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New York Times, Monday, August 3, 1964

37-Down : Mettlesome.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 38.8
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,482
Across
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Baby coach. : PRAM
5
Maine city. : BATH
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Famous family of Ayot St. Lawrence. : SHAWS
14
Olympian. : HERA
15
Eastern name. : ABOU
16
Horse opera. : OATER
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Half: Prefix. : DEMI
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Good place to live. : LANDOFTHEFREE
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Small depression. : DENT
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Ship's officer. : MATE
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Portions. : SHARES
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Favorite relative. : LOVEDONE
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Ishmael's mother. : HAGAR
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Irish specialty. : LINEN
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School of whales. : GAM
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Word game: Abbr. : ANAG
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Rooftrees. : HOMES
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Position. : SITE
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Le ___ Soleil. : ROI
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Garden flower. : PEONY
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Shoot of grass. : SPEAR
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Relations: Dial. : KINFOLKS
43
Having a rotary motion. : WHIRLY
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Spanish pronoun. : ELLA
45
One of the missiles. : THOR
46
London novel. : CALLOFTHEWILD
51
___ prosequi. : NOLLE
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Raced. : TORE
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Dessert. : TART
55
Fabric. : ORLON
56
Suffix in chemistry. : ENOL
57
___ and anon. : EVER
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Eats away. : GNAWS
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Deprives (of). : ROBS
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Moist. : DEWY
Down
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Degree. : PHD
2
Dance. : REEL
3
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Principal street: Slang. : MAINDRAG
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Staffs. : BATONS
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Nautical term. : ABAFT
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Race track figure. : TOUT
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Bribe of a sort. : HUSHMONEY
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Every ___ (now and then). : SOOFTEN
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Animosity. : HATRED
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To ___. : ATEE
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"___ off to see the Wizard ... " : WERE
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Rialto sign. : SRO
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___ Crossing (road sign). : DEER
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Features of tropical houses. : EAVES
25
Angelfish. : SHARK
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North Vietnam city. : HANOI
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Over. : AGAIN
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Delineates. : LIMNS
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Danish hero. : OGIER
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
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Corundum. : EMERY
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Take care of. : LOOKAFTER
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Surprised exclamation. : HELLO
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Mettlesome. : SPIRITED
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Kinds of flower dust. : POLLENS
40
World's Fair specialty. : SHOW
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One of a pair. : FELLOW
43
Turns. : WHEELS
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Vibrate. : THROB
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Banal humor: Slang. : CORN
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Up ___ good. : TONO
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Wash: Poet. : LAVE
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Pulled. : DREW
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Beverage. : NOG
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Examine judicially. : TRY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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