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New York Times, Friday, November 10, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.1
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,501
Across
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Bird sound. : CHIRP
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Hic, ___, hoc. : HAEC
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Rumple. : MUSS
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Batter's dream. : HOMER
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___ many words. : INSO
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Preposition. : INTO
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A place to remember. : ALAMO
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Continue. : GOON
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King of Israel. : SAUL
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Large bottle. : DEMIJOHN
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Dull and flat. : JEJUNE
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Assortments. : SETS
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Tuft of feathers, in Hawaii. : HULU
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West coast city: Colloq. : FRISCO
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Citizen's responsibility. : JURYDUTY
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River island. : AIT
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Holding. : TENURE
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Seize. : GRIP
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Applauds. : CLAPS
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Japanese herb. : UDO
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Prevent. : DEBAR
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Mademoiselle. : ELLE
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Farm. : GRANGE
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Common verb. : ARE
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Dry-eyed. : TEARLESS
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Pineapple. : ANANAS
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Wife of John Doe. : JANE
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Phone. : DIAL
51
Candy. : JUJUBE
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Throw overboard. : JETTISON
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Affirm. : AVER
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Place for a garden. : ROOF
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Custom. : USAGE
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Distribute. : METE
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Church recess. : APSE
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Vexes. : ROILS
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Voice. : BASS
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Sly look. : LEER
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Noun suffixes. : ENCES
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African lake. : CHAD
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Golf term. : HOLE
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Caliph's title. : IMAM
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Derelict. : REMISS
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Schemes. : PROJECTS
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Top levels. : HIGHS
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Presently. : ANON
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Within: Prefix. : ESO
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Practice magic. : CONJURE
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Construe wrongly. : MISJUDGE
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Amaze. : STUN
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Only. : SOLE
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Nebraska county. : OTOE
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Cathedral city of England. : ELY
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Great Lake. : HURON
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Side or aspect. : FACET
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Moon valley. : RILLE
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Latin version of the Scriptures. : ITALA
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Betrayer. : JUDAS
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Citified. : URBAN
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Headdress. : TIARA
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Belgian town. : YPRES
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Tend. : NURSE
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Forswears. : PERJURES
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Adulterate. : DENATURE
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Officer. : GENERAL
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Walk. : GAIT
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Scientific workroom. : LAB
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Chaucer heroine. : ALISON
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Bow (to). : DEFER
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Sidepost. : JAMB
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Part of the iris. : UVEA
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Planes. : JETS
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Character in "Carmen." : JOSE
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Ketch of the Levant. : SAIC
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Make eyes (at). : OGLE
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Suffix used with warm and cool. : NESS
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Unclose: Poet. : OPE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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