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New York Times, Wednesday, June 21, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,359
Across
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Bismarck. : OTTO
5
Gem. : OPAL
9
Award never won by Garbo. : OSCAR
14
High time. : NOON
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___ avis. : RARA
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Dwarf. : STUNT
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Stake. : ANTE
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Governor in Juneau. : EGAN
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Coast S of Campobello. : MAINE
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"The ___," Julie Harris vehicle. : YOUNGANDFAIR
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Worker. : PEON
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Author of "Buddenbrooks." : MANN
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Flower part. : STAMEN
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Czechoslovakian spa. : CARLSBAD
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
33
Welsh ___, Princess Anne's pet dog. : CORGI
34
Season for the Riviera. : ETE
35
Sadie Thompson's saga. : RAIN
36
Swindle: Colloq. : BUNKO
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Type of machine. : SLOT
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Within: Comb. form. : ESO
39
Hounds' prey. : HARES
40
Movie take. : SCENE
41
Heated arguments, in baseball lingo. : RHUBARBS
43
Window. : DORMER
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Arranges deceptively. : RIGS
45
El ___. : PASO
46
She played "The Farmer's Daughter." : LORETTAYOUNG
50
Hair net. : SNOOD
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Oven. : OAST
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Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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Recent winner of 2 Down (first name). : TAMMY
56
Defense alliance. : NATO
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Cheerful expression. : GRIN
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Waterfowl. : GEESE
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Ardor. : ELAN
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Television award. : EMMY
Down
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___ shoestring. : ONA
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Theatre award. : TONY
3
Italian comedian. : TOTO
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Type of "ship" by Stephen Potter. : ONEUPMAN
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Where Corvallis is. : OREGON
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Heathen. : PAGAN
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Irish island group. : ARAN
8
Events which mark turning points in a period. : LANDMARKS
9
Turk. : OSMANLI
10
Pigments. : STAINS
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Leather: Fr. : CUIR
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Actress Sheridan. : ANN
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Map abbreviation. : RTE
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Lack. : NEED
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City in North Dakota. : FARGO
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More distressed. : SORER
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Nonsense. : TRASH
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Vowels. : AEIOU
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Geometric solids. : CONES
29
City in Brazil. : BELEM
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Agreed. : ATONE
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Hinder. : DETER
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Part of the sidewalk scene. : CURBSTONE
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Large pleasure boat. : BARGE
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Cadge or sponge. : SCROUNGE
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Beauty parlor best seller. : HAIRDYE
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Fair. : SOSO
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Sweeps. : BROOMS
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City in Ohio. : DAYTON
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Italian staple. : PASTA
46
Capital of Togoland. : LOME
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Afrikaans. : TAAL
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Standard. : NORM
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Resolute. : GRIM
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Kind of silver: Abbr. : STG
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Scot's negative. : NAE
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One or all. : ANY

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

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