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New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1960

2-Down : San ___, Italy.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,877
Across
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Prepare tea. : BREW
5
Greenbacks. : TENS
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Take captive. : CATCH
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River into the Danube. : LECH
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Genus of olives. : OLEA
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River into the Orinoco. : APURE
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King of Israel. : OMRI
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Pay attention to. : HEAR
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In a while. : LATER
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Finishing stroke: Fr. : COUPDEGRACE
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Digit. : TOE
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Have a wearing effect (on). : PREY
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Candies. : BONBONS
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Satan, in the New Testament. : BELIAL
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Giant ___ of Asia. : PANDA
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Together with. : ALONG
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Canaries. : SONGSTERS
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Sleep like ___. : ALOG
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Bushy clump. : TOD
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So. : TRUE
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Meat dish. : LAMBCHOPS
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Region: Poet. : CLIME
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Cooking and table fats. : OLEOS
44
Last word of "Sweet and Low." : SLEEPS
45
Nautical rope. : HALYARD
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Scored, in tennis. : ACED
49
War area of 1944. : ETO
50
Feat of strength or skill. : TOURDEFORCE
55
Approximately. : ABOUT
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East Indian tree. : POON
58
Thickening for soup: Fr. : ROUX
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Creamy foodstuff. : PASTE
60
Pungent. : TART
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
62
Direct. : STEER
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Poems set to music. : ODES
64
Weeps. : SOBS
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Farm ___, in Washington. : BLOC
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San ___, Italy. : REMO
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Unbleached. : ECRU
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Scapegoat. : WHIPPINGBOY
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Close behind. : TOHEEL
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Type of poem. : ELEGY
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Approach. : NEAR
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Spanish dances. : SARABANDS
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Roman date. : CALENDS
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Paraguay-Brazil border river. : APA
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All, in music. : TUTTO
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Legendary king of Thebes. : CREON
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Start of a toast. : HERES
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Pass too slowly. : DRAG
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Legislature: Abbr. : CONG
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Rackets used in ancient game. : BATTLEDORES
27
Semitic deity. : BAAL
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She, in Spain. : ELLA
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Take shape. : LOOM
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Stern decks on sailing ships. : POOPS
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Confronted fearlessly. : STOODUPTO
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One end of the Welland Canal. : ERIE
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Cut of meat. : RUMP
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Discerns. : SEES
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Hubbub. : CLATTER
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Protagonist. : HERO
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Symbol in music. : CLEF
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Noses. : SCENTS
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Large amounts: Colloq. : HEAPS
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Up, in baseball. : ATBAT
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Detached. : LOOSE
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Worship. : ADORE
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Highway. : ROAD
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Newspaper section, for short. : ROTO
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Restrain. : CURB
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Letters. : EXES
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Indian. : UTE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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