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New York Times, Monday, November 30, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 26.0
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,790
Across
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Profound thinkers. : SAGES
6
Wind about. : COIL
10
Fastened. : TIED
14
"This was the most unkindest cut ___." : OFALL
15
Formerly. : ONCE
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Do as others have done. : FOLLOWSUIT
19
Holy Roman Emperor, 962–73. : OTTO
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Metric measure. : ARE
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Ship channels. : GATS
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Rope. : TETHER
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Relinquishes. : RESIGNS
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W. C. Handy's "___ St. Blues." : BEALE
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Letter. : CEE
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Foretokens. : PORTENDS
31
Opened widely. : GAPED
34
Twining stems. : BINES
35
Constellation. : ARA
36
Clamorous. : LOUD
37
Stepped. : PACED
38
Where Muscat is. : OMAN
39
With 40 Across, Michigan city. : ANN
40
See 39 Across. : ARBOR
41
Norse goddess of love. : FREYA
42
Dresses up. : DECKSOUT
44
Irish army: Abbr. : IRA
45
Attention-getting sounds. : HISTS
46
Herd cattle. : WRANGLE
50
Guest. : CALLER
52
Mao's teammate. : CHOU
53
Musical tones. : LAS
54
Outlet. : EXIT
55
Start of Edward VIII's farewell broadcast, 1936. : ATLONGLAST
58
Nota ___. : BENE
59
Greek letters. : CHIS
60
Merchant guild. : HANSE
61
Consumer. : USER
62
Elite or Roman. : TYPE
63
Commotions: Colloq. : TODOS
Down
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To this point. : SOFAR
2
Previously: Dial. : AFORE
3
Outbursts, as of laughter. : GALES
4
Old cloth measure. : ELL
5
Plodded through mire. : SLOGGED
6
At all ___ (by any means required). : COSTS
7
Burden. : ONUS
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___ on parle Français. : ICI
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Erudite. : LETTERED
10
Sound of a flute. : TOOTLE
11
___ of (by authority of). : INTHENAME
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Suffix expressing smallness. : ETTE
13
Means of access. : DOOR
18
Decline. : WANE
23
Viands: Slang. : EATS
25
___ tea. : ICED
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Result of putting one's foot in one's mouth. : BONER
28
Lace edging. : PICOT
29
Wagon. : DRAY
30
Mens ___ in corpore sano. : SANA
31
Cheerful. : GLAD
32
First-rate: Colloq. : AONE
33
Telling phrase: Slang. : PUNCHLINE
34
Hindu gentlemen. : BABUS
37
Draw out. : PROTRACT
38
Algerian port. : ORAN
40
S. African fox. : ASSE
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Loaded (with). : FRAUGHT
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Out of ___ (on the blink). : KILTER
44
Golf club. : IRON
46
Pronoun. : WHOSE
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Pituitary. : GLAND
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Rope for roundup. : LASSO
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___ Park, Colorado. : ESTES
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Philippine island. : CEBU
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Fells. : AXES
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Piece of jewelry. : CLIP
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Poetic possessive. : THY
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Southeastern Asian. : LAO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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