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New York Times, Wednesday, October 11, 1961

57-Across : Flower part.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 35.3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,471
Across
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Nut tree. : COLA
5
Diefenbaker's capital. : OTTAWA
11
Wisconsin city. : RACINE
13
Half of a library set. : BOOKEND
15
Stroke of fortune. : GODSEND
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Theft. : LARCENY
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Verse form. : ODE
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Destroyer of a god. : DEICIDE
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State: Abbr. : KAN
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Desires: Slang. : YENS
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Cigar. : STOGY
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Beyond: Prefix. : META
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Soldier from down under. : ANZAC
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Anger. : IRE
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Usages. : WONTS
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Horse. : STALLION
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Star of "The Truth." : BARDOT
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Celebrity. : LION
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : POSS
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Share. : RATION
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Airship. : ZEPPELIN
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After: Fr. : APRES
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Climbing plant. : PEA
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Cut thin. : SLICE
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Meeting places for small fry. : ZOOS
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Rouge. : PAINT
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Large number: Colloq. : SLEW
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Superlative suffix. : EST
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Old master. : PICTURE
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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African native. : ETHIOPE
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In name only. : TITULAR
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Thin. : SLENDER
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Flower part. : STAMEN
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Gardeners' tools. : EDGERS
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In addition. : ELSE
Down
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Ornamental flight in a concerto, aria, etc. : CADENZA
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Military group: Abbr. : OCS
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German song. : LIED
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Boleyn, Hathaway, etc. : ANNES
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Do a favor for. : OBLIGE
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Sycophant. : TOADY
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Ripped. : TORE
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Dog show group: Abbr. : AKC
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House party time. : WEEKEND
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Yellowish-red dye. : ANNATTO
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Beaver, for one. : RODENT
12
Late city ___. : EDITION
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Hereditary ruler. : DYNAST
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Certain paintings. : GOYAS
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Farm product. : CORN
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Quips. : SALLIES
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Bits of food. : MORSELS
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Muse's namesakes. : CLIOS
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Stinging insects. : WASPS
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Atom. : ION
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"Way out" music. : BOP
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The makings of a kind of butter. : PEANUTS
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Removes the decks of (a ship). : RAZEES
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Matthew or Mark. : APOSTLE
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Pledged, as in marriage. : TROTHED
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Time: Ger. : ZEIT
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Silent film actress. : LILALEE
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"The ___ Cometh." : ICEMAN
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More recent. : NEWER
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Gaited horses. : PACERS
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Musician of a sort. : PIPER
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Banal. : TRITE
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Foot: Suffix. : PODE
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Noun suffix. : ING
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Inarticulate sounds. : UMS

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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