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New York Times, Thursday, October 19, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J Q W }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 27.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,479
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Celebrated composer. : CHOPIN
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Saint Francis ___. : XAVIER
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Latin poet. : HORACE
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Belief. : CREDENCE
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Trues up. : ALINES
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Members of a British party. : LIBERALS
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French island. : ILE
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Labored hard. : STRIVEN
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Little Rachel. : RAE
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Neutral color. : SAND
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Common shrub. : SUMAC
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Record. : ENTER
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___ canto, style of singing. : BEL
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Shatt el Arab port. : BASRA
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River into the Black Sea. : DANUBE
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Seafaring man. : TAR
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Photographic equipment. : SLIDES
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Contributors. : DONORS
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Letter. : ZEE
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Muse of astronomy. : URANIA
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Overfond one. : DOTER
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Son of, in names. : MAC
44
English elevators. : LIFTS
46
Come ___ (meet with). : UPON
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___ Ataturk. : KEMAL
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Jewelry item. : CLIP
50
Gypsy. : ROM
51
Washington's soldiers. : MILITIA
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Period. : ERA
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Jewelry item. : BRACELET
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___ conference. : SUMMIT
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Professional man. : ATTORNEY
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Be obliging enough (to). : PLEASE
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Parts of snares. : NOOSES
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Religious notables. : SAINTS
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Carriage. : CHAISE
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Glazed fabrics. : HOLLANDS
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Type of rug. : ORIENTAL
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Utensil. : PAN
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Desserts. : ICES
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Snug abodes. : NESTS
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Corsair's ship. : XEBEC
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Arabian gulf. : ADEN
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Poem part: Abbr. : VER
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Up ___ (ready to fight). : INARMS
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Bakery specialty. : ECLAIR
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Mignonette. : RESEDA
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Realm: Poet. : CLIME
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Competing. : RIVAL
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Rustics: Slang. : RUBES
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Occupant. : DENIZEN
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Levitical. : AARONIC
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More untutored. : RUDER
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Commonplace. : BANAL
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Queen ___. : BEE
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Rocky peak. : TOR
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Coin in Shylock's pocket. : DUCAT
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Soldier. : RIFLEMAN
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Type of writer. : SATIRIST
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Natal metropolis. : DURBAN
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Portuguese port. : OPORTO
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Shade of red. : TOMATO
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Rough-and-tumble. : MELEE
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Friendship. : AMITY
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Flash floods. : SPATES
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Potters' ovens. : KILNS
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Speaks childishly. : LISPS
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Nothing else than. : MERE
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Hall or large room. : AULA
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Romaine lettuce. : COS
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___-ling Soong. : MEI

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