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New York Times, Tuesday, July 7, 1964

55-Across : Companion of waifs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,455
Across
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Famous Elihu. : YALE
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Few. : SOME
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In the least. : ATALL
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Gulf of the Arabian Sea. : ADEN
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Verve. : ELAN
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Oriental inn. : SERAI
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Certain poems. : QUATRAINS
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River near Twin Falls. : SNAKE
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Marine monogram. : USS
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Relative of raven. : EBON
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Resounded. : PEALED
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Cornell's city. : ITHACA
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Curved inward, as a parrot's beak. : ADUNC
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Command to a dog team. : MUSH
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Understanding. : ENTENTE
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Acrobatic tricks. : SOMERSAULTS
37
French version of U.S.A. : EUA
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Courageous one. : LION
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Large container. : VAT
40
Watch pockets. : FOBS
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Balaam's adviser. : ASS
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Opposite to. : OVERAGAINST
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The winner, supposedly. : BESTMAN
48
Avoid. : SHUN
49
Blusters. : RANTS
51
Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Companion of waifs. : STRAYS
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Ancient Irish city. : TARA
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Caviar. : ROE
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Flower. : PEONY
62
Certain thieves. : PICKLOCKS
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Ancient African city. : UTICA
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Opposed. : ANTI
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Make keen. : WHET
67
Cut, on galleys. : DELED
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Musial. : STAN
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Full of streaks. : LINY
Down
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Mexican Indian. : YAQUI
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Kick up ___. : ADUST
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Canine item. : LEASH
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Common suffix. : ENT
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Fish. : SEABASS
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Melange. : OLIO
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Divine sustenance. : MANNA
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Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
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Concurs. : ASSENTS
10
Card holding. : TENACE
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Crimson color. : LAKE
13
German song. : LIED
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Happen again. : RECUR
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Boat. : PUNT
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Verily. : AMEN
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River mouths. : DELTAS
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Negative verb form. : HAVENT
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Element. : NEON
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Bathes. : TUBS
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Direction. : EAST
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Chunk. : SLAB
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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___ rose. : MOSS
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Egypt's alliance. : UAR
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Swimmer's aids. : FINS
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Caliph of Spanish dynasty, 756. : OMAYYAD
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Trucks. : VANS
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Kind of pickle. : GHERKIN
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Of the ear. : AURAL
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Daydream's cousin. : TRANCE
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Limitation. : STINT
52
First: Prefix. : ARCHI
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Symbol. : TOKEN
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Piquant. : ZESTY
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Vegetable: Colloq. : SPUD
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Displease. : ROIL
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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___ de Calais. : PAS
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Bird. : OWL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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