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New York Times, Monday, November 18, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 39.3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,223
Across
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Piece of wood. : SLAB
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Clawed. : PAWED
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Pet. : FIDO
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Sheer. : PURE
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Helen, in Italy. : ELENA
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Make level. : EVEN
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Botanical angle. : AXIL
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Abrupt, sharp sound. : CLACK
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Plaything. : DOLL
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Editor. : REDACTOR
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Too much. : OVERLY
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Street sound. : TOOT
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Alpha Centauri. : STAR
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Materialize. : APPEAR
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Appeases. : PLACATES
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Game appurtenance. : CARDTABLE
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Ascent. : SLOPE
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Popular cruise port. : RIO
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Jumped: Poet. : LEAPT
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Chart. : MAP
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Thoughts. : IDEAS
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Hors d'oeuvre. : ANTIPASTO
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Home. : DOMICILE
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Beast of burden. : DONKEY
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Sign in Teutonic alphabet. : RUNE
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Remainder. : REST
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Italian brandy. : GRAPPA
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Temporary dwelling place of sorts. : DOGHOUSE
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Prefix for a continent. : EURO
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Tropical fruit. : GUAVA
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Adjective suffix. : ICAL
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Split. : TEAR
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Bird. : EGRET
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Invalid. : NULL
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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___ Khan. : SHERE
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
Down
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Lustrous mineral. : SPAR
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De ___. : LUXE
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Dry. : ARID
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Tardy. : BELATED
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Worn on the chest. : PECTORAL
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Parcel out. : ALLOT
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Sign of use. : WEAR
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Typist's notation. : ENC
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Indian. : DAKOTA
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National. : FEDERAL
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Man's name. : IVOR
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Rural spot. : DELL
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Exclusively. : ONLY
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Prince Albert. : COAT
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Sweepers: Slang. : VACS
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Dozed. : SLEPT
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Pungent. : ACRID
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Child: Prefix. : PAIDO
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Preface. : PROEM
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Sycamore tree. : PLANE
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Siberian city. : TOMSK
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Amazed: Fr. : EPATE
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Indian soldier. : SEPOY
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Famous street of song. : BEALE
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Water channel. : TIDEGATE
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Friendship, in Baltimore. : AIRPORT
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Porgy. : SCUP
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Swanky: Slang. : POSH
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French man's name. : ANTOINE
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For a long time. : INAGES
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Friend of 10 Across. : ROVER
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"___ horse!" : GETA
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Regrets. : RUES
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Macaws. : ARAS
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Challenge. : DARE
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Shape of a pocket. : UCUT
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Grocery item. : SALT
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Exclamation of disgust. : UGH

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

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