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New York Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1960

46-Across : Fatted pig.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 47.6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,107
Across
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City opposite Council Bluffs. : OMAHA
6
Language of Asia. : THAI
10
Perchlike fish. : BASS
14
Certain British women. : DAMES
15
Usher's concern. : ROWS
16
Theatre sign. : EXIT
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Military training. : DRILL
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Composer Khachaturian. : ARAM
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Ceramic square. : TILE
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Putting through aptitude tests. : SCREENING
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Range. : STOVE
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Type of light. : NEON
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Billiard player. : CUEMAN
25
Seedcase. : POD
28
Shoe brush, for example. : POLISHER
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Neighbor of Kuwait. : IRAQ
33
Default. : NONPAYMENT
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Name on Japanese ships. : MARU
38
Pluto's place. : HADES
39
Orlando's faithful servant. : ADAM
40
Weapons in the medical arsenal. : ANTIBODIES
42
Niblick's number. : NINE
43
Concerted actions for causes or ideas. : CRUSADES
45
Color. : TAN
46
Fatted pig. : PORKER
49
Large cask. : BUTT
51
Nautical cry. : AVAST
52
"Twice-Told Tales." : STORYBOOK
57
"New" star. : NOVA
58
Excuse. : PLEA
59
Orleans' river. : LOIRE
60
Secluded valley. : GLEN
61
Family member. : AUNT
62
Recant. : UNSAY
63
Disposed of. : SOLD
64
Celebrators of December, 1933. : WETS
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Sources. : SEEDS
Down
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Competitor's advantage. : ODDS
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Dramatist Connelly. : MARC
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Eastern title. : AMIR
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Synonym for beauty. : HELEN
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In dreamland. : ASLEEP
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Freight units. : TRAINLOADS
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Traffic signal. : HORN
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Moving to and fro. : AWAG
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Theory. : ISM
10
The one who's supposed to win. : BETTERMAN
11
Self-evident truth. : AXIOM
12
Forest trees of a region. : SILVA
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17th C. Dutch painter. : STEEN
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Time. : NOONHOUR
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Chinese menu item. : SUEY
24
French trooper. : CHASSEUR
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Kind of cotton cloth. : PIMA
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North African port. : ORAN
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Short-shafted arrow. : DART
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Subcontinent. : INDIA
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Hydroplanes. : SPEEDBOATS
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Treacherous ground. : QUICKSAND
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Redact. : EDIT
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"Peter Pan" character. : NANA
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U. S. Treasury operatives. : TMEN
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Francis ___ Harte. : BRET
44
Phonograph part. : STYLUS
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Heartaches. : PANGS
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Kind of molding. : OVOLO
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Disentangle. : RAVEL
50
Cut of meat. : TBONE
52
Swerve. : SLUE
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Encamp. : TENT
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Toward the mouth: Zool. : ORAD
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Islands off Florida. : KEYS
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Family member, in the Great Smokies. : PAW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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