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New York Times, Saturday, March 7, 1964

53-Down : Year in Trajan's reign.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,333
Across
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Fiber plants. : HEMPS
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Certain statesmen: Abbr. : AMBS
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Pack away. : STOW
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Shakespearean role. : ARIEL
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Character. : SORT
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She-bear: Lat. : URSA
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Woman, in Italy. : DONNA
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Monotonous round of work. : TREADMILL
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Ready one. : JOHNNYONTHESPOT
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Baseball great. : OTT
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Look over. : SCAN
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At that time. : THEN
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Civil War president. : DAVIS
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City official: Abbr. : ALD
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Spread out lazily. : SPRAWL
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Playboy. : GOODTIMECHARLIE
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City in Illinois. : AURORA
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Trite humor: Slang. : CORN
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Little: Suffix. : ULE
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Little: Prefix. : STENO
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Benefit. : HELP
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Between birdie and bogey. : PAR
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Charge. : FEE
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Versatile one. : JACKOFALLTRADES
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Imperceptible. : INVISIBLE
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Article of clothing. : GLOVE
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Of no legal force. : VOID
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Joshes. : RIBS
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Fur. : OTTER
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City in Oklahoma. : ENID
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Facility. : EASE
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Thither. : THERE
Down
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Viet ___. : MINH
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Long, narrow flag. : PENNON
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Incline. : SLANT
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Time of day: Poet. : MORN
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Frenchman. : BRETON
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Steel: Ger. : STAHL
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Homework. : SUMS
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Step lightly. : TRIP
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City in Scandinavia. : OSLO
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First name in poetry. : WALT
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Poker face. : DEADPAN
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Heavy white powder, in chemistry. : YTTRIA
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Stories. : SAGAS
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Hit: Colloq. : CLOUT
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Revere. : ADORE
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Pronoun. : HIM
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Chosen. : ELECT
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Treasure. : VALUE
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Volunteer's words. : IWILL
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Lullaby theme. : SLEEP
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One of the Fates. : ATROPOS
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Short ___. : SHRIFT
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Oxford fellow. : DON
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Bird sound. : COO
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Asian peninsula. : ARABIA
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Part of HEW. : HEALTH
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Burning. : AFIRE
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Grain fungus. : ERGOT
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Swing music: Slang. : JIVE
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Partner of 58 Down. : ANON
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Year in Trajan's reign. : CVII
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British privateer. : KIDD
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College degrees. : LLBS
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___ majesty. : LESE
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Be overfond of (with "on"). : DOTE
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At all. : EVER
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Withered. : SERE

Answer summary:
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