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New York Times, Wednesday, June 5, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,057
Across
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Whaler captain. : AHAB
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Sphere. : REALM
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Preposition. : INTO
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Stage name. : MUNI
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Saturate. : IMBUE
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Kind of ball. : FOUL
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Wrap around. : BIND
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Assailable. : VULNERABLE
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Old-time tracks for foot races. : STADIA
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"___, Brute!" : ETTU
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Labor group. : ILO
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One of Degas' names. : EDGAR
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Decrees. : IRADES
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Menu items. : ENTREES
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___ much as. : INAS
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Pester. : TEASE
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One of its kind. : SINGLETON
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Weapon. : ARM
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Checks. : CURBS
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In the past. : AGO
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Winner. : TOPSCORER
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Writer on bridge. : GOREN
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Dial ___. : TONE
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Glides away. : ELAPSES
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Follow. : RESULT
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Ancient official. : EDILE
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German composer. : ABT
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City W of Algiers. : ORAN
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Major or minor ___. : TENACE
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N.Y. Regional, for instance. : TOURNAMENT
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Mountain goat. : IBEX
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Historic isle. : ELBA
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Shade of red. : CORAL
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Chef's specialty. : DISH
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Figure of speech. : TROPE
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Died: Ger. abbr. : GEST
Down
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Envoys: Abbr. : AMBS
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Eight: Fr. : HUIT
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One of the Roosevelts. : ANNA
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People at a 60 Across. : BIDDERS
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River bank: Archaic. : RIVAGE
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Second largest existing bird. : EMU
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More qualified. : ABLER
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Stage name. : LUNT
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U. N.'s forte. : MEETINGS
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"___ body meet a body ... " : IFA
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Pass. : NOBID
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Net. : TULLE
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Grocery items. : OLEOS
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Bucolic. : RURAL
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___ fixe. : IDEE
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Convince. : ASSURE
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Ibsen girl. : ASE
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Proverbial fiddler. : NERO
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Drive down. : TAMP
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Deeply ingrained. : INBRED
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High dudgeon. : IRE
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Certain captains. : TARS
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Molding. : OGEE
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Common prefixes. : NONS
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Shrink. : CONTRACT
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Man's nickname. : STU
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Punctuation mark. : COLON
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Burst of laughter. : GALE
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Breach. : OPENING
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___ slam. : LITTLE
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Deserved: Colloq. : RATED
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"Christ Stopped at ___." : EBOLI
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Rain checks. : STUBS
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January, in Spain. : ENERO
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Cupid, in art. : AMOR
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Famed theatrical role. : ABIE
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Tax, Irish style. : CESS
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Highway sign. : EXIT
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Huzza! : RAH
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Siesta. : NAP

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

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