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New York Times, Thursday, September 7, 1961

16-Across : Capered.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 30.7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,437
Across
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Trend or course. : STREAM
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From head to toe. : CAPAPIE
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Brazilian rubber tree. : SERINGA
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One furthering a course of action. : AGITANT
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Capered. : PRANCED
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Paragon: Var. : NONSUCH
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Rose's spouse. : ABIE
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Sailor. : SEADOG
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Mauna ___. : LOA
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Irving character. : RIP
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Fetid. : OLID
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Delineate. : LIMN
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Soviet press agency. : TASS
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"Metamorphoses" author. : OVID
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Receiver. : DONEE
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Pasqueflowers. : ANEMONES
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American naval hero. : JONES
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City of Hungary. : EGER
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Praise. : LAUD
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Takes it easy. : IDLES
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Deliver. : HANDOVER
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White poplar. : ABELE
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Type of sugar. : CANE
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Repute. : NAME
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Impost. : LEVY
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Person: Colloq. : BODY
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Raises. : UPS
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Son of Bela. : IRI
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Paris or Priam. : TROJAN
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Japanese box. : INRO
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Surrenders. : GIVESUP
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Stage direction. : REENTER
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Recount. : NARRATE
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Pre-dawn status. : DARKEST
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Scoffer. : SNEERER
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Violins of a sort. : STRADS
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Slav. : SERBIAN
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Gad: Colloq. : TRAIPSE
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Russian hemp. : RINE
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Book of knowledge: Abbr. : ENC
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Middle ___. : AGES
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Remodeled. : MADEOVER
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Kind of camera. : CANDID
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"So shines ___ deed ... " : AGOOD
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Sharp sound. : PING
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Bowlers, to a cockney. : ATS
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Girl of the "Perils." : PAULINE
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Stipends. : INCOMES
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Inodorous gas. : ETHANE
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Capital of Laconia. : SPARTA
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Baba and others. : ALIS
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"Sea Wolf" author. : LONDON
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See 23 Across. : SMELLY
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Certain persons. : ONES
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Molding. : OGEE
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Mrs. Rochester. : JANE
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Nautical ropes. : LANYARDS
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Native of Portugal. : IBERIAN
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Joie ___. : DEVIVRE
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
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Bragged of. : VAUNTED
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Eugenie, for one. : EMPRESS
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Hyannis, for one. : RESORT
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Adjusts. : ALIGNS
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Barrel maker. : COOPER
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Et tu, ___. : BRUTE
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Ruler. : TSAR
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Unadulterated. : NEAT
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"___ Dinka Doo." : INKA
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Before. : ERE
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Misstate. : ERR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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