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New York Times, Friday, August 21, 1964

14-Across : Auditor.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 66.9
David Steinberg notes:

42-Down entry is BEDLOE, but it should have been BEDLOES, since the correct name was Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island).

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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,500
Across
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Intrinsically: Lat. : PERSE
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Levels. : STRATA
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Most newspapers. : DAILIES
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Auditor. : HEARER
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Assyrian. : ANCIENTLANGUAGE
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A league: Abbr. : NAT
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___ barred. : NOHOLDS
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___-de-sac. : CUL
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Wildebeests. : GNUS
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Enrolled. : REGISTERED
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Played on an old instrument. : LYRED
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Type: Abbr. : ROM
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___ about. : ONOR
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Corrects. : EMENDS
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Gullet. : MAW
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Certain physicians. : GPS
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Like an arm of the sea. : ESTUARIAL
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Settle below a level. : SAG
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___ passim. : SIC
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Partner of Pyramus. : THISBE
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Federal agent. : TMAN
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Housing group: Abbr. : NHA
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___ of roses. : ASHES
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Arguments of logic. : DIALECTICS
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Devices for carrying mortar, bricks, etc. : HODS
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Kind of number: Abbr. : ORD
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Held under control. : LEASHED
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Diminutive suffix. : OLE
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Representing in the characters of another alphabet. : TRANSLITERATION
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Open a door. : UNBOLT
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Convention concern. : NOMINEE
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Indian confederation. : PAWNEE
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Pitchers. : EWERS
Down
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Image. : PICTURE
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Name meaning high. : ELI
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Masculine title. : SENOR
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Biblical queen. : ESTHER
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"Pale hands I loved beside the ___ ... " : SHALIMAR
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Cares for. : TENDS
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___ riches. : RAGSTO
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___ Islands, SW of New Guinea. : ARU
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Important Chinese harvest. : TEACROP
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Disputants. : ARGUERS
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A participle should never do this. : DANGLE
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Assumed name consisting of real name written backwards. : ANANYM
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One skilled at anagrams. : LOGOMACHIST
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Formerly: Poet. : ELD
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Where Dakar is. : SENEGAL
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Mother tongue. : ENGLISH
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Medical degree. : DDS
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Poem divisions: Abbr. : STS
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Humor. : WIT
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Black asphalt found in the West. : UINTAITE
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Riding aid. : STIRRUP
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Original name (c. 1100 B.C.) of Hamadan, Iran. : AMADANA
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Certain winners: Slang. : SHOOINS
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___ Island, in New York Bay. : BEDLOE
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Member of ancient sect. : ESSENE
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Half ___. : NELSON
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Small, dry one-seeded fruit. : ACHENE
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Period. : DOT
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French demonstrative pronoun. : CELLE
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Asian goat antelope. : SEROW
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Feminine title. : DAME
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Mariner's direction. : NBW
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Shooting match: Fr. : TIR

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

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