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New York Times, Monday, December 4, 1961

21-Across : Vegetable order.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,525
Across
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Vitriolic. : ACID
5
Gambling game. : FARO
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Badinage. : CHAFF
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Booth or stall. : LOGE
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Sigh of remorse. : ALAS
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Asian capital. : HANOI
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Atmosphere for romance. : MOONLIGHT
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City in Texas. : ENNIS
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More agile. : SPRIER
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Vegetable order. : SIDEDISH
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Within: Prefix. : ENDO
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River isles. : AITS
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Kitchen appliances. : TOASTERS
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African tree. : BAOBAB
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Labor group. : AFL
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Sodium chloride and others. : SALTS
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Christmas shopper's watchword. : HURRY
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Child: Prefix. : PAED
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Nocturnal lemur. : LORIS
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Clothes. : TOGS
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Concur. : AGREE
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Whimpers. : PULES
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Trouble enough. : WOE
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Begins. : SETSIN
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California peak. : MTSHASTA
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Poems almost passé : ODES
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Prow. : STEM
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Enshrined. : HALLOWED
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Steel for building. : IBEAMS
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Perfect. : IDEAL
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"___ is fair play." : TURNABOUT
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___ be tied. : FITTO
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Murrow's agency. : USIA
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Opposed. : ANTI
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Henrik of Norway. : IBSEN
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Fixes, as prices. : PEGS
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Person with ESP. : SEER
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Gifts of a sort. : ALMS
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Type of apartment, for short. : COOP
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Borodin's prince. : IGOR
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Disavows. : DENIES
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Political slogan. : FAIRDEAL
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School subject: Abbr. : ALG
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Sounds of rooters. : RAHS
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Rome's ancient port. : OSTIA
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Spotted cat. : CHEETAH
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Distributes. : HANDSOUT
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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Time: Fr. : FOIS
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Guppies. : FISH
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Periods of penance. : LENTS
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Cast bait lightly. : DIB
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Lowest deck. : ORLOP
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Cloths from mulberry bark. : TAPAS
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Old enough, legally. : OFAGE
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On the qui vive. : ALERT
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Play the mandolin. : STRUM
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Foreheads. : BROWS
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Lingo. : ARGOT
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"And two if ___ ... " : BYSEA
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Delta deposits. : SILTS
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Woebegone. : DESOLATE
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Poems. : SESTINAS
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Apparition. : EIDOLON
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Queen of ___. : SHEBA
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Fresh. : NEW
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One-celled animals. : AMEBAS
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Establish. : SETUP
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Woofing and tweeting. : HIFI
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Star in Draco. : ADIB
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Permits. : LETS
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Great stage name. : DUSE
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First class. : AONE
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Silent. : MUTE
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Agitate. : STIR
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Horse and buggy. : RIG

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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