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New York Times, Friday, September 18, 1964

27-Down : Flashy, as clothes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,528
Across
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Indubitably. : TOBESURE
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Alluvial mineral deposit. : PLACER
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Windflowers. : ANEMONES
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Place. : LOCALE
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Study of Shem's descendants. : SEMITICS
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Devours. : EATSUP
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Taunt. : TWIT
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Rock-boring tool. : TREPAN
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Initials of 1861. : CSA
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Corn unit. : EAR
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Son of Seth. : ENOS
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___ shirt. : HAIR
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Certain breads. : RYES
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Step. : PACE
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Lacy trimmings. : JABOT
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Fashion ___. : PLATE
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Placid. : SERENE
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Container for medicine. : AMPOULE
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Whatever is left over. : ALLELSE
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Describing England of yore. : MERRIE
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Song. : PSALM
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Small pieces of ground. : PLATS
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Moist. : DEWY
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Cervine animal. : STAG
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Consecrated. : HOLY
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Fiber-yielding plant. : PITA
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ISA
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I hate: Lat. : ODI
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Lads and lassies. : BAIRNS
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Hooks: Lat. : HAMI
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Beauty salon specialties. : RINSES
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___ chief. : EDITORIN
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King who owned the Golden Fleece. : AEETES
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Passes, on the gridiron. : LATERALS
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Ascetic of the year one. : ESSENE
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Mencken's famous magazine. : SMARTSET
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Employe of a tea merchant. : TASTER
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Traffic direction. : ONEWAY
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Cover with mud. : BEMIRE
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Discharge. : EMIT
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Tosspot. : SOT
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Ampere, for one. : UNIT
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Form anew. : RECREATE
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Perfume. : ESSENCE
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Excuses. : PLEAS
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Permission to use. : LOAN
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Simulate. : ACT
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Jingle bell. : CASCABEL
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Evasions. : ELUSIONS
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Smart rejoinder. : REPARTEE
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Literary light. : POE
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Seraglios. : HAREMS
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Flashy, as clothes. : SPORTY
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Unrouged. : PALE
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Solidify: Colloq. : JELL
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Shortstop Aparicio. : LUIS
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Destroy. : SLAY
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Two-handled Grecian wine jars. : AMPHORAE
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Airs. : MELODIES
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Nutty sweets. : PRALINES
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Feature of the Nile. : ASWANDAM
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Mother Carey's chickens. : PETRELS
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Many centuries ago. : DII
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Diadems. : TIARAS
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"With ___ and a Song." : ASMILE
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Opposed to: Poet. : GAINST
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Out of style. : PASSE
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"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
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Ramachandra's wife. : SITA
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Cultivation of a garden: Abbr. : HORT
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Threefold: Prefix. : TER

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

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