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New York Times, Wednesday, June 7, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.6
David Steinberg notes:

Entry for 38-Across—NOVAS—was clued as "New stars." Although the name "nova" means "new," novas aren't new—they occur after a star becomes a neutron star, which happens rather late in a star's life.

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,345
Across
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"And ___ with golden hair." : EDITH
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Coin receptor. : SLOT
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Currency. : MONEY
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Tree trunk. : BOLE
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Ale mug. : TOBY
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Softened the sound of. : MUTED
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Paris airport. : ORLY
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Religious painting. : ICON
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Common verb. : ARE
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The common folk. : RANKANDFILE
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Unhesitant. : READY
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Garage purchase. : OIL
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Road, in Spain. : CAMINO
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State of satiation. : FULNESS
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Ward off. : AVERT
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Afternoon, in Spain. : TARDE
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Dickens character. : PIP
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Do nothing. : LAZE
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New stars. : NOVAS
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Completed. : DONE
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Well-known nickname in Hollywood. : LIZ
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Song rendered by waits, in England. : CAROL
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Naval navigation system. : LORAN
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Finder. : LOCATOR
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European swallow. : MARTIN
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Mohammed ___. : ALI
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Yucatan Indians. : MAYAS
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Man in the upper brackets. : MILLIONAIRE
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"For ___ going to marry Yum-Yum ... " : HES
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Fragrant ointment. : NARD
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Turn to one side. : TWIST
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Portico. : STOA
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Tolstoi heroine. : ANNA
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Ankle bones. : TARSI
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Displacement units. : TONS
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Asian country, pop. 3,000,000. : LAOS
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Walk in. : ENTER
Down
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Austen heroine. : EMMA
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Forbidding. : DOUR
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Short instrumental composition. : INTERMEZZO
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Part of a golf course. : TEE
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Part of the street scene. : HYDRANT
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Durable wood. : EBONY
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Profession. : WORK
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She: Span. : ELLA
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Celebrated portrait painter, 18th cen. : REYNOLDS
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Choke off. : STIFLE
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Places. : LOCI
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1/6 drachma. : OBOL
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Hexham's river. : TYNE
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Pother. : ADO
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Feast. : DINE
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Where the Boyne River flows. : EIRE
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Demand. : CALL
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Use. : AVAIL
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Party treat. : FAVOR
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1,400-mile river into the Caspian. : URAL
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Garment for casual wear. : SPORTSHIRT
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Biblical mountain. : SINAI
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Spanish bull. : TORO
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Founder of a state. : PENN
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One of the Leagues. : NATIONAL
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Dickens heroine. : DORA
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Colombian city. : CALI
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Outfit for the youngest. : LAYETTE
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Singing star. : CALLAS
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Damage. : MAR
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Legendary king. : MIDAS
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Before the ___ (as a common seaman). : MAST
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Break ___ (enter forcibly). : INTO
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Celebrity. : LION
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Zola heroine. : NANA
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Cartoonist Peter. : ARNO
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Being: Lat. : ESSE
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Activate. : STIR
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Pale. : WAN

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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