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New York Times, Monday, October 23, 1961

10-Down : Sweetshop item.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,483
Across
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Store. : SHOP
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Brownie. : SCOUT
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Trancelike state. : COMA
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Hound sound. : HOWL
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Kind of velvet. : PANNE
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Girl's name. : ELLA
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Take for ___. : ARIDE
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Utter defeat. : ROUT
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Type of story. : MYSTERY
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Spanish saint, patroness of sailors. : EULALIA
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___ thing. : THE
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A. A. Milne character. : MRPIM
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Toyland denizens. : BABES
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"My ___ Sal." : GAL
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Kingdom in the Himalayas. : NEPAL
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River in Asia. : AMUR
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The front. : FIRINGLINE
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Baseball league: Abbr. : NAT
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Friend of Antonio, Merchant of Venice. : SALANIO
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Trawl. : NET
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Devotees of swing. : JITTERBUGS
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Ping-___. : PONG
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Term used in sports. : ONEUP
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Revisers: Abbr. : EDS
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Piebald pony. : PINTO
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Young salmon. : PARRS
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Know how to. : CAN
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Broadway musical. : CAMELOT
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Boisterous girls. : TOMBOYS
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Sea in Asia. : ARAL
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Island SE of Luzon. : SAMAR
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Double exclamation. : AHAH
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Look ___. : INTO
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Imaginary animal. : SNARK
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Center, guards, tackles, ends. : LINE
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Suffix used with hard and soft. : NESS
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Thoughts. : IDEAS
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Fireplace wood. : LOGS
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Ham's brother. : SHEM
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Consecrated. : HOLY
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Night birds. : OWLS
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Piece of china. : PLATTER
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Fifth tire. : SPARE
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One of the Grants. : CARY
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Naval intelligence group. : ONI
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Subordinates. : UNDERLINGS
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Golf term. : TEEUP
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Sweetshop item. : CARAMEL
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Old Greek coin. : OBOL
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Hawaiian island. : MAUI
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Movie canine. : ASTA
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Sounds of inquiry. : EHS
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Dialect. : LINGO
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Plunders. : MARAUDS
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Stringed instrument. : BANJO
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At full speed. : AMAIN
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City in Montana. : BUTTE
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___ Sullivan. : GILBERTAND
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Nut pine. : PINON
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Release: Colloq. : LETGO
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More distant. : FAR
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City in Serbia. : NIS
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Calyx leaf. : SEPAL
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Gum trees. : TUPELOS
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Game of chance. : PINBALL
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Knave of clubs. : PAM
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Italian physicist. : ROSSI
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Stoppers. : CORKS
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Brother of Seth. : CAIN
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English composer. : ARNE
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Doilies. : MATS
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Old Ireland's capital. : TARA
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State. : OHIO
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Honk of the wild goose. : YANG
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"The Liner ___ a lady ... " : SHES
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___ West. : MAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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