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New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 1964

57-Across : Hero.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,536
Across
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Paisley. : SHAWL
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Point of land. : SPIT
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Decree. : FIAT
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Armed ___. : TOTHETEETH
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Australian parrot. : LORY
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Beyond the scope of. : OUTOFRANGE
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Break ___! : ITUP
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Peace Prize winner, 1949. : ORR
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Region: Abbr. : TER
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Important time in history. : IRONAGE
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Double-talker. : LIAR
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Piece of jewelry. : EARRING
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___ Palace. : COW
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Danse. : VALSE
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Heat unit. : BTU
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Important workers. : MOTORMEN
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Civil Rights, Cuban crisis, etc. : ISSUES
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Omission of a syllable. : ELISION
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Give a right to. : ENTITLE
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___ town. : WENTTO
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Purplish-red colors. : MAGENTAS
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Record of progress. : LOG
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Borders. : EDGES
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Creator of Mr. Pym. : POE
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Diffuses, as by dialysis. : OSMOSES
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Girl's nickname. : FRAN
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Famous Egyptian. : KINGTUT
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Rural sound. : MAA
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Saigon name. : NGO
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Hero. : IDOL
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Tumbler's turn. : SOMERSAULT
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Hairdo, old style. : TETE
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Soso athlete. : INANDOUTER
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Take warning. : HEED
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Coin. : CENT
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"J'y suis, j'y ___." : RESTE
Down
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Emcee's prop. : STOOL
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8 Down, old style. : HOURI
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Inviting. : ATTRACTING
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U.N. organization. : WHO
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One of the extremes. : LEFT
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Spiny fish, the sculpin. : SEARAVEN
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Write. : PEN
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Sensation of the 1920's. : ITGIRL
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Land of ___ Sun. : THERISING
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Spirited dance. : FLING
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Cut ___ (dance): Slang. : ARUG
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Roman, for one. : TYPE
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Deodar. : TREE
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Dance. : ONESTEP
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Rule the ___. : ROOST
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Fled. : RAN
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Verb for an ancient scribe. : WRITEST
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Work pants of homespun cloth. : BUTTERNUTS
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Latin for "web." : TELA
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Applications. : USES
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Whimper. : MEWL
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
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Combo's forte. : MOODMUSIC
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___ omission. : SINOF
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Right of way, in law. : EASEMENT
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French possessive. : MES
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___'s goat. : GOTONE
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Eyed. : OGLED
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Hard stone. : SARD
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Part of a shoe lace. : AGLET
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French possessive. : NOTRE
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Kin's relative. : KITH
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Indicate. : NOTE
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Old instrument. : ASOR
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Moon dweller of yore. : MAN
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Hartmann von ___, German poet. : AUE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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