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New York Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B F J Q }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.2
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,105
Across
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Alone: Prefix. : SOLI
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Ship employes. : STEWARDS
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Piece of furniture. : DIVAN
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Watch. : TIMEPIECE
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Theater. : ODEON
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Sparkled with color. : IRIDESCED
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Sea swallow. : TERN
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Hebrides resident. : SCOT
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Inclines. : LEANS
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Table scrap. : ORT
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Diminutive suffix. : OCK
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Theater passage. : AISLE
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"Full of strange ___ ... " : OATHS
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Steer clear of. : SHUN
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Golden rule. : MAXIM
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Astronomer, so to speak. : STARGAZER
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The same. : IDEM
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Hello or goodbye. : ALOHA
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Historic ship. : NINA
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___ doornail. : ASDEADASA
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Inflamed. : ANGRY
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Service ceremonial. : TAPS
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Square. : PLAZA
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Evergreen tree. : CEDAR
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Popular game. : TAG
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Fitting. : APT
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Bactrian. : CAMEL
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Per ___. : DIEM
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Successor to the Cheka. : OGPU
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One aim of public relations. : PROMOTION
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Radio tube gas. : ARGON
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Vintage movies. : LATESHOWS
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River into the Rhone. : ISERE
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Mosaic tiles. : TESSERAE
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Satirist Sahl. : MORT
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Certain detours. : SIDEROADS
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Strained. : OVERTAXED
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City in northern France. : LAON
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Lodge. : INN
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___ up for. : STICK
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Neophyte. : TIRO
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Discharge. : EMIT
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Calendar abbreviation. : WED
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Small gorilla. : APELING
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Comes to the surface. : RISES
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Transfer design. : DECAL
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Locale. : SCENE
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___ death (slay). : DOTO
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Mss. workers. : EDS
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Balances: Abbr. : SCS
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Electrical unit. : OHM
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Atmosphere. : AURA
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Occasion. : TIME
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Term in geology. : STOSS
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Sound of amusement. : HAHA
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Italian possessive. : MIA
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Suddenly: Colloq. : SLAP
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Tutor for Mongkut's children. : ANNA
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Weaver of a sort. : ZIGZAGGER
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Sympathetic: Fr. : ENRAPPORT
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Manta. : RAY
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Bewildered. : ATALOSS
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School study: Abbr. : ALG
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Jack of clubs. : PAM
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3.17 grains. : CARAT
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Play-act, in a way. : EMOTE
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Ancient Greek townships. : DEMES
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Perfect or imperfect. : TENSE
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In ___ (in agreement). : TUNE
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Army man: Abbr. : CPL
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Famous couturier. : DIOR
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Sioux tribe. : IOWA
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Thereabouts. : ORSO
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All to ___ good. : THE
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Intention. : AIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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