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New York Times, Tuesday, October 17, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,477
Across
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The youngest. : BABY
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Island country. : CUBA
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Call. : VISIT
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Girl's name. : ELLA
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Luise Rainer role. : OLAN
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Belgian Congo export. : IVORY
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City of NW China. : SIAN
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One of the rank and file. : SERVICEMAN
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Football play. : TACKLE
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Cattle: Poet. : KINE
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Compass reading. : ESE
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Forms of trapshooting. : SKEETS
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Title. : LORD
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Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
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American author. : NORRIS
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Haggard novel. : SHE
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Five: Prefix. : PENTA
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Vitamin B source. : YEAST
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Natterjack. : TOAD
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Zenith. : TOP
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"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
43
Sensational. : LURID
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North American range. : ATLAS
48
Son of Odin. : TYR
49
Salesman's forte. : ORDERS
51
Wild sheep of India. : URIAL
53
Harvest time: Abbr. : SEPT
55
Main, for one. : STREET
57
Greek letter. : CHI
60
London cafe district. : SOHO
62
Soup vegetable. : LENTIL
64
Underground group. : RESISTANCE
67
Hence. : ERGO
68
Papal veil. : ORALE
69
Sherbets. : ICES
70
Swiss river. : AARE
71
Mighty nation. : POWER
72
Kits. : SETS
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Pour forth, figuratively. : SPEW
Down
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Largest. : BEST
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Name of a sort. : ALIAS
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Edward Teach, the pirate. : BLACKBEARD
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World Series player. : YANKEE
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Fantine's daughter, in 1862 novel. : COSETTE
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Rubber tree. : ULE
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Speak sharply. : BARK
8
Smith's black. : ANVIL
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The Queen's representative. : VICEROY
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Verbal contraction. : IVE
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Approximately. : SOME
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
13
English river. : TYNE
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Look ___ (pay a call). : INON
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Entrechat. : LEAP
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December VIP. : SANTA
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German number. : DREI
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Jalopy. : RATTLETRAP
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Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
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Arcturus. : STAR
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Normandy town. : STLO
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Man of the ___. : HOUR
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Toddler. : TOT
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Very good grade. : APLUS
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Ends. : DIES
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Actor's valet. : DRESSER
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Unaffected. : ARTLESS
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"Your Majesty." : SIRE
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Circle of light, on stage. : SPOT
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Trojan hero. : AENEAS
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Massenet opera. : THAIS
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Le ___, epithet for Clemenceau. : TIGRE
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Riding whip. : CROP
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See 34 Down. : HERO
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What "vidi" means. : ISAW
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In former times. : ONCE
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Movie pioneer. : LOEW
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___ de France. : ILE
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This: Fr. : CET

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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