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New York Times, Thursday, March 24, 1960

36-Across : Borrower's friend.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 13.0
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,905
Across
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Financial. : FISCAL
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Enterprise of 1588. : ARMADA
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Levy. : IMPOSE
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Words of revenge from Caesar's spirit. : CRYHAVOC
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Missing link. : APEMAN
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Vibrant. : RESONANT
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Wall and floor covering. : TILE
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Part of a kite. : TAIL
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Gives sparingly. : DOLES
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Kitchen appliance, for example. : LABORSAVER
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Compact list of details, contents, etc. : TABLE
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Tiny arachnids. : MITES
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U.S. time zone: Abbr. : MST
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Darling, in Ireland. : AROON
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Cruising. : ASEA
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Office equipment. : FILE
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Whitney, Rainier, Hood. : MOUNTS
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Borrower's friend. : LOANER
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Sharp sound. : PING
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Serpents. : ASPS
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Ocean greyhound. : LINER
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Append. : ADD
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Steeple. : SPIRE
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First name in movies. : GRETA
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Particles beamed from outer space. : COSMICRAYS
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Moslem world. : ISLAM
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Go ___ (take up as an occupation). : INTO
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___ sure. : TOBE
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Story by Stephen Crane, 1898 (with "The"). : OPENBOAT
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Rhetorician. : ORATOR
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Portable lights. : LANTERNS
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Where La Scala is. : MILANO
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Separate into classes. : ASSORT
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Uses up. : SPENDS
Down
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Decree. : FIAT
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Armed Zulu group. : IMPI
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Bewitched. : SPELLBOUND
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Invitation to a party. : COMEALONG
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Dry ___ bone. : ASA
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In music, slow. : LENTO
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Ones in favor of: Var. : AYS
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Founder of a prized scholarship. : RHODES
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Holding of a lord. : MANOR
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Of grandparents. : AVAL
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Word to seal a bargain. : DONE
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Vaudeville turns. : ACTS
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Turning point. : CRISIS
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Recount. : RELATE
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First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Crooked. : BENT
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Schnitzel. : VEAL
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Where Ybor City is. : TAMPA
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Plant of the arum family. : AROID
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Humphrey, for one. : MINNESOTAN
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Wintry fall. : SLEET
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___ alba (gypsum). : TERRA
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Fib: Colloq. : FAIRYTALE
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Plant juices. : SAPS
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Ivan's girl. : OLGA
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Apelike. : SIMIAN
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Dress fabrics. : PRINTS
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Denomination. : SECT
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Dark and dull. : SOMBER
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Division of a poem. : CANTO
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Studies. : ROOMS
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City in Kansas. : IOLA
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Watering places. : SPAS
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Camera's eye. : LENS
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Covenant. : BOND
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Statue in Piccadilly Circus. : EROS
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Unwanted scrap. : ORT
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___ cord. : RIP

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

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