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New York Times, Thursday, August 1, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.9
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,114
Across
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Unit of weight: Abbr. : CWT
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"Hamlet" character. : GHOST
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Farm enclosure. : STY
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Passed quickly. : FLEW
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Rent. : LEASE
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Every-Spring occurrence. : THAW
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Emilia's spouse. : IAGO
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Consumed. : EATEN
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Irish expletive. : ARRA
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Proverbially, they're better than one. : TWOHEADS
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Belgian resort. : OSTEND
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Man's nickname. : ARTIE
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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A not-so-young woman: Slang. : NOCHICKEN
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Sincerity. : CANDOR
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Norse god. : THOR
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Rage, in Italy. : IRA
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21, and others. : AGES
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Clear sky. : ETHER
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Cuckoo birds. : ANIS
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Cheer. : RAH
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Piece of land. : ACRE
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Lump of precious metal. : NUGGET
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Early golf costume. : PLUSFOURS
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Fresh. : SASSY
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Bête ___. : NOIRE
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Ancient Hebrew measure. : OMER
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"The ___ the Black." : REDAND
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A winning hand. : FOURACES
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Yeast. : BARM
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Noted actor. : EVANS
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Left. : GONE
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Conversational cliché. : ISEE
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Remove the upper deck (of a ship). : RAZEE
63
"The Bell Song." : ARIA
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Certain scores. : TDS
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Bergen's Mortimer. : SNERD
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England's airmen. : RAF
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Talon. : CLAW
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"And away ___!" : WEGO
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"I've only got ___." : TWOHANDS
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Reap. : GLEAN
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Kind of collision. : HEADON
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Important crop. : OATS
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Compass point. : SSE
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Wind instrument. : TENORHORN
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Quiescent. : STATIC
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Christmas pageant figures. : THREEKINGS
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Tale. : YARN
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Proper. : FIT
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Roll of papers. : WAD
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Greek goddess of war. : ENYO
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Furor. : STIR
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Pain. : ACHE
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Steep hill. : SCARP
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Language of the Philippines. : TAGAL
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Pounds in 1 Across. : ONEHUNDRED
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Different. : OTHER
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Indians. : ERIES
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Unpleasant, as weather. : NASTY
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Musical instruments. : RECORDERS
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Factual. : TRUE
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Gelatinous product. : AGARAGAR
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___ de (in order to): Fr. : AFIN
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Consumer. : USER
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One of the Forsytes. : SOAMES
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Oklahoman. : SOONER
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Meditated. : MUSED
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Baseball category. : RBI
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___ Indian. : EAST
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Disconcert: Colloq. : FAZE
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Cooper heroine. : CORA
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Star in Pegasus. : ENIF
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Guppies' habitat. : SEA
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Vehicle. : VAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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