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New York Times, Monday, May 18, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 331 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,405
Across
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___ table. : DRUM
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Novel by Edna Ferber. : SOBIG
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Key way. : SLOT
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Kansas city. : IOLA
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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Nimbus. : HALO
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House style. : SPLITLEVEL
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One-tenth of an ephah. : OMER
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One of the White House beagles. : HER
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Plastic earth. : CLAY
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Chest of drawers. : LOWBOY
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Booted. : SHOD
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Tributary. : RIVER
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Exotic fruit. : PAWPAW
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Certain interior decorators. : PAPERERS
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Like college walls. : IVIED
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Soap: Fr. : SAVON
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On the ___ vive. : QUI
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Wood. : PINE
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Proofreader's mark. : CARET
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Perfume base. : MUSK
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New nation: Abbr. : ALG
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Fairy-tale bear. : BRUIN
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Idaho's capital. : BOISE
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Varnishes. : LACQUERS
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Bechsteins. : PIANOS
44
___-gurdy. : HURDY
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Loud talk. : RANT
46
Eau ___, Wisconsin. : CLAIRE
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Star in Cetus. : MIRA
49
City in Peru. : ICA
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Quarter. : COIN
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Kind of ice cream. : NEAPOLITAN
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Round: Abbr. : CIRC
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Relating to an area. : ZONAL
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In case. : LEST
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Part of 29 Down. : ISSY
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Win by ___. : ANOSE
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N. Z. parrot. : KAKA
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Platter. : DISH
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Hawser. : ROPE
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Stepson of Thor. : ULLR
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Relative of Juin. : MAI
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Yellowish. : SALLOW
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Nymph. : OREAD
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Flock of quail. : BEVY
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Dessert. : ICE
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Small earthen jar. : GALLIPOT
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Party with gifts. : SHOWER
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Decorative drapery : LAMBREQUIN
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Butterine. : OLEO
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Conservative. : TORY
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African republic: Fr. sp. : TCHAD
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Part of a range. : OVEN
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Graf ___. : SPEE
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Black and glossy. : RAVEN
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Fig tree of India. : PIPAL
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City in Old Castile. : AVILA
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Living room items. : WINGCHAIRS
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Tourists' mecca. : PARIS
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Geographical combining form. : RUSSO
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Dickens character. : SIKES
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Beaked sea fish. : SAURY
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Buffet. : CREDENZA
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Ditch. : MOAT
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Seedcase. : BURR
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Twofold. : BINAL
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Presidential middle name. : QUINCY
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Word of honor. : PAROLE
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River banks. : RIPAS
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4th cen. date. : CCCI
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Girl's name. : LOIS
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___War. : MANO
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Willow genus. : ITEA
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Container. : CASK
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Square column in a corner. : ANTA
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A thousand ages. : EON
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Kind. : ILK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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