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New York Times, Tuesday, April 12, 1960

35-Across : Errant ones.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 34.5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,924
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Pinochle plays. : MELDS
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Verity. : FACT
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Servant similar to a dhai. : AMAH
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In great profusion. : ARIOT
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Fairy tale character. : OGRE
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Site of coming Olympic Games. : ROME
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Describing a child prodigy. : PRECOCIOUS
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Four-H, for example. : CLUB
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Shore birds. : SNIPE
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Succeed: Colloq. : GETTHERE
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Long and slender. : LANK
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Spare. : TIRE
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Disqualified. : UNFITTED
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Clad in sables. : FURRED
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Dissolve. : MELT
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Errant ones. : STRAYS
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Relative of a halberd. : AXE
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Channel guides. : BUOYS
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Relative of the hake. : COD
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Virginia red cedar. : SAVIN
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Letter. : ESS
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City on the Hudson. : COHOES
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___-ce pas? : NEST
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___ one's oars. : RESTON
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Sinners. : PECCANTS
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Afflictions. : WOES
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Robert Lowell, for example. : POET
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Activity for 1960. : POLITICS
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Thailand money. : BAHTS
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___ Bator, city of Outer Mongolia. : ULAN
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Eating house. : ROTISSERIE
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Senator from Hawaii. : FONG
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Rainbow flower. : IRIS
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One of Massenet's names. : EMILE
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Unhampered. : FREE
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Mackerel-like fish. : CERO
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Relish. : SAPOR
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Plan in detail (with "out"). : MAP
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Miscalculates. : ERRS
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Property claim, in law. : LIEN
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Willingness to be taught. : DOCILITY
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___ nothing (go to any length). : STOPAT
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Faith: Fr. : FOI
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In a flurry. : AGOG
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Table bottle. : CRUET
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Affirm. : TESTIFY
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Will Scarlet, for one. : ARCHER
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Burrowing animal. : MOLE
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River of eastern Asia. : AMUR
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Legal tender for not over a quarter. : CENTS
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Bundle of hay. : TRUSS
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Sailing vessel. : KETCH
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Brown pigment. : UMBER
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River in N. Carolina. : NEUSE
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Silky substance, as in corn tassels. : FLOSS
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Languish. : DROOP
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Bird. : RAVEN
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Have being. : EXIST
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Nicks. : DENTS
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Far down. : ADEEP
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Go quickly: Colloq. : SCOOT
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Malediction. : ANATHEMA
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Having to do with dreams. : ONEIRIC
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Raspings of ivory, metals, etc. : SCOBS
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Qualm, as of conscience. : TWINGE
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Ends. : CEASES
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Reckoning. : SCORE
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Kind of light pastry. : PUFF
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Genus of swans. : OLOR
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Narrow way. : LANE
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Recipe direction. : STIR
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Skip. : TRIP
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Farm structure. : SILO
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Equal: Comb. form. : ISO
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Bardic "ever." : EER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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