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New York Times, Monday, February 15, 1960

45-Down : On the ___ one's tongue.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,867
Across
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Rapid pace: Colloq. : CLIP
5
Musical character. : CLEF
9
Cries of joy. : HAHS
13
Scene of Bonaparte victory, 1796. : LODI
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___ avis. : RARA
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Declaim. : ORATE
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Summit. : APEX
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Homeric work. : EPIC
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Stranger. : ODDER
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Postprandial drink. : DEMITASSE
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Modulations of the voice. : TONES
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Maracaibo, for one. : LAKE
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Lewis Carroll word. : CHORTLE
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Suggestive of a grating sound. : SCRAPY
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Bird's crop. : CRAW
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Terre ___. : HAUTE
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Con man's activity. : SHELLGAME
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Cleveland's waterfront. : ERIE
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Sandbank. : SHOAL
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Fetid. : OLID
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Desert hazard. : SANDSTORM
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Verdun's river. : MEUSE
42
Part of an apiary. : HIVE
43
Relatives of timeservers. : YESMEN
44
Height. : STATURE
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Charge. : COST
49
Fainthearted. : TIMID
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Unexpected nominee. : DARKHORSE
55
Tilt skyward. : UPEND
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Haydn's nickname. : PAPA
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Recipient of a gift. : DONEE
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Hens. : FOWL
60
Burden. : ONUS
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North Carolina cape. : FEAR
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Ado. : FUSS
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Pielet. : TART
Down
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Dressed. : CLAD
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Easy gait. : LOPE
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The same. : IDEM
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Daffy. : PIXILATED
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Making a grating sound. : CREAKY
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Slip. : LAPSE
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Goddess whose name means "strife." : ERIS
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Cosmetic. : FACECREAM
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Bird of prey. : HOOTOWL
10
Enthusiasm. : ARDOR
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Didn't have. : HADNT
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Crucible product. : STEEL
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Red ___. : TAPE
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College building. : HALL
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The distaff side. : SHES
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Face: Span. : CARA
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Rack and ___. : RUIN
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Task. : CHORE
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Departed: Colloq. : SHOVEDOFF
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Disintegrates: Colloq. : GOESTOPOT
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Astringent. : ALUM
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___ en scène (setting). : MISE
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Man's first environment. : EDEN
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Budge. : STIR
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Quake. : SHUDDER
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Network. : MESH
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Bumpkins. : YOKELS
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Ornamental knob. : STUD
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On the ___ one's tongue. : TIPOF
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Agreeable; pleasing. : AMENE
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Genus of clothes moths. : TINEA
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Corvine birds. : CROWS
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Leigh Hunt's hero. : ABOU
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Hindu prince. : RANA
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Short branch track. : SPUR
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Whence trade winds blow. : EAST

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

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