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New York Times, Thursday, August 20, 1964

15-Across : Asian river.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,499
Across
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Cautious. : WARY
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Gossip. : BLAB
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Javits. : JACOB
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Yucca's cousin. : ALOE
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Asian river. : LENA
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Arrow poison. : URARE
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Small inlets. : RIAS
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Innovators. : AVANTGARDE
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Famous choreographer. : MASSINE
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Food: Slang. : GRUB
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Persistent one. : STICKER
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French palace. : ELYSEE
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Legal term. : RES
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Girl in a musical. : IRMA
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Business letter abbreviation. : ULT
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Worn-out. : JADED
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___ the other. : ONEOR
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Color. : DUN
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Awry. : AGEE
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Horatio. : ALGER
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School of painting. : DADA
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Haircut. : BOB
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An "airy spirit." : ARIEL
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Biologist's concern. : GENES
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___ hunch. : ONA
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Element. : NEON
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Where La Paz is: Abbr. : BOL
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Ruler of sorts. : TYRANT
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Certain pigeons. : TURBITS
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Streets near 25 Across. : RUES
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Unsophistication. : NAIVETE
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Combat fatigue. : SHELLSHOCK
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Black: Poet. : EBON
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Historic signature. : RELEE
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Heraldic band. : ORLE
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Gambling city. : RENO
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Feat. : STUNT
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Tribulations. : WOES
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Dither. : STEW
Down
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___ front. : WARM
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Word on "wanted" poster. : ALIAS
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Adverse review: Colloq. : ROAST
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Colloquial assent. : YESSIREE
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Printed forms. : BLANKS
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Sight in the South. : LEVEE
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Santa ___. : ANA
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Sudden noise. : BANG
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Vital vein. : JUGULAR
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Poetic land. : ARABY
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Convertible. : CAR
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U. S. Fort near Monterey. : ORD
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Buzzer. : BEE
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Seismologist's concern. : TREMOR
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Frozen. : ICED
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Gaping, as a corolla. : RINGENT
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African land. : SUDAN
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Baffle. : ELUDE
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Heaters. : ETNAS
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Angler's need. : REEL
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Blouse ruffle. : JABOT
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"The ___ and the Ecstasy." : AGONY
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Block. : DEBAR
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Potpourri. : OLIO
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Alpine crags. : ARETES
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Rescues. : DELIVERS
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Little ring. : ANNULET
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Asian desert. : GOBI
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Thickets. : BRAKES
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Writer of the 1920's. : ARLEN
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Colloquial word of surrender. : UNCLE
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Hebrew January. : TEBET
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British weight. : STONE
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Word with up or down. : SHOW
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Aplenty. : ENOW
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Certain students: Abbr. : SRS
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All ___ up. : HET
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Spanish gold. : ORO

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

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