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New York Times, Tuesday, June 4, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,056
Across
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Futile: Slang. : NODICE
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Drapery stuff. : CHINTZ
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Marjoram. : OREGANO
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Sea N of Australia. : ARAFURA
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Old-fashioned girl. : DAMOSEL
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Large lizard. : MONITOR
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English isle. : ELY
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Cree, for one. : AMERIND
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Vichy. : SPA
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Stealthy. : SLY
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Figures (out): Slang. : DOPES
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Mother of Seth. : EVE
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Peace and quiet. : ORDER
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Dmitri's brother. : IVAN
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Article. : THE
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Come forth. : EMERGE
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Blankets of a sort. : SERAPES
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Forebode. : PRESAGE
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Minos, for instance. : CRETAN
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Shoe. : TIE
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European country: Abbr. : SWED
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Important industry. : STEEL
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Part of the "woodpile." : BAT
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Tears. : RENDS
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Insignificant. : SMALL
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From: Ger. : AUS
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Wane. : EBB
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Hibernia. : IRELAND
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Bashkir's capital. : UFA
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Scalp locks of a sort. : TOUPEES
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Enigmatic sayings. : RIDDLES
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Blotter entries. : ARRESTS
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Patroness of Quebec. : STEANNE
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Envoy. : LEGATE
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Fleet of 1588. : ARMADA
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Stem joint. : NODE
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Size of paper. : DEMY
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"___ to prepare a place ... " : IGO
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Octogenarian musician. : CASALS
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Adversary. : ENEMY
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Beldam. : CRONE
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Appropriate. : HANDSOME
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"___ loved you ... " : IFI
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Dinner finale. : NUTS
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Too much: Fr. : TROP
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Dalmatian seaport. : ZARA
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Diminutive suffix. : OLE
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Chemical compound. : AMIDE
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Split. : RIVE
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Legislative bodies. : SENATES
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Braids. : TRESSES
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Thin round plates. : DISCS
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Unconcealed. : OVERT
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Gay city. : PAREE
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Interrogative utterances. : EHS
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Traced. : DRAWN
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Incited (with "on"). : EGGED
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Certain musical instruments. : REEDS
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Numeral. : TEN
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Before. : ERE
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Most prosperous. : PALMIEST
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Hole. : PIT
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Lofty. : TALL
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Pronounce holy. : BLESS
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Part of an airplane. : RUDDER
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Craggy place. : ARETE
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Santa ___. : ANITA
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And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Caliber. : BORE
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Town: Colloq. : BURG
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___ poetica. : ARS
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Ward (off). : FEND
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On the deep. : ASEA
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Sweet ___. : PEA
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Shasta, for one. : DAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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