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New York Times, Thursday, March 17, 1960

30-Down : Army term.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 15.5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,898
Across
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Where Greenfield is: Abbr. : MASS
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Ledger items: Abbr. : ACCTS
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Autocrat. : TSAR
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Diva's forte. : ARIA
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Outriggers. : PROAS
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Glory. : HALO
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The green. : GOLFCOURSE
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Gerald Greene and Graham Greene. : NOVELISTS
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Ornament on a stocking. : CLOCK
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Miscellanea. : ANA
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Princely family of Italy. : ESTE
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Famed physicist. : UREY
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Veneration. : AWE
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George S. Greene and Nathanael Greene. : GENERALS
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Arranged like plants in a greenhouse. : AROW
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Gettysburg companion of George S. Greene. : MEADE
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Turmeric. : REA
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Author of "The Green Archer," born in Greenwich. : WALLACE
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Inveigled: Slang. : ROPEDIN
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Fort ___, California. : ORD
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Gentle people. : LAMBS
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Greek peak. : OSSA
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Part of Canada. : LABRADOR
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Spanish article. : LAS
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Beloved: Fr. : AIME
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As neat as ___. : APIN
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Mimic. : APE
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Emerson's middle name. : WALDO
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Theodore Green, for example. : USSENATOR
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Retained. : HELD
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Green Mountain boy. : ETHANALLEN
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Type of test. : ORAL
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French room. : SALLE
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Trampolins. : MATS
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Fashion. : MODE
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Minty green plant. : THYME
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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___ cum laude. : MAGNA
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Darling, in the "Green Isle." : AROON
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Trees of a region. : SILVA
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Strongbox. : SAFE
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Balanced. : APOISE
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Outer shell. : CRUST
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Retinue. : CORTEGE
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Cup: Scot. : TASS
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Mariner's direction. : SSE
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German dollar. : THALER
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Martyn Green et al. : SAVOYARDS
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One of the Waughs. : ALEC
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Greenstone, for one. : ROCK
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Ball of thread. : CLEW
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Advance slowly. : CREEP
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Open, as a parcel. : UNDO
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Cobbler's tool. : AWL
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Cup handles. : EARS
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Garlands. : LEIS
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Capital of Yemen. : SANA
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Army term. : AWOL
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___ avis. : RARA
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"Greensleeves," for example. : OLDBALLAD
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Note. : MEMO
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Poplar. : ALAMO
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Suffix used with aqua, motor, etc. : CADE
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Aurora. : EOS
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With impudence. : BRASHLY
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Puzzle. : RIDDLE
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Relative of a garnishee. : LIENEE
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___ Katharine Green, former detective story writer. : ANNA
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Source of "The Green Pastures." : PSALM
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Brother of Prometheus. : ATLAS
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Robert Green and John Greenleaf Whittier. : POETS
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German name. : ERNST
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Often misused pronoun. : WHOM
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Concerned with aircraft. : AERO
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Where the Green River flows. : UTAH
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Superlative ending. : EST

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

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