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New York Times, Friday, August 26, 1960

42-Down : Out of humor.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,060
Across
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Get rid of. : DUMP
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Scatter ___. : RUGS
9
Pace, trot, etc. : GAITS
14
Agency of the "Voice of America." : USIA
15
Part of a regiment. : UNIT
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Seaweeds. : ALGAE
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Oldest of the sciences. : ASTRONOMY
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Young salmon. : SMOLT
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Fears greatly. : DREADS
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Appeases. : PLACATES
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River in Scotland. : DOON
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Come ___ (find). : UPON
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Set apart for later use. : RESERVE
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Legislative bodies. : SENATES
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Puts too much material into type. : OVERSETS
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Aroma. : SCENT
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Island in the Irish Sea. : MAN
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Equilateral parallelogram. : RHOMB
40
Bustle. : ADO
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Take under one's wing. : ADOPT
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The entire range of a musical instrument or voice. : DIAPASON
47
Attendants of Poseidon. : NEREIDS
50
Flat, backdrops, etc. : SCENERY
51
Buckthorn, for one. : TREE
52
Card game. : SKAT
53
Refrains, as from voting. : ABSTAINS
57
Goes quickly: Colloq. : SCOOTS
61
Fleet. : RAPID
62
South African. : HOTTENTOT
64
Humble. : ABASE
65
Louisville's waterfront. : OHIO
66
Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
67
Products of imagination. : MYTHS
68
Frolic. : ROMP
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Van der ___, Dutch painter. : MEER
Down
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Two together. : DUAD
2
Kremlin monogram. : USSR
3
Very small person or thing. : MITE
4
Marching man. : PARADER
5
Exceeds. : RUNSOVER
6
One: Lat. : UNO
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Narrow ornamental edging. : GIMP
8
Phonograph needle. : STYLUS
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Natives of old French province. : GASCONS
10
Reference book. : ALMANAC
11
"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
12
Narrative. : TALE
13
See 50 Across. : SETS
18
Perfumes. : ODORS
22
Anthropoid. : APE
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Where The Hague is: Abbr. : NETH
26
___ candle. : ROMAN
27
Get away from. : EVADE
28
Relative of 49 Down. : SENOR
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Provoke. : TEASE
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Home of a celebrated witch. : ENDOR
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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Sward. : SOD
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___ America. : MISS
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Ball park screen. : BACKSTOP
42
Out of humor. : PETTISH
43
Diatribes. : TIRADES
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"Unity, ___, and concord." : PEACE
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Word of opposite meaning. : ANTONYM
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Agnus ___. : DEI
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Gentleman from Genoa. : SENHOR
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Another name for Syria. : ARAM
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Member of the family. : BABY
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Spawn of the oyster. : SPAT
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London district. : SOHO
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Indian. : OTOE
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Disrupted. : TORE
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Silver: Abbr. : STER
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Young Crachit. : TIM

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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