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New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 1960

23-Across : Underwrote.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.0
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,108
Across
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Stan Musial, for instance. : CARD
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Fish dish. : SOLE
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Gleamed. : SHONE
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On the sheltered side. : ALEE
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Estate, in India. : TALUK
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People of Leopoldville. : CONGOLESE
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Baffle. : EVADE
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Shakespearean queen. : TITANIA
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Water bottles. : CARAFES
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Underwrote. : INSURED
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Twofold. : TWIN
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Lake, as in place names. : LYN
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Looted. : PILLAGED
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Type of entertainment. : BALLET
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Herbert Hoover of Dorothy Perkins. : ROSE
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Samuel's teacher. : ELI
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Cap- ___ (from head to foot). : APIE
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Weight unit. : TON
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Canvas. : SAIL
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Point. : AIM
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Convertibles. : CARS
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Without a sense of ethics. : AMORAL
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The end of summer. : LABORDAY
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Sister. : NUN
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Color of some horses. : ROAN
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Embankment at back edge of a trench. : PARADOS
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Divisions. : SCHISMS
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___ France. : ANATOLE
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Bread spreads. : OLEOS
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Current best-seller by a former President. : MRCITIZEN
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TV name. : BERLE
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Jot. : IOTA
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Adroit. : NEAT
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"___ the Rose." : SORED
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Thomas Hardy heroine. : TESS
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City of central Sicily. : ENNA
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Prickly pears. : CACTI
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Pharmaceutical obtained from the aloe. : ALOIN
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Lets. : RENTS
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Charles André Joseph Marie ___. : DEGAULLE
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Conspicuous. : SALIENT
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Nymph. : OREAD
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___ Vegas. : LAS
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Much-discussed subject. : ELECTION
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Useless. : STERILE
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Port of the West Indies. : HAVANA
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King of Norway who became a saint. : OLAF
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Devoid of covering. : NUDE
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Supplements (with "out"). : EKES
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Ham ___. : ONRYE
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Piercing tools. : AWLS
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Tedious. : PROSY
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Tools. : GEAR
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Well-know nom de plume. : ELIA
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British Field Marshal buried in Arlington. : DILL
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Ancient Semitic deity. : BAAL
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City of Samoa. : APIA
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Bough. : LIMB
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Send. : TRANSMIT
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Piece of music, as by Ravel. : SONATINE
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Intersected. : CROSSED
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Character in "The Green Pastures." : ADAM
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A liar. : ANANIAS
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Napoleon's cavalry leader. : MURAT
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Bird. : ORIOLE
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Results of some summit meetings. : PACTS
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Set of twelve. : DOZEN
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City SE of Buffalo. : OLEAN
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Maiden in "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
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Sounds of sorrow. : SOBS
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Wife of Elmer Gantry. : CLEO
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Relative of Mynheer. : HERR
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Sea food. : ROE

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

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