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New York Times, Thursday, March 30, 1961

4-Down : Paintings.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,276
Across
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Chesterfield. : SOFA
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Loud sound of hard impact. : WHAM
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Picture puzzle. : REBUS
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Impersonator. : APER
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Projecting lugs, handles, etc. : EARS
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Item on a sports program. : EVENT
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"Music Man" of Broadway. : BERTPARKS
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___ Novo, capital of Dahomey. : PORTO
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Finis. : END
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Provokes. : IRKS
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In a pout. : SULLEN
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___ fatuus. : IGNIS
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Describing the moon. : SILVERY
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Refer to. : DENOTE
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Fred Astaire's dancing partner. : CHASE
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White. : ALABASTRINE
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Stocky pony. : COB
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Stylish: Slang. : TONY
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Cold ___. : WAR
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Choir member. : ALTO
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Befriend. : AID
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Marshal Dillon's deputy. : CHESTERGOOD
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Leads for Ellery Queen. : CLUES
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Coarse cloth, old style. : LINSEY
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Ranch employe. : COWHAND
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Aladdin's servant. : GENIE
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Member of an orchestra. : OBOIST
49
Symbol of comedy. : SOCK
50
Office worker: Abbr. : CLK
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Musical finales. : CODAS
54
Petty officer in the merchant marine. : BOATSWAIN
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Coeur d'___, Idaho. : ALENE
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Scientist: Abbr. : ASTR
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"Winnie ___ Pu," Latin version of Milne tale. : ILLE
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Schubert's forte. : SONGS
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Dickens' Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Warmth of color. : GLOW
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Know: Span. : SABE
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Free from frost. : OPEN
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Fabled bull. : FERDINAND
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Paintings. : ART
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Becomes fatigued. : WEARIES
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___ back (reverts). : HARKS
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Big, awkward boats. : ARKS
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Certain library treasures: Abbr. : MSS
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Beat back. : REPULSE
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Take shape. : EVOLVE
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Television star. : BERLE
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German preposition. : UNTER
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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Ship of 1492. : PINTA
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Chinese metropolis on the Yellow River. : SIAN
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Pass. : GOBY
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Haberdashery item. : SHIRT
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Things unknown. : DATA
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Patron saint of artists and smiths. : ELOI
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Obtuse. : CRASS
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Suiting material. : TWEED
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Narrow escape. : CLOSECALL
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Sioux. : OTOE
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Substance. : BODY
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Two-faced Vedic god. : AGNI
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School periods. : CLASSES
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Track down. : HUNT
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Theme of O'Neill trilogy. : ELECTRA
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Hockey arenas. : RINKS
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Formosa chief. : CHIANG
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Tropical shrubs. : COCAS
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Italian name for old coin. : OBOLO
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Supreme Teutonic deity. : WODEN
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Cud-chewing mammals. : GOATS
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Mediocre. : SOSO
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French comedienne. : LILO
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Recognized. : KNEW
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Anything that hinders. : BAR
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Peruke. : WIG

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

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