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New York Times, Friday, December 9, 1960

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 17.0
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,165
Across
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Folkways. : MORES
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Bustle. : ADO
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Potentate. : SHAH
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Kim's last name. : OHARA
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Writer of famous travelogue. : MARCOPOLO
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Stint. : LIMIT
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Adjust (oneself) to a situation. : ORIENTATE
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Last one in. : LOSER
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Acquire anew. : REGET
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Straight stick. : ROD
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Sugar source. : SAP
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Useful fiber. : SISAL
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Margay or ocelot. : CAT
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Largest port of Korea. : PUSAN
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Appraises. : RATES
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Calla lily. : ARUM
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___ Blas, fictional valet. : RUY
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Albania's capital. : TIRANA
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Madame ___, Dickens character. : DEFARGE
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Home Ec course. : COOKING
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Menu item. : ENTREE
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"Dombey and ___." : SON
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Swing around a pivot. : SLUE
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Irksome duties. : TASKS
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Humorously, a branch of learning. : OLOGY
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___ Humphrey Gilbert. : SIR
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Intent look. : STARE
51
Sound of sorrow. : SOB
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Where Cape Sable is: Abbr. : FLA
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Praying figure. : ORANT
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New republic on Gulf of Guinea. : GABON
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Submissions of laws to direct vote of people. : REFERENDA
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Custom. : USAGE
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Too impatient. : OVEREAGER
66
Renovate. : RENEW
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Deep mud. : MIRE
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Sea bird. : ERN
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Popular poem. : TREES
Down
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Defoe heroine. : MOLL
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River into the Mississippi. : OHIO
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Pile driver weights. : RAMS
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Algonquian Indians. : ERIES
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Petty tyrant. : SATRAP
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___ patriae. : AMOR
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Think very unlikely. : DARESAY
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Birth. : ORIGIN
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Seattle, for example: Abbr. : SPT
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Grayish-white. : HOAR
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Kind of horn. : ALTO
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Did farm work. : HOED
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Letters. : CEES
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Where London is. : ONTARIO
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Cleanse. : PURGE
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Merry pranks. : LARKS
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Ike's 1914 status. : CADET
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Sports building. : ARENA
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New England college. : TUFTS
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Petition. : SUE
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Formal wear. : TAILS
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Boredom. : ENNUI
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More judicious. : SAGER
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Money in Munich. : MARKS
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Chinese societies. : TONGS
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Give back (something taken, lost, etc.). : RESTORE
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Bird call. : COO
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Cousin of Justice Shallow. : SLENDER
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Reddish yellow. : ORANGE
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Food made from milk. : YOGURT
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District. : AREA
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More despicable. : BASER
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Starting with. : FROM
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Jacob's son. : LEVI
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The southwest wind. : AFER
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Mountain pool. : TARN
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Harmful thing. : BANE
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Curved molding. : OGEE
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Newport ___. : NEWS
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Afore. : ERE

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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