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New York Times, Monday, January 18, 1960

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 45.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,839
Across
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Religious official. : VICAR
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Fiddlesticks! : BOSH
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Draw out. : EDUCE
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Run ___ the ground (overdo). : INTO
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Established. : SETUP
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"Take a ___." : GIANTSTEP
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Discrimination. : TASTE
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Play ___ (cause mischief). : HOB
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Bailiff. : REEVE
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Windjammers. : SEAMEN
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Symbol of fascism. : HITLER
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German exclamation. : ACH
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Light lunch. : TEA
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Knock. : RAP
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Home of "the man." : MOON
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Erie, Michigan, etc. : GREATLAKES
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Bazaars. : MARTS
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Three: Prefix. : TRI
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Be present. : EXIST
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In any event. : ATTHELEAST
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Within: Comb. Form. : ENTO
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Boor. : CAD
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Attention. : EAR
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Political monogram since 1880. : GOP
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Long way. : FARCRY
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Saturates. : IMBUES
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Architect's plan: Fr. : EPURE
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Spanish gold. : ORO
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Genus of heath plants. : ERICA
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Massachusetts volunteers of 1776. : MINUTEMEN
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Disconcerts: Colloq. : FAZES
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But: Fr. : MAIS
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Stick. : CANE
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Customers. : USERS
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Playing card. : TREY
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Lured. : LEDON
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Bolero. : VEST
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Thought. : IDEA
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Interrupts. : CUTSSHORT
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Crucial. : ACUTE
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Echo. : REPEAT
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Generous. : BIGHEARTED
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Vegetable. : ONION
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Thrust. : STAB
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Term of endearment, for short. : HON
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Beginning. : ONSET
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New-fangled inn. : MOTEL
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Pupil: Fr. : ELEVE
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Cowboy. : ROPER
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A hit in baseball. : TRIPLE
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English princess. : MEG
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Bonnet. : HAT
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Abbess. : AMMA
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Mackinaw. : COAT
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What telethons do. : RAISEMONEY
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To the ___ degree. : NTH
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Date. : ERA
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Tool. : AXE
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Large. : KINGSIZED
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___ Perpetua: Idaho's motto. : ESTO
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Avast! : STOP
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Under one's hat. : SECRET
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Song. : LAY
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Check: Colloq. : TAB
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Sorry. : RUEFUL
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___ fatale. : FEMME
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Of bees. : APIAN
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Written in an ancient alphabet. : RUNIC
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Old-time container for oil, honey, etc. : CRUSE
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One of the Forsytes. : IRENE
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Expunge. : ERASE
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Persian name. : OMAR
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Scombroid fish. : CERO
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Business group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Outside: Comb. form. : ECT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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