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New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 1960

11-Down : Biblical mountain.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,975
Across
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Mountaineer's mecca. : TIROL
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Oil well drilling equipment. : RIGS
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Converse. : CHAT
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Superior to. : ABOVE
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Tortosa's river. : EBRO
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Excellent: Colloq. : AONE
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South American. : PATAGONIAN
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Grand ___. : PRIX
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Poetic verb. : ART
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Girl's name. : RAE
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Queen in Shakespeare. : MAB
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Former economic agency. : ESA
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Come out. : EMERGE
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Social divisions. : TRIBES
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Harmonize. : AGREE
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Cause. : ENTAIL
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Annual music festivals in Scotland. : MODS
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Savory. : LUSCIOUS
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Leek-green quartz. : PRASE
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Islet. : AIT
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Greek letter. : KAPPA
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Study courses. : SEMINARS
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Agreement: Colloq. : DEAL
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Fiats. : EDICTS
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Leading. : FIRST
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Middle East metropolis. : BEIRUT
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Roman philosopher, tutor of Nero. : SENECA
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Experienced. : OLD
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He debated with Luther, 1519. : ECK
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Beings. : MEN
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Sibilant signal. : TST
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Girl's name meaning "wild cow." : LEAH
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Track for chariot races. : HIPPODROME
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Afflicted with the misery. : ACHY
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Southeast wind. : EURUS
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Sojourn. : STOP
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Bad-tempered. : SOUR
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Supports. : RESTS
Down
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Pacific island cloth. : TAPA
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Building beam. : IBAR
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European metropolis. : ROTTERDAM
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA
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Famous Stowe character. : LEGREE
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Back out of an agreement: Colloq. : RENEGE
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There: Lat. : IBI
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1/28 of an ounce. : GRAM
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Musical works. : SONATAS
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Glengarry. : CAP
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Biblical mountain. : HOREB
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Flowering plant of carrot family. : ANISE
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Where the Brazos flows. : TEXAS
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Paddle. : OAR
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Fine fellow. : BRICK
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More untidy. : MESSIER
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Follows the flag. : ENLISTS
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Of an ancient poem. : ILIADIC
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Electrical units, for short. : AMPS
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Tennessee senator. : GORE
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Theban monarch, for short. : TUT
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Managers of mines, factories, etc. : OPERATORS
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Tree of Java. : UPAS
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Tar. : SALT
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Provide with some quality. : ENDUE
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Spark stream. : ARC
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Letters. : AITCHES
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"___ Fidelis," Sousa march. : SEMPER
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Sedan part. : FENDER
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Missile weapons of So. America. : BOLAS
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Chosen. : ELECT
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___ potato. : IDAHO
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New: Comb. form. : NEO
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Metric unit of weight for short. : KILO
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Plant disease. : SMUT
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Hardy girl. : TESS
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Under: Prefix. : HYP
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Grammatical number: Abbr. : PLU
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Herb of grace. : RUE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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