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New York Times, Friday, September 15, 1961

45-Down : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 12.2
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,445
Across
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Portend. : BODE
5
Exhort. : URGE
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Bitter. : ACRID
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Plot of land. : ACRE
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Time of day. : NOON
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Bull: Prefix. : TAURO
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Pitman or Gregg. : SHORTHAND
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What "to err" is. : HUMAN
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Hesitant sounds. : ERS
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Trick. : RUSE
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Peter Stuyvesant, for one. : PEGLEG
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Shortcake. : DESSERT
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Eastern ruler. : SHAH
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Bonnet. : HAT
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Hires. : CHARTERS
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Religious title. : ABBOT
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Baseball player. : SHORTSTOP
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Shift. : VEER
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Prince Charles' school. : CHEAM
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Type of dance. : HULA
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Region of U. S. : EASTCOAST
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Mr. ___, end man. : BONES
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Stop abruptly. : CUTSHORT
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Through. : PER
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Sea fish. : HAKE
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Lords. : MASTERS
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Bespangled. : STARRY
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___ bag. : TOTE
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Born. : NEE
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Student. : PUPIL
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Stock market item. : SHORTSALE
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What ___! : ALIFE
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Flying prefix. : AERO
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Irritable. : TESTY
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French city. : CAEN
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Sympathy. : PITY
Down
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Founded. : BASED
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Pigment. : OCHRE
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Slag. : DROSS
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Suffix used with profit. : EER
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Intact. : UNHURT
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Main dish. : ROAST
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Disappeared. : GONE
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Goal. : END
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Fundamentally. : ATHEART
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Found wanting. : CAUGHTSHORT
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Father of the pay-as-you-go tax. : RUML
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Dies ___. : IRAE
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Bell sound. : DONG
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Handle. : TREAT
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Drugstore: Abbr. : PHARM
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Little or no mercy. : SHORTSHRIFT
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Young pig. : SHOAT
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Money box. : CHEST
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Vingt-___. : ETUN
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Part in a play. : ROLE
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Mineral springs. : SPAS
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Boy friend. : BEAU
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Utmost. : BEST
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Portion. : SHARE
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Gingersnap. : COOKY
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Man with a well-known aunt. : CHARLEY
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Surrounded. : BESET
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Sponsor. : PATRON
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Irish poet. : MOORE
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As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Ignited again. : RELIT
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Threadbare. : SEEDY
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Quarrel. : SPAT
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Bulrush. : TULE
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Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
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Tea plant. : THEA
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Indian. : SAC
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Vital fluid. : SAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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