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New York Times, Wednesday, March 2, 1960

27-Across : The "downs" of life.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,883
Across
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Restricted as to area. : LOCAL
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Seize. : GRAB
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Foreman: Colloq. : BOSS
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"___ say." : IDARE
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Old-time exclamation. : LALA
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Skin ___ (do a gym stunt). : ACAT
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Worth. : MERIT
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Gas used in welding. : ACETYLENE
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"The Just" Athenian. : ARISTIDES
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Having wings. : ALATE
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Vegetable. : BEET
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Poet-novelist Wylie. : ELINOR
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Run out. : EBB
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The "downs" of life. : REVERSES
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Bird sound. : PEEP
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Walkie-talkie. : RADIO
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Bark cloth. : TAPA
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Be informed of. : HEAR
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Moslem religious leader. : IMAM
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Contemporary princess. : ANNE
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Verb form. : TENSE
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City in Columbia. : CALI
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Bureaus. : DRESSERS
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English letter. : ZED
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Sea power. : NAVIES
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Operatic villain. : IAGO
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Choose. : ELECT
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Electrical impedance. : REACTANCE
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Descendants. : POSTERITY
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Pertaining to birds. : AVIAN
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Stake. : ANTE
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River into Tatar Strait. : AMUR
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Prefix in chemistry. : NITRO
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Take the initiative. : LEAD
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Henry VIII's third queen. : JANE
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Fishline. : SNELL
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Capital on Pan-American Highway. : LIMA
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Sea of the Antilles. : CARIBBEAN
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Originate. : ARISE
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Missive. : LETTER
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Delighted. : GLAD
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Competition. : RACE
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Beverages. : ALES
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Fragment of brick. : BAT
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Relating to projectiles. : BALLISTIC
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Pacific. : OCEAN
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___ Domingo. : SANTO
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Piece of advice: Slang. : STEER
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Member of Ivy League. : YALE
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Repeats. : ITERATES
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Secret. : ESOTERIC
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Ancient Hebrew measure. : EPHA
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Part of a common verb. : BEEN
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Weathercocks. : VANES
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Garden spots. : EDENS
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Beauty parlor extra. : RINSE
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Foretold. : PREDICTED
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Green feldspar. : AMAZONITE
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Picket. : PALE
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Network of nerves. : RETE
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Fiends. : SATANS
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Asian kingdom. : NEPAL
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Let ___ (not to speak of). : ALONE
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Goddess of the hearth. : VESTA
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The "Little Minister." : GAVIN
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"Green Mansions" heroine. : RIMA
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Vingt-___. : ETUN
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Point on the Isle of Man. : AYRE
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Sandburg. : CARL
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Suffix in chemistry. : ENOL
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Rule, in India. : RAJ

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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