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New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.1
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,554
Across
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Juvenile elephant. : BABAR
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True to life. : REAL
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Town in Palestine. : GAZA
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Convex molding. : OVOLO
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Time ___ half. : ANDA
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Excited. : AGOG
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Lathers. : SOAPS
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The same. : IDEM
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Single: Prefix. : MONO
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Hundredweight: Abbr. : CWT
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Part of space. : IONOSPHERE
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Asinine sound. : HEEHAW
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Mere trifles. : IOTAS
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Singing groups. : CHOIRS
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Run away. : ELOPE
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Scowl: Var. : LOUR
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Position for a rifleman. : PRONE
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Abbreviation in physics. : CGS
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Entity. : ESSENCE
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Where Nineveh was. : ASSYRIA
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Lilliputian. : WEE
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Of a certain wood. : OAKEN
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Graceful: Poet. : AERY
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___ Peak. : PIKES
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Tiny land masses. : ISLETS
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Maltreat. : ABUSE
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Begin to learn. : TAKEUP
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Candidate for "What's My Line?" : GAMEWARDEN
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There: Lat. : IBI
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Form of entertainment. : FILM
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Jacta est ___ (the die is cast). : ALEA
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Air castle. : DREAM
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Author O'Flaherty. : LIAM
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South: Prefix. : AUSTR
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Welfare. : WEAL
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Sets of tools. : KITS
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River of forgetfulness. : LETHE
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Pear. : BOSC
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Confess. : AVOW
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Recreational building. : BOATHOUSE
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Eiger, for one. : ALP
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More optimistic. : ROSIER
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Role in "Arms and the Man." : RAINA
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Type of benefactor. : ENDOWER
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Noun suffixes. : ADES
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Pots of oil with wicks. : LAMPIONS
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Germ cell. : GAMETE
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Where Greek met Greek. : AGORA
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What zip codes indicate. : ZONES
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In the past. : AGO
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Sounds of surprise. : OHS
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Aspirations. : HOPES
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U.N. member. : EIRE
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Skein of thread. : CLEW
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Nylons. : HOSE
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___ word, as kindergarten. : LOAN
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Kind of dog: Colloq. : PEKE
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Describing a ghost story. : CREEPIEST
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Encircled. : GIRT
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Repeats. : SAYS
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Bruit (about). : NOISE
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Dance. : CAKEWALK
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Korean river. : YALU
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True copy, in a law court. : ESTREAT
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Beat. : PUMMEL
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Famous nickname. : IKE
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Silk fabric of Middle Ages. : SENDAL
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Nimble-footed. : AGILE
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Kind of wood. : BALSA
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Washington's follower. : ADAMS
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Et ___. : ALII
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City on the Avon. : BATH
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Nagy's name. : IMRE
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Some. : FEW
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___ Royale. : RUE

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

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