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New York Times, Tuesday, June 20, 1961

27-Down : Heathery hillside.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,358
Across
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Elope. : RUNOFF
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Stately old dance. : PAVAN
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Appreciative. : GRATEFUL
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Tropical vine. : LIANA
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Similarly. : LIKEWISE
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As per schedule. : ONTIME
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Half-and-half ingredient. : ALE
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Essay. : ATTEMPT
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One of the Allens. : MEL
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Winter sportsman. : SKIER
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"___ to laugh."—Pinero. : ITIS
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Family member. : PAPA
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Drive into some state or condition. : SEND
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Spiny-finned fish. : BASS
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Mighty god of Wagner operas. : WOTAN
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Put on guard. : WARN
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Scriptures. : THEWORD
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Capital of Eritrea. : ASMARA
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Wards off. : AVERTS
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Hotel functionaries. : DOORMEN
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Kind of silver: Abbr. : STER
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___'s Lane, Canadian site of 1814 battle. : LUNDY
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Recedes. : EBBS
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Islands of France. : ILES
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Silver peso of Spain. : DURO
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Small newspaper notice. : ADLET
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"Around the world" Nelly. : BLY
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Musical sign. : NATURAL
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"Many ___ called ... " : ARE
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Journalist Strunsky. : SIMEON
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At bridge, the maker. : DECLARER
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Fate in the Far East. : KARMA
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Continental. : EUROPEAN
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Fringes. : EDGES
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Cast forth, as lava. : SPEWED
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Collect. : RAKEIN
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Shoshonean Indian. : UTE
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Native of Nepal. : NEWAR
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"I couldn't make head or tail ___." : OFIT
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High-sounding nonsense. : FUSTIAN
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Armadas. : FLEETS
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Falls into water without splashing. : PLOPS
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"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
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Container. : VAT
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Artist, à la Hollywood. : ANIMATOR
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Title role. : NAMEPART
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Goblet. : GLASS
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German lyric poet. : RILKE
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Oxlike antelopes. : ELANDS
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Fine spray. : MIST
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Great Puritan theologian. : EDWARDS
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Having engines. : POWERED
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Heathery hillside. : BRAE
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Common verbal contraction. : WEVE
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Black Knights of football. : ARMY
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Regard with a strong dislike. : HATE
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Interposes quips in the script. : ADLIBS
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Resembling the spirit. : SOULLIKE
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Describing the frenzied finance set. : MONEYMAD
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Of sailors: Abbr. : NAUT
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Amass. : STOREUP
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Unrefined substances. : CRUDES
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Sounded harshly. : BLARED
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College in Kentucky. : BEREA
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Severely strict. : STERN
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Famous family of Massachusetts. : DANAS
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Let enter. : ALLOW
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Alaskan cape. : NOME
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Piece of farm land. : ACRE
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Unit of work. : ERG
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Orangutan. : APE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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