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New York Times, Friday, June 9, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 11.3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,347
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Speak in an irritated tone. : RASP
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U. S. naval base on Guam. : APRA
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Tie. : ASCOT
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To me: Fr. : AMOI
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The Meuse in the Netherlands. : MAAS
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"She is the darling of my heart." : SALLY
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Missionary, O.S.S. man in W. W. II. : JOHNBIRCH
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"It takes ___ o' livin' ... " : AHEAP
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Community life. : SOCIETY
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French weight. : GRAMME
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Coffee ___. : URN
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Former French Premier. : FAURE
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Fragments. : SHARDS
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Diction. : PARLANCE
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English novelist. : WELLS
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Medieval poet. : DANTE
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Chinese tea. : CHA
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Architectural items. : ELLS
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Sudden roll. : LURCH
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___ ex machina. : DEUS
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Period. : DOT
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Hunter's device. : DECOY
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Courage. : HEART
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Heavenly. : ETHEREAL
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Certain Southerners. : CAJUNS
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Oust. : EVICT
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Thomas Mann hero. : JOSEPH
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13th century French king. : STLOUIS
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___ doing (active). : UPAND
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Relatives of the finch. : CARDINALS
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Useful kitchen device. : TIMER
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American novelist. : AGEE
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Out at the elbows. : SEEDY
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___ War. : BOER
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Viscous. : ROPY
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Reign, in India. : RAJ
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Book of the Bible. : AMOS
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Part of London. : SOHO
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Preliminary step in a hairdo. : PINCURLS
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City on the Somme. : AMIENS
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Member. : PART
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Pungent. : RACY
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Shade tree. : ASH
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Ordinarily. : ASARULE
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Part of Africa. : SAHARA
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"The Tiger." : CLEMENCEAU
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Hebrew term for the universe. : OLAM
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Roman, for example. : TYPE
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Badminton gear. : BIRDS
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Caleb ___, in "Middlemarch." : GARTH
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Of particular excellence. : FANCY
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Nobel, for instance. : SWEDE
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Serf of ancient Sparta. : HELOT
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Nevertheless. : ALLTHESAME
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Oral. : PAROL
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Stir violently. : CHURN
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Bridge hands. : EASTS
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Former coin of Europe. : DUCAT
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Sycophant. : LEECH
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Breakfast in Paris. : DEJEUNER
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Designating certain fabrics. : DRIPDRY
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Asian capital. : HANOI
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Made level. : EVENED
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Typical weather forecast. : COLDER
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Projects. : JUTS
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English portrait painter, 18th century. : OPIE
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Kind of starch. : SAGO
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Catalpa. : TREE
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Shakespearean character. : IAGO
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Blow. : SLAP
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Traveler's aid. : CAB
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Roguish. : SLY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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