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New York Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1964

22-Across : Colorful curtain material.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 40.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,365
Across
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Shade of red. : LAKE
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Shade of green. : APPLE
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Public building: Abbr. : LIB
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Suffix denoting past action. : IZED
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Blade of grass. : SPEAR
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Transportation abbreviations. : ARRS
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Diver's gear. : LUNG
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Conqueror of the Canary Islands. : SPAIN
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___ de suite. : TOUT
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Fervid. : ARDENT
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Colorful curtain material. : CRETONNE
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Finish. : CEASE
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Novel parts: Abbr. : CHS
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Infuriate. : ANGER
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Rounded division of a leaf. : LOBULE
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___ poetica, Dante's forte. : LARTE
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Equipment for a schooner. : FORESAIL
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From ___ Z. : ATO
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Medium brown. : BUFF
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Rises. : SOARS
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Assents. : AYES
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Once ___ blue moon. : INA
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Results of sun bathing. : TANNINGS
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Atlantic coast fishes. : SCUPS
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Loathe. : DETEST
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Lily. : CALLA
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Speakers of a sort. : MCS
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Piece of music. : MARCH
51
Undisclosed, as motives. : ULTERIOR
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"With ___ and a song ... " : ASMILE
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Pelvic bones. : ILIA
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Imagine. : DREAM
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Israeli statesman. : EBAN
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Wires: Abbr. : TELS
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Kind of orange. : OSAGE
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Cut. : SAWN
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Magenta, for one. : DYE
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Shade of yellow. : LEMON
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Wagnerian heroine. : ELSA
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Spring color. : LILAC
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Sky color. : AZURE
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Kind of green. : KENDAL
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Moves away gradually: Naut. : EDGESOFF
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Right-hand man: Abbr. : ASST
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Direction in music. : PPP
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That schoolgirl complexion. : PEACHESANDCREAM
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Burrows. : LAIRS
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River of Ireland. : ERNE
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Roman goddess. : LATONA
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Hair color. : IRONGRAY
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Hair color. : BRUNETTE
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Record players, for short. : STEREOS
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Summit of Mt. Pisgah, Mt. ___. : NEBO
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High. : TALL
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Athenian demagogue, foe of Sparta. : CLEON
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___ Major. : URSA
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Zodiac sign. : ARIES
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Negative verbal contraction. : ISNT
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Pale brown. : BISCUIT
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___ for. : UNCALLED
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Imperfectly. : FAULTILY
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Natives of an Indian state. : ASSAMESE
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Former ruler. : TSAR
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Emerald and others. : GEMS
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Polite term. : PLEASE
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Pertaining to a group. : TRIBAL
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Code name. : MORSE
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Lobster's specialty. : CLAWS
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Hair coloring. : HENNA
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Golden calf. : IDOL
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Verily. : AMEN
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Bypast. : AGO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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