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New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 1964

48-Across : Orbit point, in astronomy.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 37.4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,331
Across
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Eat greedily. : GULP
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Disconcert. : ABASH
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Big name in Britain. : HOME
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Spotted fish. : OPAH
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Vague. : MISTY
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Lancer: Var. : ULAN
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Up ___ good. : TONO
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Tax collector's concern. : ASSESSMENT
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World-famous American contralto. : ANDERSON
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Descendants. : SCIONS
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Petty officer. : BOSN
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In grammar, a verb inflection. : MOOD
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Saturday: Fr. : SAMEDI
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Bohlen, for one. : DIPLOMAT
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School group. : PTA
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Playfully. : INFUN
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Shakespeare's forte. : DRAMA
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Apiece. : EACH
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Lively dance. : GALOP
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Gradual. : SLOW
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Remote. : ALOOF
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Rebound. : CAROM
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Massachusetts cape. : ANN
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Augusta's river. : KENNEBEC
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Orbit point, in astronomy. : SYZYGY
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Times. : ERAS
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Chemical abbreviation. : ATNO
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German toast. : PROSIT
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Current style in men's jackets. : UNPADDED
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Famous vessel. : SANTAMARIA
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Othello's ancient. : IAGO
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Covering all items: Abbr. : INCL
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Vedic goddess. : ADITI
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Presently. : ANON
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Sojourn. : STAY
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Wanderer. : NOMAD
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Playbill list. : CAST
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Canal of Sweden. : GOTA
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Newcastle-___-Tyne. : UPON
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Catch. : LAND
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Pewit. : PHOEBE
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Collecting. : AMASSING
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Animal on a coin. : BISON
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See 32 Across. : ASSN
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Genevieve or Therese: Abbr. : STE
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Blue-flowered plant. : HYSSOP
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Where to find coronas. : HUMIDORS
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Nobel prize novelist. : MANN
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Noun suffixes. : ENTS
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Rebuke. : SCOLD
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Italian name for Rhodes. : RODI
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Type of key, in music. : MINOR
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Command to a dog. : SPEAK
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Start of Dickens title. : ATALE
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City in Georgia. : MACON
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Lancelot's last name. : DULAC
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Indonesian language. : MALAY
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With. : AMONG
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Like a lion. : TAWNY
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Photographer's specialty. : FACES
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Frankly. : HONESTLY
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Delivered free. : POSTPAID
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Day on a church calendar. : FERIA
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Relative of a starling. : MYNA
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British orderly. : BATMAN
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Astrology term. : ZODIAC
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Santa ___. : ANITA
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Declaim loudly. : RANT
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Portuguese ounce. : ONCA
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Old Testament object used in sacred lots. : URIM
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Selves. : EGOS
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Forbidding word. : DONT
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Pother. : ADO

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

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