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New York Times, Wednesday, October 30, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.8
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,204
Across
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Mosque of ___. : OMAR
5
Science degree. : SCB
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Bits. : SCRAPS
14
Supporting part. : PEDESTAL
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Michigan college. : OLIVET
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Cosmos. : UNIVERSE
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Flaubert character. : BOVARY
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___ rosa. : SUB
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Pancake day. : TUESDAY
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Small: Dial. : LIL
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Conrad hero. : JIM
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But: Lat. : SED
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See 47 Across. : MALE
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Lake of Geneva. : LEMAN
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Bill of sale: Abbr. : REC
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Flipper. : FIN
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Letters. : EXES
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Housing units. : RESIDENCES
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White ant. : TERMITE
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General. : MARSHAL
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Western. : OCCIDENTAL
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Mal de ___. : TETE
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Up: Prefix. : ANA
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Untidy. : MESSY
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Temple: Poet. : FANE
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Tom, Dick and Harry. : MEN
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Term of address. : SIR
49
German composer. : ABT
50
Used car sign. : FORSALE
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O.T. book: Abbr. : PSA
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Concord. : UNISON
57
Plant of the aster family. : IRONWEED
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Goddess who loved Endymion. : SELENE
60
Lacking symmetry. : LOPSIDED
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Important document. : TREATY
62
Lamb's mother. : EWE
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City in Thuringia. : GERA
Down
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Work. : OPUS
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Carte. : MENU
3
Star in Draco. : ADIB
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Parson: Abbr. : REV
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Thrum. : STRUM
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Legal action. : CASE
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Sanctifies. : BLESSES
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Not ___. : SOBAD
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Satiate. : CLOY
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The Red or the Black: Abbr. : RIV
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Snowslides. : AVALANCHES
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"For those in ___ on the sea." : PERIL
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Variety. : STYLE
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Begin. : SETIN
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___ point. : DECIMAL
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Flowering plant. : JASMINE
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Monastery church. : MINSTER
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Niobe's enemy. : LETO
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Officer, for short. : EXEC
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Commercial. : MERCANTILE
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Stage direction. : REENTER
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Iron: Fr. : FER
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Relative of hwy. : RTE
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Decaliter: Abbr. : DAL
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Victuals. : EATS
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Weaver's reed. : SLEY
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Peak in Crete. : IDA
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Ductile. : TENSILE
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Bearings. : MIENS
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Subject of three operas. : FAUST
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Leader of Saul's army. : ABNER
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Time, according to Ben Franklin. : MONEY
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Hillside. : SLOPE
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Origin. : FONT
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In a line. : AROW
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Foot: Suffix. : PEDE
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Foreteller. : SEER
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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The Red or the Black. : SEA
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Headgear, modern style. : WIG

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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