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New York Times, Tuesday, January 12, 1960

21-Across : Dickens character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,833
Across
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___ on (weighs heavily on). : PREYS
6
Meal. : REPAST
12
Army commission. : BREVET
13
Off the track. : DERAILED
15
Entertain. : REGALE
16
Joking. : RAILLERY
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800-mi. Asian river. : ILI
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Displays. : PARADES
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Ibsen character. : ASE
21
Dickens character. : GAMP
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Jesters. : MIMES
24
Affirm. : AVER
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Place. : STEAD
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Standard amount. : PAR
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Scoffs. : JEERS
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Decoys. : ENTICES
31
Ben ___. : HUR
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Inherited tendency. : STRAIN
33
Weight units. : CARATS
36
Spanish gold. : ORO
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Indonesian island. : SUMATRA
38
Brownish yellow. : TAWNY
41
___ Harbor. : BAR
42
Scorches. : SEARS
44
Pub favorites. : ALES
45
Alamo hero. : BOWIE
47
Trick: Colloq. : DIDO
48
Dessert. : PIE
49
American city. : NEWYORK
51
Ad ___. : LIB
52
Lure. : INVEIGLE
54
Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
56
Arctic animals. : REINDEER
57
Supposed. : OPINED
58
Showers in form of icy rain. : SLEETS
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Athletic arenas. : RINGS
Down
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High clerics. : PRELATES
2
Colonel's command. : REGIMENT
3
Little ___. : EVA
4
Kennel noise. : YELP
5
Variety of heat. : STEAM
6
Schoolbook. : READER
7
Algonquian Indians. : ERIES
8
Cronies. : PALS
9
Be under par. : AIL
10
Tangle of silk thread. : SLEAVE
11
More succinct. : TERSER
12
Two-masted ships. : BRIGS
13
Olivier's forte. : DRAMAS
14
Textile workers. : DYERS
19
Mature. : RIPEN
22
Benefactors. : PATRONS
24
Effervescent. : AERATED
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Record. : DIARY
28
French mountains. : JURAS
30
Labor group. : CIO
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Meat. : HAM
33
Odd object. : CURIO
34
___ arbutus, the Mayflower. : TRAILING
35
Fishes. : SARDINES
37
Twain hero. : SAWYER
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Tropical animal. : TAPIR
39
Corrects positionally. : ALINES
40
Insect. : WEEVIL
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Connecticut's Chester. : BOWLES
43
Not ___. : SOBAD
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Cause to be. : BEGET
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Slip. : ERROR
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Pheasant brood. : NIDE
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Military cap. : KEPI
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Compass point. : ENE
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Partner of bitters. : GIN

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

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