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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Saturday, January 25, 1964

26-Down : ___ law.

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.1
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,291
Across
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Flings. : SHIES
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Amts. in recipes. : TSPS
10
Watts' relatives: Abbr. : AMPS
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First installment. : PARTI
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Unlawful assemblage. : RIOT
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Rented. : TOOK
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Famous former Lord. : ALECDOUGLASHOME
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Sinclair Lewis. : RED
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Outcome. : EVENT
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Bearded, as grain. : AWNED
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Impressed. : AWED
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Baltic port. : RIGA
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Shiny ornament. : SEQUIN
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Stand. : TOLERATE
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Sunburnt. : ADUST
34
Crowbar. : TOOL
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Flimsy. : THIN
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___ Fail (Coronation Stone). : LIA
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Snood. : HAIRNET
40
Compass reading. : SBE
41
"___ small world." : ITSA
43
Birds, large. : EMUS
44
Steel: Fr. : ACIER
46
"Boys and girls together." : CHILDREN
48
Like. : AKINTO
49
Shadow: Colloq. : TAIL
50
Natives of: Suffix. : ITES
51
On both sides: Prefix. : AMPHI
54
Being led. : INTOW
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"I wonder ___ wander ... " : ASI
59
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. : HAROLDMACMILLAN
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___ about. : ONOR
63
Cup of tea: Colloq. : DISH
64
Out. : NOTIN
65
Symbol of boredom. : YAWN
66
Sojourn. : STAY
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Merchandise. : GOODS
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Mineral. : SPAR
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Hearty's companion. : HALE
3
Choleric. : IRED
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And so forth. : ETC
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Be for. : SIDEWITH
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Lined up. : TRUED
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Walk or Don't Walk. : SIGN
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Cowards, old style. : POLTROONS
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Bus stop: Abbr. : STA
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Crosswise. : ATHWART
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Objective of 55 Down. : MOON
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Fruit. : POME
13
Schedule, for short. : SKED
18
Hot spot. : OVEN
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Western plant. : SAGE
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Freud's country: Abbr. : AUS
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That: Lat. : ILLE
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___ law. : SALIC
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Dame Sitwell. : EDITH
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Almost. : QUASI
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"I do not choose ___." : TORUN
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The "Heathen Chinee." : AHSIN
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Nepal's neighbor. : TIBET
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January: Sp. : ENERO
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Deadline. : TIMELIMIT
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Gas: Prefix. : AERI
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Depart hastily. : TAKEWING
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Relative of a cornet. : ALTHORN
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On the other side of: Prefix. : CIS
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___ Eireann. : DAIL
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Mighty mite. : ATOM
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Overeager. : ITCHY
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Shout from the 53 Down. : AHOY
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"Give a ___ horse he can ride ... " : MANA
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Front of a ship. : PROW
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Space agcy. : NASA
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Voice part. : ALTO
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Recited. : SAID
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Lodges. : INNS
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Degree. : DDS
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Card game. : LOO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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