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New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1960

28-Down : Benedicts.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,827
Across
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Relative of "jardin." : PARC
5
Church calendar. : ORDO
9
Child in Browning poem. : PIPPA
14
Of the hipbone: Comb. form. : ILIO
15
Plant part. : ROOT
16
Relatives of bugaboos. : OGRES
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Current events. : LATESTNEWS
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Killed, as by overuse. : DONETODEATH
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Card. : TEN
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Vases. : URNS
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Remnants: Fr. : RESTES
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Treeless plain. : PAMPAS
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Tempestuous. : STORMY
31
Springs . : LEAPS
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Favor. : BOON
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City in Piedmont, Italy. : ASTI
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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With (one). : ALONG
38
Equine color. : ROAN
39
Second-hand. : WORN
40
Stakes. : BETS
41
"___ For Peace." : ATOMS
42
Son of Daedalus. : ICARUS
44
Solar system unit. : PLANET
45
Friendly greeting: Colloq. : CHEERO
47
Sea in Turkestan. : ARAL
48
Famous dictionary: Abbr. : OED
49
Was unintelligible. : MADENOSENSE
55
A ___ (cheap): Colloq. : DIMEADOZEN
57
Facsimile. : COPY
58
Put ___ to (stop). : ANEND
59
College group: Slang. : FRAT
60
Joint. : KNEE
61
Heroine of "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
62
Card game. : FARO
63
Trees. : YEWS
Down
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Variegated. : PIED
2
Reversal: Comb. form. : ALLO
3
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
4
Deserved rebuke: Colloq. : COMEUPPANCE
5
Synthetic materials. : ORLONS
6
Avenues. : ROADS
7
Be foolishly fond. : DOTE
8
Great Barrier Island, N. Z. : OTEA
9
Commotion. : POTHER
10
Device on an engine: Abbr. : IGN
11
In a while. : PRETTYSOON
12
Small flycatcher. : PEWEE
13
Societies: Abbr. : ASSNS
19
Firm. : STRONG
21
Refrain syllables. : TRAS
25
Cheaply clever: Colloq. : SMARTALECKY
26
Farm equipment. : PLOW
27
Flying prefix. : AERO
28
Benedicts. : MARRIEDMEN
29
Grimes. : SOOTS
30
Weights. : TONS
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Color in "le drapeau tricolore." : BLEU
34
Domesticated. : TAME
35
Business letter abbreviation. : INST
37
Overseas. : ABROAD
41
Woe is me! : ALAS
43
Garrett Mattingly's subject. : ARMADA
44
On the double. : PRONTO
45
Musical finales. : CODAS
46
Great German poet. : HEINE
47
Close: Poet. : ANEAR
50
Put aside. : DOFF
51
Biblical priest and scribe. : EZRA
52
Zero. : NONE
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Cast forth. : SPEW
54
Orbs. : EYES
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Noun or adjective suffix. : ENT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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