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New York Times, Saturday, September 23, 1961

10-Down : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 32.4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,453
Across
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Plane of 1914. : SPAD
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Melville title. : OMOO
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Thin layer of metal. : LEAF
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End: Prefix. : TELO
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___-mell. : PELL
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Cancel. : ANNUL
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Made over. : REMODELED
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Not well. : BADLY
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Guest chambers. : SPAREROOMS
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Virile. : MALE
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What TV cameras do. : SCAN
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In a jaunty manner. : AIRILY
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Colorful fabrics. : BATIKS
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Sound of aversion. : UGH
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Head area. : SCALP
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Ranked. : RATED
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Mrs. in Spain. : SRA
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"I can not ___ lie." : TELLA
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Ibsen character. : ASE
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Plant shoot. : SCION
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Astronaut's "first-rate." : AOK
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Lowest point. : NADIR
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Defrosts. : THAWS
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Certain fielders: Abbr. : RFS
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Speaker of baseball. : TRIS
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Girl's name. : JOANNE
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Character in "Othello." : CASSIO
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Opposite of Junr. : SENR
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ALBA
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Atom charged both positively and negatively. : ZWITTERION
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Floats. : BUOYS
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Ethiopia. : ABYSSINIA
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Revile. : ABUSE
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Qui ___? (who goes there?): Fr. : VALA
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Forget-me-___. : NOTS
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Pack away. : STOW
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Solitary: Prefix. : EREM
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Insect. : GNAT
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Vessels: Abbr. : STRS
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Hasty look. : PEEP
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Threshold. : DOORSILL
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"Girl of the Golden West" and others. : OPERAS
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Honeydew. : MELON
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Target of art thief. : OLDMASTER
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Workshop. : LAB
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As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Native of Spain. : ANDALUSIAN
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Mature. : FULLYGROWN
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Caustic. : LYE
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Garments called "clam diggers." : DECKPANTS
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Building plot. : SITE
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Canaveral specialties. : REDSTONES
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Spectral type, in astrophysics. : BSTAR
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Card called puppyfoot. : ACEOFCLUBS
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Gossips. : TALKSABOUT
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Desert spot. : OASIS
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Old-time guild. : HANSE
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Sound channel. : RADIOWAVE
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Burning up. : CHARRING
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Goldwater's state: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Beachcomber's find. : JETSAM
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Right of decision. : SAYSO
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Fashion. : STYLE
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Arab's garb. : ABA
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Steel beam. : IBAR
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"Coming ___ a wing and a prayer." : INON
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Kyushu port. : OITA
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Famous cartoonist. : NAST
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Hem. : SEW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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