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New York Times, Saturday, October 15, 1960

27-Down : Having a triangular gable.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,110
Across
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Poet. : ODIST
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Ayrshire or Jersey. : COW
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Nonsense! : BOSH
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Goodness: Fr. : BONTE
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Italian city. : LODI
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Self: Comb. form. : AUTO
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Extra section on a map. : INSET
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Formerly, firearms. : ORDNANCES
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Hard-shelled clams. : QUAHOGS
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Popular garment. : TIGHTS
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Tress. : CURL
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TV audience. : VIEWERS
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Fit out. : RIG
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Browbeats. : HECTORS
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___ mater, brain membrane. : PIA
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City in Devonshire. : EXETER
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Pieces of needlework. : SAMPLERS
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Dagger. : PONIARD
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El ___ (sources of wealth). : DORADOS
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And the rest. : ETCETERA
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Opera singer Conner. : NADINE
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Comprehend. : SEE
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Hoarseness. : RAUCITY
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60 sec. : MIN
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Classic in English literature. : MACBETH
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County on English Channel. : KENT
46
Germanic language. : DANISH
49
Sampling. : TASTING
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Not according to Hoyle. : UNETHICAL
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Early U. S. fur merchant. : ASTOR
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Arcturus. : STAR
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Pact signed April 4, 1949. : NATO
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Hot: Fr. : CHAUD
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Recap. : TIRE
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Savoir ___ (to be grateful): Fr. : GRE
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Plaited skirts. : KILTS
Down
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Sash. : OBI
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Impossible knight of classic romance. : DONQUIXOTE
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Uprising. : INSURGENCE
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Appropriate without right. : STEAL
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Hebrew T. : TETH
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Undergarments. : CORSETS
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Out-of-the-way. : ODD
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Time of the year. : WINTERMONTHS
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Hair style. : BANGS
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Pained exclamation. : OUCH
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Copyreader's term. : STET
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Relative of a cayuse. : HOSS
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Correct reasoning. : LOGIC
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Paint with a gun. : AIRSPRAY
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Going too far. : OVERREACHING
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___ suzette. : CREPES
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Blue dye. : WOAD
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Summer annoyance. : HEATRASH
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Having a triangular gable. : PEDIMENTAL
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Smoothing. : IRONINGOUT
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Concur. : ASSENT
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Bind. : TIE
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Youth. : LAD
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Overwhelm in sports. : DRUB
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Rayon fabric. : ACETATE
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Combining form for a country. : ITALO
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Famous Tudor tavern in London. : MITRE
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Former premier of Japan. : KISHI
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Finely powdered substance. : DUST
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Opposed. : ANTI
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At hand. : NEAR
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Sharp-pointed pin. : TACK
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Part of an elevator. : CAR
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Highways: Abbr. : RDS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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