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New York Times, Monday, December 7, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,608
Across
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Minnows. : BAIT
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Force. : IMPEL
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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North woods prey. : MOOSE
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Campus area: Colloq. : QUAD
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Persuasive. : SOFTSPOKEN
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Heavenly bear. : URSA
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Affirmative phrase. : IDO
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Roll call response. : HERE
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Comfortably warmed. : TOASTY
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Niebuhr's forte. : SERMONS
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Speakers' forte. : DAIS
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Grassland: Poet. : MEAD
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Awning. : SUNSHADE
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Deep-blue glass. : SMALT
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Ancient Iranian. : MEDE
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___ Moines. : DES
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Common solecism. : AINT
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S. American capital. : QUITO
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Relative of ibidem. : IDEM
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Railroad abbreviation. : FRT
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Potential baby sitter. : AUNT
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Wading birds. : SNIPE
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Start of an old-time campaign song. : EASTSIDE
45
Quips. : MOTS
46
Increase. : RISE
47
Ancient Cretans. : MINOANS
50
Spread out. : UNFURL
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___ soit qui mal y pense. : HONI
54
Neckwear. : BOA
55
African republic. : MALI
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Mencken, for one. : ICONOCLAST
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Reduces to a state of confusion. : PIES
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Saltpeter. : NITER
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Rose's husband. : ABIE
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Bridge bid. : SLAM
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Jane and Zane. : GREYS
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Poet. : BARD
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Groundwork. : BASIS
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Electrical term. : ANODE
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Notifiers. : INFORMANTS
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Kid. : TOT
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Be near at hand. : IMPEND
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North Africans. : MOORS
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Part of a bonnet. : POKE
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Native: Suffix. : ESE
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Becoming slower, in music. : LENTANDO
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Game. : SQUASH
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French version of 19 Across. : OURS
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Expeditious. : FAST
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Call it ___. : ADAY
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Young pig. : SHOAT
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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Blend. : MELT
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Kind of song. : DUET
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Strike with force. : SMITE
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African capital. : ADDISABABA
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Abstruse. : DEEP
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Girl's name. : ESME
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Jewel case of a sort. : SAFE
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Star in Cetus. : MIRA
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Vidkun of Norway. : QUISLING
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Wavy, in heraldry. : UNDE
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Toward the center. : INTO
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District in Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
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___ boom. : SONIC
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Axiom. : TRUISM
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Ball clubs of a sort. : MINORS
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Fives and tens. : MONEY
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Opposite of 20 Across. : NOSIR
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Made replete. : SATED
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Arbiters: Colloq. : UMPS
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Much-polished object. : NAIL
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Chigger. : FLEA
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Table d'___. : HOTE
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About: Abbr. : CIR
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Student's workroom. : LAB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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