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New York Times, Friday, August 16, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.7
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,129
Across
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Rio's beach. : COPA
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Social group. : CLUB
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Opera role. : FAUST
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___ end. : ATAN
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Elder: Fr. : AINE
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___ vanitas (all is vanity). : OMNIA
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Dangerous seat. : POWDERKEG
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Thane's neighbor. : LAIRD
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Endowed with feelings. : SENSATE
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America and others. : MISSES
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Musical works. : ORATORIOS
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Right-hand man: Abbr. : ASST
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Racetrack shape. : OVAL
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Unaffectedness. : EASE
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Cover again. : RECOAT
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Blown up. : ENLARGED
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Affirmative answer. : IDO
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"When a man ___ ... " : MARRIES
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Apparatus. : RIG
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Fair. : CARNIVAL
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Place of honor. : THRONE
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Wife of Joachim. : ANNE
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Historian's concern. : ERAS
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Singles. : ONES
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Charm. : ENRAPTURE
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Line of sentinels. : CORDON
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Garlands: Poet. : ANADEMS
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Nautical term. : ABAFT
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Binding two parties reciprocally. : BILATERAL
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One whose photo is in a gallery. : ROGUE
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Radar signal. : BLIP
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"___ Kleine Nachtmusik." : EINE
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Bakers' shovels. : PEELS
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Beveled edge. : CANT
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Tear. : REND
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Ammunition of a sort. : CAPS
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Plains Indian. : OTOE
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Cat's-paw. : PAWN
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"___ bed." : ANDSOTO
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Magna ___. : CARTA
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Almost: Dial. : LIKETO
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French number. : UNE
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___ the question. : BEG
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Part of a volume. : FOLIO
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Hoarder. : AMASSER
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Etats ___. : UNIS
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Equine parent. : SIRE
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Kindergartners. : TADS
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Front page box for weather report. : EAR
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Cereal grain. : MILLET
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Coincide in part (with). : OVERLAP
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Oriental title. : RANI
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Seaport in Chile. : ARICA
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Type of car. : SEDAN
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Despise. : SCORN
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Soil science: Abbr. : AGRON
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Fishing equipment. : SEINE
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Brinks. : EDGES
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"Who ___?" : AMI
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The Mitre, for one. : TAVERN
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Kind of wood. : ASH
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___ avis. : RARA
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Necessary. : NEEDFUL
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Ruminant animal. : ROEDEER
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Outcast from Red Square. : STALIN
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Reporter's needs. : NOTES
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Not likely. : UNAPT
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Uncomplimentary epithet. : RAT
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Predacious fish. : CARP
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Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
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Choler. : RAGE
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County in N. Y. : ERIE
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German writer. : MANN
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Sea ___ (motor boat). : SLED
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Initials in "telly." : BBC
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Longshoremen's group. : ILA

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

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