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New York Times, Wednesday, May 17, 1961

12-Down : Obliterations.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 15.7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,324
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Cradle fellows. : BABIES
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Father of Odysseus. : LAERTES
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Susceptibility of a sort. : ALLERGY
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___-pensée (mental reservation): Fr. : ARRIERE
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Child's toy. : BALLOON
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Native of island in the Irish sea. : MANXMAN
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Coalition. : UNION
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Complies. : OBEYS
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
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Swerve. : SKEW
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Jack London hero. : EDEN
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Doll Tearsheet, for one. : SLUT
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Letter. : ESS
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Property, sometimes frozen. : ASSETS
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Man of the hour. : HERO
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Trajectory. : ARC
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Light collation. : TEA
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Roman road. : ITER
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Chinook or quinnat ___. : SALMON
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Hardship. : DURESS
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Signal sounded by a bugle. : CALL
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Nickname for a soldier. : REB
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This side of: Prefix. : CIS
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Guide. : RULE
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Named. : TERMED
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Liquid measure: Abbr. : GAL
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Natives of: Suffix. : OTES
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Loved. : DEAR
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Distressed. : SORE
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Throw: Colloq. : PEG
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Laddie or lassie. : BAIRN
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Sharp. : ACUTE
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Further. : PROMOTE
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Bird. : TANAGER
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Clothes. : ENROBES
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Mangles. : IRONERS
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Polish novelist, Nobel prize winner, 1924. : REYMONT
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Guard. : SENTRY
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Printed forms, such as applications. : BLANKS
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Confederates. : ALLIES
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Unworthy of. : BELOW
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Unyielding. : IRON
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Self. : EGO
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Church councils. : SYNODS
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Deplored. : LAMENTED
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"Shed ___ of light Divine ... " : ARAY
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Ospreys' relatives. : ERNS
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___-dollar, former coin of Europe. : RIX
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Patterns or molds in machinery. : TEMPLETS
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Obliterations. : ERASURES
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Law maker. : SENATOR
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Ill treatment. : ABUSE
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Vegetable. : BEET
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Armed guard. : ESCORT
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Flings, especially sideways. : SHIES
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Fortify. : ARM
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Air-borne object. : SAUCER
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All, in Berlin. : ALLES
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Product of Château Yquem. : SAUTERNE
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"Pilgrim's Progress," for example. : ALLEGORY
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"The Hundred ___ Cases." : NEEDIEST
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Clear (of). : RID
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Come a ___ (fall headlong). : CROPPER
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___ Rabbit. : BRER
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Large insect. : MANTIS
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Defrauder of a sort. : GOUGER
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Blood vessel. : ARTERY
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Looks askance. : LEERS
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Inadequate. : SCANT
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Well-known nickname in sports. : BOBO
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Sun's disk. : ATEN
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Soon, old style. : ANON
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Lady of the apron strings. : MOM
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Have reality. : ARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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