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New York Times, Saturday, October 31, 1964

55-Across : Wails.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 30.5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,571
Across
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New World type of conference. : POWWOW
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Kind of work that's never done. : WOMANS
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Glowing. : ASHINE
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Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Watteau and Whistler. : ARTISTS
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Vituperative speeches. : TIRADES
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___ one's salt. : WORTH
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Western resort. : TAHOE
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Well-known "line." : DEW
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French girl's name. : ELISE
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Sedge warbler. : WREN
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Where to build something. : SITE
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Twelfth month: Abbr. : DEC
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Faint away. : SWOON
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Dwindled. : WANED
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Demonstrate. : SHOWHOW
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Well-groomed. : SOIGNE
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Wild growth. : WEED
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Brewer's infusion. : WORT
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Wishy-washy. : WATERY
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Disappear slowly. : WEAROFF
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___ man (unanimously). : ASONE
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Walt Kelly creation. : PORKY
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Work of art. : OIL
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Covered wagons. : VANS
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Common verbal contraction. : WEVE
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River south of Warsaw. : WARTA
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Vetch grown in Asia. : ERS
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Wee animal. : SHREW
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Improve. : AMEND
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Letter. : DOUBLEU
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Bed ___. : OFROSES
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Wails. : CROONS
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Lehmann and others. : LOTTES
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Winged baby, drawn by Rose O'Neill. : KEWPIE
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Whitings. : FISHES
Down
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Words of honor. : PAROLES
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Swift-footed bird. : OSTRICH
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Iotas. : WHITS
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"If ___ horses ... " : WISHESWERE
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Where Ottawa is: Abbr. : ONT
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California town. : WESTWOOD
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As mad as a ___. : WETHEN
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Constellation. : ORION
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Pure. : MERE
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Upward: Prefix. : ANA
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Kind of acquaintance. : NODDING
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Make wholesome. : SWEETEN
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Filled with wonder. : AWED
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European. : SWEDE
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Queued up. : AROW
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Japanese diplomat of 1930's. : SAITO
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Part of milk. : WHEY
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Those who expect the worst. : WORRYWARTS
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Wister et al. : OWENS
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Wet thoroughly. : SOAK
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Creature of folklore. : WEREWOLF
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Swung. : WAVED
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Hard ___. : ASAROCK
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Close relative of a crew cut. : TONSURE
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Worked on a loom. : WOVE
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Know beforehand. : FORESEE
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Adjustment. : FITNESS
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Read with care. : PERUSE
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Young ones. : LADS
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"___ was one-and-twenty ... " : WHENI
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"Like ___ to the flame." : AMOTH
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Spill over. : SLOP
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Wooden weapon. : BOW
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Faith: Fr. : FOI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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