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New York Times, Thursday, June 1, 1961

45-Across : Rolls a plane to a stop.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,339
Across
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Numerical prefix. : DECA
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Truckdrivers' compartments. : CABS
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Michaelmas daisy. : ASTER
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English county, for short. : OXON
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Drug-yielding plant. : ALOE
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Ex ___ (one-sided). : PARTE
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Relative of a silver lining. : SUNNYSIDE
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Virgin Mary, in art. : PIETA
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Mischievous child. : ELF
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River into the Seine. : AUBE
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Raise: Colloq. : JACKUP
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Square red flags with central black squares. : STORMSIGNALS
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Press down. : RAM
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___ into (begins vigorously). : SAILS
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Charwoman's item. : MOP
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"Out, ___ spot!" : DAMNED
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Baden-Baden. : SPA
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Roof edge. : EAVE
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Greek letter. : OMICRON
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Fore-and-aft sail. : SPANKER
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Contemporary poet. : NASH
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Spick-and-span. : NEW
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Lustrous surfaces. : SHEENS
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Noun suffix. : ANT
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Rolls a plane to a stop. : TAXIS
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Noun suffixes. : ORS
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Bull Run, for one. : BATTLEGROUND
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Ump's call. : STRIKE
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Meadows. : LEAS
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Saint, in Brazil. : SAO
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Fictional ship. : CAINE
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Unusual. : DIFFERENT
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Medieval helmet. : ARMET
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Star in Pegasus. : ENIF
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Part of a missile. : CONE
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Two words on a check. : PAYTO
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Realtors: Abbr. : AGTS
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"___ Country." : AFAR
Down
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Portions. : DOSES
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Jubilate. : EXULT
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What Babbitt was. : CONFORMIST
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Name meaning "grace." : ANN
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___ belli (event which leads to war): Lat. : CASUS
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Certain pleas. : ALIBIS
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Latin-American grocery stores. : BODEGAS
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Make sure. : SEE
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Dismays. : APPALS
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Levantine boats. : SAICS
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Arduous journey. : TREK
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Caesar's penultimate words. : ETTU
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Obtain as a reward. : REAP
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Chatter: Colloq. : YAMMER
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Drug-yielding plants. : JALAPS
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Country place of a sort. : RANCH
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Blights, as by frost. : NIPS
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Employs. : MAKESUSEOF
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Hot-air chamber. : OVEN
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : PERS
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Spanish lady. : DONA
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To ___ (every one). : AMAN
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Present. : DONATE
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Counterpart of Janeiro. : ENERO
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Nearest in place or position. : NEXT
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___ of another color. : AHORSE
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Favorably disposed. : WILLING
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Become fond of. : TAKETO
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Choose to. : SEEFIT
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French psychologist. : BINET
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Relatives of boathooks. : GAFFS
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Wife of Balder. : NANNA
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Overloving parent, perhaps. : DOTER
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Title once held by MacArthur. : SCAP
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Capital before Dublin. : TARA
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Frosty. : RIMY
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Communications initials. : RCA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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