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New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1964

53-Down : Poppycock.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,602
Across
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Particle. : IOTA
5
Shoe. : PUMP
9
Espouse. : ADOPT
14
British gun. : STEN
15
Munich's river. : ISAR
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Animal of the veldt. : ZEBRA
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Major port of the Far East. : SINGAPORE
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City on the Allegheny. : OLEAN
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Arthurian lady. : YSOLDE
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Bulgarian coin. : LEV
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Classified items. : ADS
24
Type of tape. : RED
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Svelte. : SLIM
27
Nautical call. : AHOY
28
Interns: Slang. : DOCS
30
Shaving creams. : FOAMERS
32
Indian mulberry. : AAL
33
Yearling. : COLT
34
Playwright Crouse. : RUSSEL
38
Chekhov classic. : THETHREESISTERS
41
Familiar with the facts (of): Fr. : AUFAIT
42
Babe. : RUTH
43
Institute of learning, for short. : MIT
44
Italian ice cream. : SPUMONI
46
Army group. : WACS
47
Stop up cracks, as with putty. : CALK
50
Poor Clares. : NUNS
51
Dickens hero. : PIP
52
Wave: Sp. : OLA
53
Degrees. : BAS
54
Reno's county. : WASHOE
57
Tropical fruit. : MANGO
59
Choice pillow stuffing. : EIDERDOWN
62
Heathery slopes. : BRAES
63
Western tribe. : UTES
64
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
65
The "college of your choice"? : SMITH
66
State: Abbr. : MONT
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Jumble. : MESS
Down
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Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
2
1776 patriot. : OTIS
3
Musical symbol. : TENORCLEF
4
Corners. : ANGLES
5
Corncob. : PIPE
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Servicemen's club. : USO
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Spoil. : MAR
8
Boxing bout, for short. : PRELIM
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Sea E of Crimea. : AZOV
10
State: Abbr. : DEL
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Jamaican witchcraft. : OBEAH
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Madrid treasure house. : PRADO
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Silverweed. : TANSY
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State further. : ADD
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Retired professors. : EMERITI
25
Fish. : SOLE
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In the future. : LATERON
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Computer's need. : DATA
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Part of Hawaii. : OAHU
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Goddess of chance. : FORTUNA
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Busyness. : RUSH
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Game counter. : CHIP
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Signaling apparatus. : SEMAPHORE
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Author Ambler. : ERIC
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War craft. : LSTS
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Stint. : TASK
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Days: Poet. : SUNS
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See 12 Down. : MUSEUM
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Prudence. : WISDOM
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Hair ornaments. : COMBS
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Bell signal. : ALARM
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Hawaiian veranda. : LANAI
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Established value. : PAR
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Poppycock. : BOSH
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Ibsen's Rebecca. : WEST
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Is obliged to. : OWES
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Biblical patriarch. : ENOS
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Bring. : GET
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Japanese statesman. : ITO
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Room. : DEN

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

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