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New York Times, Monday, August 17, 1964

34-Across : Colors.

Author:
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Editor:
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 62.0
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,496
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Medical acronym. : ACTH
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Jazz dance. : STOMP
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Ruth's husband. : BOAZ
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Cooper heroine. : CORA
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Plead. : ARGUE
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___ account. : ONNO
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Post. : MAIL
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Pottery. : TERRACOTTA
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Told. : EXPLAINED
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Pale. : ASHEN
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Tend. : MIND
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Choice part. : ELITE
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Of a part of the brain, lung, etc. : LOBAR
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Vamp. : SIREN
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Burmese. : LAI
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Colors. : AZURES
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Church title. : REVEREND
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Royal house. : YORK
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Escape. : EVADE
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Satan's forte. : EVIL
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Biased. : ONESIDED
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Flower cluster. : RACEME
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Educational group: Abbr. : NEA
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Andersen and others. : DANES
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Cyclades isle. : DELOS
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Employing. : USING
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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One of two famous defendants. : SACCO
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Oval. : ELLIPSOID
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Not sanctioned. : UNRATIFIED
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About. : INRE
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Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Sweet: Lat. : DULCE
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Norse name. : OLAF
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Place. : SITE
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Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
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End of an address, Zip Code 100. : NYNY
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Height. : ACME
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Persuade. : COAX
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Excursion. : TRIP
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Symbols of high quality. : HALLMARKS
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Fabric. : SATIN
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Drifts. : TRENDS
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Bugaboo. : OGRE
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Marred, as by giving a bad performance. : MURDERED
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Shade of green. : PEA
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Raise. : BOOST
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Honest: Slang. : ONTHELEVEL
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___-bellum. : ANTE
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Nile city of Moses' time. : ZOAN
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Mutiny ship. : CAINE
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Leeds' river. : AIRE
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Pry. : LEVER
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Apply. : LAYON
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Kind of air. : OZONE
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Red-tapist. : BUREAUCRAT
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Turkish decree. : IRADE
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Spirit: Sp. : ANIMO
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Does nothing. : IDLES
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Car. : SEDAN
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Slump. : RECESSION
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Vindictive. : VENGEFUL
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Addlepate. : IDIOT
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Take ___ (go in the pool). : ADIP
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Choice. : SELECT
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Range. : SCALE
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World's Fair fun. : RIDES
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Je ___. : SUIS
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Against. : ANTI
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Mere. : ONLY
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Shiites' land. : IRAN
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Resist. : DEFY
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Freudian terms. : IDS

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

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