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New York Times, Friday, February 12, 1960

41-Across : Washington Irving character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 65.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,864
Across
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Made gentle. : TAMED
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Sic. : THUS
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Kind of silver: Abbr. : STER
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Gluck's forte. : OPERA
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Baseball play. : BUNT
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He-man. : MALE
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Cash. : READYMONEY
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Dust bowl fugitive. : OKIE
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Spangle. : ORNAMENT
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___ the Woods, northwestern fishing resort. : LAKEOF
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Suffix used with lemon or lime. : ADE
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Deprives (of rank, rights, etc.) : DIVESTS
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Olympic contestants. : FIGURESKATERS
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In a dudgeon. : IRATE
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Musical pitches. : TONES
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Crest. : TOP
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Architect Fuller's "geodesic" ___. : DOME
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Hazards at sea. : BERGS
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Be foolishly fond of (with "on"). : DOTE
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___ another. : ONE
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Companion of quiet. : PEACE
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Hot drink. : COCOA
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Washington Irving character. : KNICKERBOCKER
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"___ apple cider." : SWEETAS
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___ out (succeed). : PAN
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Of the same age. : COEVAL
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Front page topic for 1960. : POLITICS
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Harp: Ital. : ARPA
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Great scientist (1867–1934). : MARIECURIE
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Secondhand. : USED
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College founded in 1440. : ETON
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Let up. : ABATE
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Modern section of Istanbul. : PERA
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Skillful. : DEFT
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Highway divisions. : LANES
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Matador's concern. : TORO
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Servile imitator. : APER
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Average. : MEAN
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Wagner's earth goddess. : ERDA
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Relative of a bad dream. : DAYMARE
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Certain cuts of meat. : TBONESTEAKS
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Go after game. : HUNT
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One: Fr. : UNE
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Ascetics who lived atop pillars. : STYLITES
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A certain railroad car. : SMOKER
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Makes an inventory. : TAKESSTOCK
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Poet born in St. Louis, 1888. : ELIOT
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Reductions in sail areas. : REEFS
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Ancient Asian. : MEDE
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Roadways: Abbr. : AVES
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Crisis. : DANGERPOINT
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Canine name. : FIDO
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Ferrum. : IRON
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Lady Chatterley's lover. : GAMEKEEPER
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Western Indian. : UTE
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City in Albania. : KORCE
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Western Indian. : OTOE
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Fruit of apple family. : PEAR
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Fate of the Ancient Mariner. : BECALMED
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Seven Dwarfs' leader. : DOC
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Fiber useful for cordage. : PITA
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Top-shaped. : CONICAL
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Where the Humboldt flows. : NEVADA
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Bundle. : BALE
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Wild duck. : SCAUP
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Not so good. : WORSE
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Teacher: Colloq. : PROF
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Deep-toned saxhorn. : TUBA
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Pahlevi's land. : IRAN
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Quote. : CITE
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Calls on. : SEES
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Supped. : ATE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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