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Brice Metcalfe
Brice Metcalfe

New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 1963

33-Across : Acoustic units.

Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.3
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,179
Across
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Of the outer regions. : SPATIAL
8
Kitchen aid. : SCRAPER
15
Angola's neighbor. : KATANGA
16
Circus rig. : TRAPEZE
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Son of Jacob. : EPHRAIM
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Sounds in the forest. : RUSTLES
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___ favor (please): Sp. : POR
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Rather deliberate. : SLOWISH
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Man's nickname. : IKE
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Drudgery. : TOIL
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Command. : EDICT
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"B" ___ Boston. : ASIN
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Major religion. : ISLAM
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Ruminant. : ELK
30
Resource. : ASSET
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Welsh. : CELTIC
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Acoustic units. : DECIBELS
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Driver. : CLUB
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Decree ___. : NISI
38
One of the Virgin Islands. : STTHOMAS
42
Participate (in). : ENGAGE
46
Iroquois. : ERIES
47
Drink. : TEA
49
In ancient times. : EARLY
50
Master Cratchit et al. : TIMS
51
Office staff member. : STENO
53
Barrie role. : SMEE
54
Educator's degree. : EDB
55
In ___ (hale and hearty). : THEPINK
57
Shakespearean role. : HAL
58
Pertains to. : BEARSON
60
Italian name for a French resort. : MENTONE
62
Home for a furlough. : ONLEAVE
63
Small interstice: Zool. : AREOLET
64
Led. : STEERED
65
Mason and Nixon. : LAWYERS
Down
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Incredulous one. : SKEPTIC
2
Little American. : PAPOOSE
3
Excited. : ATHRILL
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Distilled product. : TAR
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Feminine suffixes. : INAS
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Mentally quick. : AGILE
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Pie à ___. : LAMODE
8
Deleted (from). : STRICKEN
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Pastry cook's pride. : CRUST
10
Adventurous. : RASH
11
Pat. : APT
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Fur-trimmed cloak. : PELISSE
13
O. T. book. : EZEKIEL
14
Feels affronted by. : RESENTS
21
Missing the target. : WILD
24
Window hardware. : LATCHES
26
___ life. : ASBIGAS
28
Greek island: Var. : MILOS
30
Oise tributary. : AISNE
32
___ laude. : CUM
34
French co. : CIE
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Boarded up. : BATTENED
38
Deity in "The Tempest." : SETEBOS
39
Spear. : TRIDENT
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Fish baked in a mold. : TIMBALE
41
Percolate. : SEEP
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Vest part. : ARMHOLE
44
Field worker. : GLEANER
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Embroidery features. : EYELETS
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Zoo dweller. : ANIMAL
51
Thrust. : SHOVE
52
Burdens: Lat. : ONERA
55
Dictator. : TSAR
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Was aware of. : KNEW
59
Indian of the Great Plains. : REE
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Rattle. : TOY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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