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New York Times, Friday, September 1, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,431
Across
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Musical finale. : CODA
5
Course of action. : PATH
9
Tender. : OFFER
14
Way out. : EXIT
15
Fairytale ugly. : OGRE
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Sword. : BLADE
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Grizzly. : BEAR
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Dance. : REEL
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Crop-___. : EARED
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Except that. : UNLESS
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Spruces up. : SMARTENS
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Brother of Japheth. : SHEM
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Exclamation of contempt. : POH
27
Beginning of a play. : ACTONESCENEONE
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___ and cry. : HUE
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Circular area. : RADIUS
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Not ashore. : ASEA
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Shoelace tip. : AGLET
39
Where the Knesset meets: Abbr. : ISR
40
Goose. : IDIOT
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Fish. : EELS
42
Squamous. : SCALED
44
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
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Hypocrite's forte. : CROCODILETEARS
48
Oklahoma city. : ADA
49
___ not. : WHAT
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Herdsmen of a sort. : COWPOKES
55
Glide away. : ELAPSE
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Lend ___ (hearken). : ANEAR
60
Polo team. : FOUR
62
Blessing. : BOON
63
Type of fabric. : SUEDE
64
Prong. : TINE
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King of Judah. : AMON
66
Invited. : ASKED
67
Passed along smoothly. : SLID
68
Bifocal. : LENS
Down
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One of the Philippines. : CEBU
2
Bovines. : OXEN
3
Telephone. : DIAL
4
Quiescent. : ATREST
5
Lars ___. : PORSENA
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Long period. : AGE
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Tiller. : HELM
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Titania's spouse. : OBERON
10
Montana Indian. : FLATHEAD
11
Food. : FARE
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Sir Anthony. : EDEN
13
National Leaguers. : REDS
21
Scanty. : SHORT
23
Anthropoids. : APES
25
Note Florentine name. : MEDICI
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Joiner's tool. : AUGER
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Orchestral instrument. : CELLO
29
West Indian hemp. : SISAL
30
Shore bird. : CURLEW
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Willow twig. : OSIER
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Lights. : NEONS
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Breaks fast. : EATS
34
This: Lat. : HAEC
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Wild adventure. : ESCAPADE
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Utopian. : IDEAL
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Where Mt. Rushmore is: Abbr. : SDAK
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Pure: celestial. : ETHERED
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Perfumed. : ODORED
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Kettledrum. : ATABAL
50
House, in Italy. : CASA
51
Responsibility. : ONUS
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Time period. : WEEK
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Salamanders. : EFTS
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Land. : SOIL
56
Fruit. : POME
57
Early. : SOON
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River into the Danube. : ENNS
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Single: Prefix. : UNI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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