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New York Times, Thursday, December 3, 1964

48-Down : ___ fide.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 21.9
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,604
Across
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Beach structure. : CABANA
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Lake in Oregon. : CRATER
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Applicable to the whole. : GENERAL
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Takes away. : REMOVES
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Impress deeply. : ENGRAVE
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Expressing feeling. : EMOTIVE
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Everlasting: Poet. : ETERNE
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Old-time wagon. : WAIN
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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River across Arizona. : GILA
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Structure to support an aerial. : MAST
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Substantive word. : TERM
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Terre ___. : HAUTE
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Valse. : DANSE
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Treat with excessive care. : WETNURSE
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Heed. : LISTEN
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Prohibit. : INTERDICT
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For each. : APIECE
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Fresh-water fish. : PICKEREL
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The LBJ in Texas. : RANCH
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Jaunty. : COCKY
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Doctors' group. : AMA
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With no second opportunity. : ONCE
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Yellow substance. : YOLK
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Part of a Homburg. : BRIM
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Indian. : UTE
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Hawaiian feather cloak. : MAMO
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"Plumed knight" of 1876. : BLAINE
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Depression. : SINKAGE
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Bedew. : MOISTEN
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Prepared fodder for storage. : ENSILED
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One kind of coffee. : INSTANT
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Folks. : GENTRY
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Potential. : LATENT
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Part of a franc. : CENTIME
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Old English coin. : ANGELET
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Athlete with new job. : BERRA
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Islands off Galway. : ARAN
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Hub of a wheel. : NAVE
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Pothouse specialty. : ALE
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Wrinkle. : CREASE
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Postpone. : REMIT
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Egyptian deity. : AMON
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Rompers wearer. : TOT
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Manifest. : EVIDENT
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Offensive play in football. : REVERSE
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Bauble: Var. : GEEGAW
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Mates, for example. : SEAMEN
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Pool game. : WATERPOLO
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Thalia, for one. : MUSE
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Experience. : TASTE
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Intuitive feeling: Colloq. : HUNCH
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Commedia dell'___. : ARTE
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Shirtfront of a kind. : DICKY
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Son's cousin. : NIECE
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Partner of a promise. : LICK
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Sleuth of a sort. : DICK
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Excite. : AROUSE
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Athirst. : PANTING
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Pleasing fragrance. : INCENSE
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River in central New Jersey. : RARITAN
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Noteworthy. : EMINENT
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Deplore strongly. : LAMENT
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Broadway specialty. : COMEDY
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Bird of the gull family: Var. : YAGER
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Sew. : BASTE
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Brewer's material. : MALT
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___ fide. : BONA
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Enumerate. : LIST
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Clan. : KIN
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1/1000 inch. : MIL

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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