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New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1960

9-Across : "How ___ the little busy bee ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 62.3
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,926
Across
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Band instrument. : TUBA
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Cloak. : WRAP
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"How ___ the little busy bee ... " : DOTH
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The last. : OMEGA
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Saintly symbol. : HALO
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Parcel of land. : ACRE
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Brings back into use. : RESURRECTS
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Norman's Woe, for one. : REEF
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Pertaining to swimming. : NATATORY
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Lessee. : TENANT
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Bay of Honshu. : ISE
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Ike's next milestone. : SEVENTY
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Treasure from antiquity. : DEADSEASCROLL
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Bayou. : INLET
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Carried along. : BORNE
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Witness' promise. : IDO
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Carrot's relative. : DILL
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Spenders of zlotys. : POLES
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Once more. : ANEW
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Canticle. : ODE
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Wanting tact. : CRUDE
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Splendor. : SHEEN
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Messages of a sort. : GREETINGCARDS
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Certain parking places. : STREETS
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Mark from folding. : CREASE
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Associating only with one's group. : CLANNISH
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Six make an inning. : OUTS
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Cafeteria equipment. : STEAMTABLE
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Eight: Prefix. : OCTO
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Lilliputian. : TINY
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Skittish horse. : SHIER
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Hacienda hand. : PEON
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Court contests. : SETS
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"Sing it ___ used to sing it ... " : ASWE
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Shredded. : TORN
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Swedish seaport. : UMEA
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Finest clothes. : BEST
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Deposito de ___, reservoir in Spain. : AGUA
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Location. : WHEREABOUTS
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Piquant. : RACY
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High, in music. : ALT
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Old-time back doors. : POSTERNS
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Cornfield weed. : DARNEL
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Modern leviathan. : OCEANLINER
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Little Nell's last name. : TRENT
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Weighty. : HEFTY
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Brushman. : ARTIST
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Multiflora. : ROSE
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Cry of Pan's people. : EVOE
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Dramas or football maneuvers. : SCREENPLAYS
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Antic. : DIDO
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Chisholm Trail town. : ENID
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Quicker than andante. : ALLEGRETTO
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First State: Abbr. : DEL
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Twenty make a lire. : SOLDI
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Legal paper. : DEED
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Has. : OWNS
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Teachers' prognostic aids. : PRETESTS
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Eureka! : AHA
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Letters. : CEES
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Hounds' clues. : SCENTS
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Ground or cause. : REASON
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Unit of weight. : GRAM
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News beat. : SCOOP
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Cease-fire. : TRUCE
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French coin: Abbr. : CENT
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Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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A lot: Colloq. : SLEW
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Now. : HERE
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Sleeper. : TIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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