Moses. : AARON
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Direction. : NNE
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Well-known voluntary organization. : YWCA
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Feminine title. : SRA
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Letters. : OES
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Rebel leader Tyler. : WAT
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Curtailment: Abbr. : ABR

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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