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New York Times, Saturday, January 21, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 37.7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,208
Across
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Family member. : MAMA
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___ thing. : THE
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Improvise, in music. : VAMP
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Make superficially attractive. : SUGARCOAT
14
Division of the calyx. : SEPAL
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Officious share in some action. : AFINGERINTHEPIE
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To the smallest consideration. : ATLEAST
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Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
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Lawyer's degree. : LLD
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Extend. : LIE
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Damsel. : LASS
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Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
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Needlefish. : GAR
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Kitchen container. : COOKYJAR
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Point in the moon's orbit. : APSIS
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Time. : HOUR
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Degree of action. : RATE
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Sheer cotton fabric. : LAWN
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Urgency. : HURRY
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Frosted. : ICED
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Where Salem is: Abbr. : OREG
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Times. : AGES
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___ Alaska. : BAKED
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Participant in a certain contest. : PIEEATER
43
Vandal. : HUN
44
Pitfall. : TRAP
45
Compass points. : SSES
47
Observe. : SEE
50
Limb. : ARM
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Disencumber. : RID
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Pertaining to a satellite's path. : ORBITAL
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Former TV series. : THEHONEYMOONERS
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American writer of exotic tales. : HEARN
60
Christmas goody. : CANDYCANE
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A great many. : LOTS
62
Jack Horner's last words. : AMI
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Musical offerings: Abbr. : SELS
Down
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Citizen's dress. : MUFTI
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Deftly nimble. : AGILE
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Horse hair. : MANE
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African storks. : ARGALAS
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Legal matters. : TORTS
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"Bali ___," song in "South Pacific." : HAI
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Volcano in Sicily. : ETNA
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Letter. : VEE
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Brandy. : APPLEJACK
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Letters. : MAIL
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Made entreaty. : PLED
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Hall: Ger. : SAAL
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Mr. Romero. : CESAR
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Brilliant person: Slang. : SHARK
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General principle. : THEORY
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Winning contestants. : SCORERS
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Native of Damascus. : SYRIAN
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Spice. : GINGER
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Pronoun. : OURS
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To ___ (precisely). : ATEE
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Make tidy (with "up"). : REDD
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Leaning to one side. : ALOP
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Equal: Comb. form. : PARI
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Confection. : SWEETMEAT
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Brobdingnagian. : HUGE
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Milliner's necessity. : HATPIN
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Waiters' assistants. : BUSBOYS
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Hebrew high priest. : AARON
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King of Judea. : HEROD
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Sleep: Comb. form. : SOMNI
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Purloin. : STEAL
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Deserves. : EARNS
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Sports: Abbr. : ATHL
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Current: Comb. form. : RHEO
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Ten: Prefix. : DECA
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Name in early movies. : INCE
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Periods of time: Abbr. : HRS
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Edible root. : YAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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