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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

Triple Feature

New York Times, Sunday, February 7, 1960

61-Across : Cleopatra's maid.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 180, Blocks: 85, Avg Word Len: 4.93, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 667 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 126, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 32, Grid flow: 19.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

This amazing construction has 16 triple-letter answer words.

84-Down: In Virgil's Aeneid (Book II), Ucalegon is one of the elders of Troy whose house is set on fire by the Greeks when the city falls.

The phrase "Ucalegon ardet" (meaning "Ucalegon is on fire" or "Ucalegon's house is burning") became a classic proverbial figure of speech used by Latin authors like Juvenal. It serves as an urgent warning that danger is close at hand and that you might be next.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,859
Across
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Like two peas in ___. : APOD
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County in Penn. : TIOGA
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At pleasure: Abbr. : ADLIB
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Over age. : TOOOLD
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See 2 Down. : TODDDUNCAN
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Laissez ___. : FAIRE
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Phrase in "Song of Sixpence." : INAPIE
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Dendrologist. : TREEEXPERT
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Phenomenon in a democracy. : FREEELECTION
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Go-between: Abbr. : AGT
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Fasten a nautical rope. : BELAY
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Springes. : GINS
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River into the Seine. : EURE
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Mariner's direction. : NNE
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Hindu farmer. : RYOT
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River in Virginia. : DAN
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Rackstraw and Deadeye. : TARS
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Where Natal is: Abbr. : SAFR
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See 2 Down. : BESS
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City of Fukien. : AMOY
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Congressional group: Abbr. : COMM
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Kind of file. : RATTAIL
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Comes about. : OCCURS
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Zola heroine. : NANA
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Captive maid of Hercules. : IOLE
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___ averages. : LAWOF
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Dwells (on). : HARPS
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Three-minute timer. : EGGGLASS
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Tropical plant. : RATSBANE
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Agave. : ALOE
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Cleaving tool. : FROE
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
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Plead. : SUE
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Congou or gunpowder. : TEA
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Literary initials. : RLS
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Relative of Shawn. : SEAN
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Mend. : HEAL
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Car ride. : SPIN
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Very: Ger. : SEHR
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Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. : ALSACE
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Popular. : WELLLIKED
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Champion golfer. : BOROS
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Department store appurtenance. : ESCALATOR
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Horsehides. : BASEBALLS
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"You used to come ___ o'clock ... " : ATTEN
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Evening wear. : DRESSSUIT
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Faineant. : OTIOSE
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Hullabaloo. : STIR
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Is worthwhile. : PAYS
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Business records: Abbr. : ACCS
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Fold up. : SHUT
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Monosaccharide. : OSE
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Whale: Comb. form. : CET
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Day: Hebrew. : YOM
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Plane surface. : AREA
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Exploit. : FEAT
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Arabian mascara. : KOHL
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Sirrah, for example. : ARCHAISM
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Capacity. : FULLLOAD
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Frogs: Lat. : RANAE
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Impatient exclamation. : PSHAW
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Product of Holland. : EDAM
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Millennia. : EONS
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Saint Stephen. : MARTYR
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Number. : INTEGER
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Full of excitement. : AGOG
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Moved away. : GONE
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Negotiation. : DEAL
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Underpinning. : PROP
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Canine sound. : GRR
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Hurricane ___. : LAMP
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Syria and Egypt: Abbr. : UAR
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"___ a man with seven wives." : IMET
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Empty. : VAIN
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Expansive. : BROAD
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Tolstoy. : LEO
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Method of treating iron. : KRUPPPROCESS
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Habiliment for hulas. : GRASSSKIRT
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Most favorably. : ATBEST
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European language. : NORSE
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Passage between Australia and Tasmania. : BASSSTRAIT
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Stockholdings. : SHARES
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Veers. : SWAYS
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Bengalese soldier. : SEPOY
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Flower essence. : ATTAR
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DuBose Heyward character. : PORGY
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Wordsworth's "___ Duty." : ODETO
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Presidential monogram. : DDE
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Evening wear. : TUXEDOS
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Fair, as in baseball. : INPLAY
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Habitat for plankton. : OCEAN
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Indiana city. : GARY
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Leaf cutter. : ANT
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Avouch. : AFFIRM
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Makes repairs. : DARNS
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Extends. : LIES
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Iracundity. : IRE
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Hirundine bird. : BEEEATER
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___ del Fuego. : TIERRA
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Whenever. : ONCE
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Avena sativa. : OAT
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Reckon. : OPINE
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Cybele's chariot pullers. : LIONS
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Sand hills in England. : DENES
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Society newcomer. : DEB
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Air: Ger. : LUFT
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Harding's middle name. : GAMALIEL
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Moleskin. : TAUPE
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Sinic society. : TONG
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___ soda. : SAL
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Telltale. : BLAB
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Feminine title. : MRS
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Hockey goal. : CAGE
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Antarctic sea. : ROSS
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Fraeulein's name. : ILSE
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Kipling's Kim. : OHARA
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WQXR, for example : CALLLETTERS
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Do needlework. : CROSSSTITCH
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Figure with x sides. : NGON
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That ___: radioman's sign-off. : ISALL
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Canadian town, pop. 9,025. : WATERLOOONT
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The deacon's masterpiece. : ONEHOSSSHAY
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Hopes' partner. : FEARS
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Time. : ERA
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Inland sea. : ARAL
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Notwithstanding. : ASIDE
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Wine cask. : TUN
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Believe. : FEEL
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Examine carefully. : SCAN
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Possessive. : HERS
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Card game. : SKAT
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Foot: Anat. : PES
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Certain performances. : SOLI
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The maples. : ACER
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Besetments. : WOES
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Sacred bird. : IBIS
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Army unit: Abbr. : BATT
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Peak in N. H. : ADAMS
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Effort. : TRY
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Contest. : BOUT
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Musicians' group. : ASCAP
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Old name for Salisbury, England. : SARUM
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Leg: Comb. form. : SCEL
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Neighbor whose house is on fire, from Trojan legend. : UCALEGON
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Fisherman. : EELER
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Food for 96 Down. : POI
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Triton's realm. : SEAS
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Caused to be. : HAD
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Open wide. : YAWN
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Distant. : AFAR
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Senator from Hawaii. : FONG
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Author Capek. : KAREL
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Weather phenomenon. : HAIL
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Measure for H-bombs. : MEGATONS
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Sharp bend. : LOOP
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Circulated. : RAN
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State: Abbr. : DEL
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Full of bogs. : MORASSY
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Is inviting to. : TEMPTS
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Affluent of the Elbe. : EGER
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Springs up. : ARISES
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Concerto ___. : GROSSO
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Composer of "Sorcerer's Apprentice." : DUKAS
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Between Mars and Venus. : EARTH
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Island off Venezuela. : ARUBA
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Part of Paris. : PASSY
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Clutch. : GRASP
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Otherwise called. : ALIAS
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___ badge. : MERIT
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Kinkajou. : POTTO
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He: Lat. : IPSE
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Zangwill heroine. : VERA
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Burnsian hill. : BRAE
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Summer time. : DST
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By. : PER
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___ Palace, San Francisco. : COW
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Literary initials. : GBS
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Asian isthmus. : KRA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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