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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 42.8
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,528
Across
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Golf club. : SPOON
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Hawthorne's birthplace. : SALEM
11
Light river boat. : SHALLOP
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Back to back. : DOSADOS
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Rhine siren. : LORELEI
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Flag material. : ETAMINE
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Negligible crumb. : ORT
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Rarin' to go. : ALLSET
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Harrow's rival. : ETON
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Oklahoma tribe. : OTOS
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Rarely. : SELDOM
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Here: Fr. : ICI
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Famous Quaker family. : PENNS
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Girl: Colloq. : SIS
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Sea island. : ATOLL
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Approaches furtively. : SNEAKSUP
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Plains Indian. : PAWNEE
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Retain. : KEEP
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Man of mettle. : HERO
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Disseminated. : STREWN
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The single life. : CELIBACY
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Transitory state. : PHASE
44
In favor of. : FOR
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Scriptures. : BIBLE
46
West Indies liquor. : RUM
47
___ bead on (aims at). : DRAWSA
50
Oxfords. : TIES
51
Bobbles. : ERRS
53
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1093–1109. : ANSELM
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Group of whales. : GAM
56
Letting up. : ABATING
58
Fourth Sunday in Lent. : LAETARE
60
Century units. : DECADES
61
Atom splitting. : FISSION
62
Marsh plant of India. : REREE
63
Book holder. : SHELF
Down
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Abridge. : SHORTEN
2
Section of a book. : PARTONE
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"Bravo!" in Barcelona. : OLE
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Jar in Acapulco. : OLLA
5
Nativity songs. : NOELS
6
___ voce. : SOTTO
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Quick ___ wink. : ASA
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Poor, as an excuse. : LAME
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A printing. : EDITION
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Eyeglass. : MONOCLE
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Sailboats. : SLOOPS
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Amasses. : PILESUP
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Legal papers. : DEEDS
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Decrepit. : SENILE
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Garment. : SLIP
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Winds in and out. : SNAKES
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Jewish evening liturgy. : MAARIB
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Twisted. : SKEWED
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Picayune: Colloq. : TWOBIT
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Coin in Tokio. : SEN
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Word element meaning "clay." : PEL
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Reflexive pronoun. : HERSELF
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Wing span. : SPREAD
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"Carnival" creator. : THURBER
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Headlong rush: Scot. : RAMRACE
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Sacred ___. : COWS
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John Adams' wife. : ABIGAIL
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Steer ___ (avoid). : CLEAROF
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Sycophants of a sort. : YESMEN
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Serpent's teeth. : FANGS
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Noblewoman of New Delhi. : RANEE
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Asian mountains. : ALAIS
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One in the limelight. : STAR
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Entangle. : MESH
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Carplike fish. : IDE
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Name after Mao. : TSE

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

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