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New York Times, Monday, August 31, 1964

5-Down : Pennsylvania, for one.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 21.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,510
Across
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Common blight. : SLUM
5
Common contagion. : COLD
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Common ___. : SENSE
14
Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
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"The ___ Love." : ONEI
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Winged. : ALATE
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___ monde. : HAUT
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Rotterdam's river. : MAAS
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Puzzle: Colloq. : FLOOR
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"Anna and the King ___." : OFSIAM
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Fish. : DACE
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12th cen. date. : MCI
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Strange: Scot. : UNCO
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Sign of a hit. : SRO
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Fish. : PIKE
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Shares. : HASINCOMMON
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___ de sac. : CUL
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Take the prize. : WIN
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Debated. : MOOTED
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Goosefoot. : ALLSEED
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House of Churchill. : COMMONS
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Form of illicit income. : PAYOLA
42
The common ___. : MAN
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Court. : WOO
44
See 5 Down. : WILLIAMPENN
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Possessive. : HERS
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Common name for a cowboy. : TEX
52
Word in a Shaw title. : ARMS
53
Grape: Lat. : UVA
54
How surprising! : WHAT
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Man with a zax. : ROOFER
58
Day after lundi. : MARDI
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Day's end. : DUSK
62
Volume. : TOME
63
Uncommon example. : IDEAL
64
Iroquois. : ERIE
65
Graceful trees. : ELMS
66
Sports event. : DERBY
67
Lease. : RENT
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Game for three. : SKAT
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Old hunting cry. : SOHO
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Piece of sugar. : LOAF
3
In an uncommon way. : UNUSUALLY
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Morning service. : MATINS
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Pennsylvania, for one. : COMMONWEALTH
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"Three ___ match." : ONA
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Induces to believe. : LEADSON
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Pacifist's plea. : DISARM
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Baseball term. : SAFE
10
House wing. : ELL
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Name meaning "my sweetness." : NAOMI
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Common or preferred. : STOCK
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Uncanny. : EERIE
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Prefix in chemistry. : ACI
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European issue. : COMMONMARKET
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___ Penh. : PNOM
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Dance. : HULA
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Part of Scotland Yard. : CID
30
Dutch uncle. : OOM
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Mortarboard. : CAP
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Community members. : TOWNSFOLK
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Biblical place of many springs: Var. : ENON
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Decoration. : DSO
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Plants. : SOWS
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Yale. : ELI
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Aviation org. : CAA
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Hodgepodge. : MIXTURE
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Uncommon man. : LEADER
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Uncommon athlete. : PRO
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Overdramatizes: Colloq. : EMOTES
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Weather word. : HUMID
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Get around. : EVADE
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Less common. : RARER
54
Cunning. : WILY
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Mme. Bovary. : EMMA
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Sign in music. : REST
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Touch. : DAB
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Common mistake. : SIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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