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New York Times, Wednesday, October 18, 1961

14-Across : Eight: Sp.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 59.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,478
Across
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Circular object. : DISC
5
___, Baker, Charlie, etc. : ABLE
9
Moistens. : DAMPS
14
Eight: Sp. : OCHO
15
Tres ___. : BIEN
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Macaw. : ARARA
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Kind of gas light. : NEON
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"That old ___ ... " : BLACKMAGIC
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Elopers' destination. : GRETNAGREEN
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Food staple. : RICE
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Do an electrician's job. : REWIRE
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Domain of a peer. : BARONY
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Learned man. : PUNDIT
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French student. : ELEVE
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Army missile. : NIKE
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Picnic, Hawaiian style. : LUAU
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Cape of Newfoundland. : RACE
37
Revers. : LAPEL
38
Lordships: Abbr. : LDPS
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Kennel sound. : GRRR
40
Times before events. : EVES
41
Met. basso. : SIEPI
42
Prose works. : ESSAYS
44
Banquet customs. : TOASTS
45
Remain at home. : STAYIN
47
Peaceful. : CALM
48
Attribute of 7 Down. : WIT
49
Behind-the-scenes worker. : STAGESETTER
55
Patrician. : ARISTOCRAT
57
Therefore. : ERGO
58
Skowron's nickname. : MOOSE
59
Jacqueminot. : ROSE
60
O'Flaherty. : LIAM
61
___ sanctum. : INNER
62
Jug. : EWER
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Adjective for a wolf. : LONE
Down
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Bell sound. : DONG
2
Froster. : ICER
3
Brogue. : SHOE
4
Disputation. : CONTROVERSY
5
Churchman's position. : ABBACY
6
Lower part of a ship's hull. : BILGE
7
English humorist. : LEAR
8
Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Outrageous: Colloq. : DAMNED
10
Constellation. : ARA
11
Sizes, as of stars. : MAGNITUDES
12
Earlier. : PRIOR
13
Consecrated: Fr. : SACRE
19
Gist or core. : KERNEL
21
What "novem" means. : NINE
25
Rossini opera. : WILLIAMTELL
26
Ice mass. : BERG
27
Winged. : ALAR
28
Holiday activity. : RECREATION
29
Meerschaums. : PIPES
30
Small guitars: Colloq. : UKES
32
Annapolis. : NAVY
34
Date: Abbr. : APPT
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Our information service. : USIS
37
Type of shed. : LEANTO
41
Food fish. : SOLE
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Carrie, for one. : SISTER
44
Tea expert. : TASTER
45
See 29 Across. : SWAMI
46
Metal rod, used as a hook. : TIRON
47
Desist. : CEASE
50
Farm unit. : ACRE
51
Thrive. : GROW
52
Piece of music. : TRIO
53
Alaska's Governor. : EGAN
54
"And the grandeur that was ___." : ROME
56
Compass point. : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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