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New York Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1961

5-Across : Allowed for the weight of the container.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { H J Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 60.6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,191
Across
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Majestic. : EPIC
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Allowed for the weight of the container. : TARED
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Verbal. : ORAL
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Florence's river. : ARNO
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Rounded, convex molding. : OVOLO
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Main meal of Orientals. : RICE
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Very old game. : BACKGAMMON
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Nobleman. : MARQUIS
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Did as told. : OBEYED
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Spiral. : CURL
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News. : WORD
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___ Way. : APPIAN
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Modern method of communication. : RADIOING
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Many-seeded fruit. : MELON
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Attuned. : KEYED
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Caviar. : ROE
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Where East meets West in Berlin. : BRANDENBURGGATE
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Fleur-de-___. : LIS
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Consumed. : ATEUP
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Equine features. : MANES
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Features of Boston Common. : ELMTREES
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Make fun of. : DERIDE
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Tunes. : AIRS
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Ward (off). : FEND
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Actress Bacall. : LAUREN
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Platform desk. : LECTERN
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Serving to elucidate. : EXPOSITIVE
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Knot of wool. : NOIL
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Part of a parking meter. : SLOT
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Device for cooks. : TIMER
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Certain honors, at bridge. : TENS
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Have a hankering. : YEARN
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Cattail. : REED
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Concha. : EAR
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Demure. : PRIM
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Cuzco Indian. : INCA
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Use of force or pressure. : COERCION
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Have money ___. : TOBURN
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Serve the purpose. : AVAIL
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Fabulous birds. : ROCS
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Shoe leather. : ELK
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Reformer of a sort. : DOGOODER
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Peruvian-American tennis star. : OLMEDO
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Frosty. : RIMY
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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Catch. : LAND
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Compendium or synopsis. : ABRIDGMENT
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Dilemmas. : QUANDARIES
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High in standing. : WAYUP
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Easy gait. : AMBLE
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Jeopardy. : PERIL
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Formative material: Comb. form. : PLASM
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Picture puzzle. : REBUS
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Persian. : IRANI
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Famous. : NOTED
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Brants and quinks. : GEESE
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Patellar region. : KNEES
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"Thou pleasing, dreadful thought."—Addison. : ETERNITY
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What Adam was. : GARDENER
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Old card game. : TAROTS
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Distinguish. : DECERN
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Spring ___. : FEVER
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For fear that. : LEST
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Wheel shaft. : AXLE
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On. : UPON
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Type of bean. : LIMA
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Function. : ROLE
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Home of the "little crocodile." : NILE
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Neck-and-neck finish. : TIE
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Began. : LED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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