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New York Times, Thursday, November 16, 1961

11-Down : Detached.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 26.3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,507
Across
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Symbol in music. : CLEF
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Forest trees of a region. : SILVA
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Marbles. : MIBS
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White. : HOAR
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___ de lune (moonlight). : CLAIR
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Not genuine: Abbr. : IMIT
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Undecided. : IRRESOLUTE
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Graf ___. : SPEE
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Disuse. : DESUETUDE
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Ten percenter. : AGENT
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Platform. : DAIS
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Insult. : SLUR
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Presidential nickname. : CAL
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Staple's cousin. : NAIL
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Garment. : WAIST
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Youngest Greek god. : EROS
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Thoroughgoing. : OUTANDOUT
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Common car defect. : DENT
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Available. : ONTAP
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Absorbs. : ENGROSSES
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Facts and figures. : DATA
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Strong thread. : TWINE
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Block. : STOP
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Cover. : LID
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Motion picture pioneer. : INCE
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Historic times. : ERAS
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Burn slightly. : SINGE
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Entrusted. : DELEGATED
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Vein of ore. : LODE
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Without heed. : CARELESSLY
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Roman road. : ITER
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Vigorous. : HALE
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Launching sites, in rocketry. : PADS
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Think: Fr. : PENSE
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Greek god. : ARES
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Scolded. : CHID
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Knowledge. : LORE
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Parts of the head. : EARS
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Name in psychiatry. : FREUD
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N. Y. village on the Mohawk. : SCOTIA
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Mirages. : ILLUSIONS
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Praise. : LAUD
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Quickly: Fr. : VITE
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Continue to be. : ARE
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Deluded. : MISGUIDED
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Detached. : IMPERSONAL
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Well: Fr. : BIEN
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Term in printing. : STET
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Celtic name. : SEAN
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Author Paton. : ALAN
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Exchange: Colloq. : SWAP
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Grant. : CEDE
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Opposite of 9 Down. : ARENT
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Verbose. : LONGWINDED
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Old stringed instruments. : LUTES
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In music, opposite of "solo." : TUTTI
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Horizontal timbers. : STRINGERS
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Vapid. : TASTELESS
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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New Testament "Hosea." : OSEE
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Slangy threat. : ORELSE
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Attendant. : PAGE
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Russian name. : SASHA
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Mistake. : SLIP
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Jot. : IOTA
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___ Fortune. : DAME
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Colleen's name. : ERIN
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Ruler. : TSAR
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Colors. : DYES
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___ and bells. : CAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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