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New York Times, Friday, May 17, 1963

54-Down : Acquires: Dial.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,038
Across
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Natives of Basra. : IRAQIS
7
Chess piece. : QUEEN
12
Critic's word of faint praise. : ADEQUATE
14
One and only. : UNIQUE
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Dances akin to the rumba. : BEGUINES
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Broken off. : ABRUPT
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Wanting novelty. : BANAL
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Floor or story: Fr. : ETAGE
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Ingested. : ATE
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Inverse of 21 Across. : ETA
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Jacket facings. : LAPELS
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River dam. : WEIR
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Rhythmic cheer. : YELL
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"As you ___!" : WERE
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Couch. : DIVAN
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Geraint's helpmeet. : ENID
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Hymn tune. : CHORALE
34
Malayan canoes: Var. : PRAUS
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Dastardly deeds. : EVILS
37
Rode a coaster. : SLEDDED
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Calvados' capital. : CAEN
40
Knitted cap of double thickness. : TUQUE
41
Gelling agent. : AGAR
43
Play a game. : GOLF
47
Non-flying birds. : EMUS
48
Jumps. : STARTS
50
Through. : PER
51
Friend-at-law. : AMI
52
Relative of a gill. : QUART
53
Quartz. : AGATE
55
Roundabout road. : DETOUR
57
Novelty shop: Fr. : BOUTIQUE
59
___ Bethlehem. : STAROF
60
Fissions on Wall Street. : SPLITUPS
61
Of bluish shade. : SLATY
62
Perceives. : SENSES
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Prefigure. : IDEATE
2
Of king or kingdom. : REGNAL
3
Bluish-green. : AQUA
4
Tail feather. : QUILL
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Gaelic name. : IAN
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Imbued with. : STEEPED
7
Soft, miry places. : QUAGS
8
Cease to exist. : UNBE
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Norse Hygeia. : EIR
10
Of the same age. : EQUAEVAL
11
Marriage rites. : NUPTIALS
12
Tintern, for example. : ABBEY
13
Glyceride. : ESTER
15
Forever: Archaic. : ETERNE
20
Actor Guinness. : ALEC
24
"It's ___ child ... " : AWISE
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DC or AC system. : WIRING
27
"___ not into temptation ... " : LEADUS
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Noah's scout. : DOVE
31
Sans raiment. : NUDE
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Bridge bid. : HEART
34
Sounding leads. : PLUMMETS
35
Tit for tat. : REQUITAL
37
Suffixes with farm, home, etc. : STEADS
38
The basic facts. : DATA
39
Parts of vehicles. : CARTOPS
42
Attires. : GARBS
44
Not transparent. : OPAQUE
45
Pauses. : LETUPS
46
Releases. : FREES
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Abounding in breakers. : SURFY
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Fabric. : SATIN
52
Price: Abbr. : QUOT
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Acquires: Dial. : GITS
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___ pro nobis. : ORA
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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