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New York Times, Tuesday, August 6, 1963

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,119
Across
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The "rock." : PETER
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Headline name of June 21. : PAULVI
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Cyrano's love. : ROXANE
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Grill item. : SIRLOIN
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Peaks. : APICES
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Like silver. : ARGENTAL
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Lecterns. : DESKS
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Uncle: Sp. : TIO
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Sawfish's saw. : SERRA
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Flats: Abbr. : APTS
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Eat: Fr. : MANGE
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Parts of spectacles. : RIMS
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___ grass, meadow barley. : RIE
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Carriage: Fr. : VOITURE
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Time designation: Abbr. : CST
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Splits. : SUNDERS
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Roof part. : EAVE
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Jump. : START
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Hombre's title. : SENOR
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Dutch town. : STAD
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Round number. : HUNDRED
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Not in class: Abbr. : ABS
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Certain pitches. : SLIDERS
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Prayer. : AVE
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___ XXIII. : JOHN
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Range of view. : SCOPE
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Skiing term. : STEM
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La Scala features. : ARIAS
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Chess piece: Abbr. : KNT
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Pacific islander. : MAORI
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Prepared for more picture-taking. : RELOADED
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Kind of weasel. : FERRET
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Lettuce. : ROMAINE
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Prayers. : MATINS
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Garments. : SHIRTS
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Hair net. : SNOOD
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Eugenio Pacelli. : POPEPIUS
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Alive. : EXISTENT
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Sailing maneuvers. : TACKS
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Chemical suffixes. : ENES
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Thing, in law. : RES
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West Indian canoe. : PIROGUE
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South American country: Abbr. : ARG
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Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
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Solitary individual: Slang. : LONER
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Like glass. : VITRIC
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Embraces. : INARMS
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Navigation devices. : RADARS
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See 1 Across. : SAINT
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Final. : LAST
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Asians. : TAIS
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Human beings. : MORTALS
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Typist's problem. : ERASURE
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Pois ___ (green peas). : VERTS
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Levels off. : EVENS
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German article. : DAS
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Remnant. : END
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Religious composition. : ORATORIO
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Title of respect. : REVEREND
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English novelist. : DICKENS
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Seven: Prefix. : HEPT
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Resigns. : DEMITS
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Open. : AJAR
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Weevils. : BORERS
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Battle site, 1862. : SHILOH
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Where: Sp. : DONDE
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Name in Book of Ruth. : NAOMI
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Andrea del ___, Florentine painter. : SARTO
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River into the Moselle. : SAAR
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Golden ___. : MEAN
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On ___. : DIT
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High army officers: Abbr. : FMS

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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