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New York Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1964

23-Across : St. Philip ___, 16th C. reformer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,617
Across
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Machiavellian hero. : PRINCE
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Part of a serai. : ODA
10
Take heed (of), old style. : RECK
14
Tools of carpentry. : AUGERS
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Year in reign of 4 Down. : LIV
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Scottish resort. : OBAN
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Brazilian musical pieces. : CHOROS
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Presidential monogram. : DDE
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Of ___. : YORE
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Sign. : ARROW
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Sacred picture. : IKON
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Poker term. : ANTE
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St. Philip ___, 16th C. reformer. : NERI
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Namesakes of opera heroine. : GILDAS
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Part of a Robert Penn Warren title. : KINGSMEN
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Plot of land, in Africa. : ERF
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Cooler. : ICER
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Common suffixes. : INGS
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Greek letter. : ALPHA
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Memorable Bogart film. : THEAFRICANQUEEN
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Not ___ hair. : TURNA
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State: Abbr. : COLO
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Short ride in a car. : SPIN
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Vague. : DIM
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British statesman. : LORDHOME
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Framework for ships. : CRADLE
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Nine: Prefix. : ENNE
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Brahman bull. : ZEBU
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TV program. : NEWS
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Channel. : FLUME
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In a frenzy. : AMOK
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Constellation. : ARA
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Well-known comedian. : CAESAR
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Harass: Colloq. : RIDE
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Men in uniform. : GIS
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Part of N.Y.C. : QUEENS
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Genevieve and others: Abbr. : STES
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Spain's last queen. : ENA
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King's highway. : STREET
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Agouti's relative. : PACA
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European mining center. : RUHR
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Operatic ruler. : IGOR
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Tyrant. : NERO
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Diadems. : CROWNS
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Sigmoid. : ESS
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Start of an ancient rhyme. : OLDKINGCOLEWASA
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Queen of Carthage. : DIDO
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Requite. : AVENGE
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Poker term. : ROYALFLUSH
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Good investment. : EBOND
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King John's Magna ___. : CARTA
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Joints. : KNEES
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Peaceful. : IRENIC
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Eastern potentate. : EMIR
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Where Arif rules. : IRAQ
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St. ___s, Leeward Island. : KITT
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Valuable forage grass of the Andes. : ICHU
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Nobles. : GRANDDUKES
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Art exhibits. : SALONS
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Cucumber, for one. : PEPO
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Home, in Hannover. : HEIM
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Queen of England. : ANNE
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Disappoint. : FAIL
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Norse fate. : NORN
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Household. : MENAGE
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Fault: Fr. : DEFAUT
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Men of power. : CZARS
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Send back. : REMIT
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Palace, for one. : ABODE
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King Brian Boru's realm. : ERIN
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Sly look. : LEER
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Rarely, a legal recipient. : USEE
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Lion's pride. : MANE
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Formerly. : ERST
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Radio calls. : CQS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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