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New York Times, Saturday, October 3, 1964

45-Across : Laughing.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,543
Across
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Rex Harrison role. : CAESAR
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East Indian sailor. : LASCAR
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That "Cloud Nine" feeling. : RAPTURE
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Obtruded. : IMPOSED
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Relevant. : APROPOS
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Kitchen appliance. : TOASTER
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___ alai. : JAI
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Early Roman historian. : TACITUS
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Pindaric. : ODE
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Footless animal. : APOD
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Gossip. : RUMOR
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Goddess of strife. : ERIS
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Engages. : HIRES
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Pinna. : EAR
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Cheeses. : BRIES
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Earthquakes. : SEISMS
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Popular comedy. : MARYMARY
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Distress. : PAIN
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Leslie Caron role. : LILI
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Condensed on a surface. : ADSORBED
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City on the Penobscot. : BANGOR
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Fabric on a loom. : WEB
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Twist. : WEAVE
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Very eager. : AVID
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Misbehave: Colloq. : ACTUP
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Delineated. : DREW
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Storage place for coal, corn, etc. : BIN
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Cretan city of old. : GNOSSUS
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Family member: Abbr. : BRO
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Provisional. : INTERIM
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Fisherman's boat. : TRAWLER
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Tiny protoplasmic unit. : CELLULE
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High-brow, modern style. : EGGHEAD
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Melancholy. : SOMBER
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Saratoga, for one. : RESORT
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From head to foot. : CAPAPIE
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Deductively. : APRIORI
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Battle area, 1944–45: Abbr. : ETO
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Counterpart of a mgr. : SUPT
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Salvage. : RESCUE
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Of the shore. : LITTORAL
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___-propre. : AMOUR
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Vichy and others. : SPAS
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Kind of lettuce. : COS
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Oregon seaport. : ASTORIA
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Thinner in sound. : REEDIER
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Potentates. : RAJAHS
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Stylish: Colloq. : DRESSY
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Caliph. : IMAM
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Bunyan's Slough of ___. : DESPOND
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Regally attired. : ERMINED
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See 15 Down. : SMART
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Secondary rule. : BYLAW
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Brother or sister. : SIB
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Josh. : RIB
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Recent arrival. : NEWCOMER
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Semitic language. : ARABIC
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Theologians. : DIVINES
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City in northwest France. : SAINTLO
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Military groups: Abbr. : DETS
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Mrs. Malaprop, for example. : GARBLER
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Dine too well. : OVEREAT
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Express in another way. : REWORD
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Term of address to a little boy. : BUSTER
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Infirm. : ANILE
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Free from a charge, in law. : PURGE
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Larva. : GRUB
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Droops. : SAGS
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Shade tree. : ELM
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"___ is Sylvia? ... " : WHO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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