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New York Times, Monday, June 13, 1960

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: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.0
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,986
Across
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Writer of 600 B. C. : AESOP
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Member of the family. : PAPA
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Go chase yourself! : SCAT
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River of Twin Falls. : SNAKE
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Top performers. : ACES
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Thirteen-stringed instrument of Japan. : KOTO
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Loop on a boat. : STRAP
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Persia since 1935. : IRAN
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Black. : INKY
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Work of ___. : ART
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Crawl and others. : STROKES
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Anatomical vessel. : VAS
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Nearsightedness. : MYOPIA
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Advice as to the Ides of March. : BEWARE
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Group of nine. : ENNEAD
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Gaiety. : MIRTH
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Substance from seaweed. : AGAR
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Caused to be. : GOT
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Mollify. : SOOTHE
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Important port of the Far East. : RANGOON
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Part of A. A. U. : AMATEUR
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Prevents. : ESTOPS
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___ carte. : ALA
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Rim. : EDGE
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Spout for drawing off maple syrup. : SPILE
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Bluejacket. : SAILOR
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Lifework. : CAREER
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Sheer fabric. : TISSUE
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Of ___ things! : ALL
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Colorless, volatile liquid. : ALCOHOL
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Of long standing. : OLD
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Spiral of wire. : COIL
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Kind of moth, pastel-green. : LUNA
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Existentialism and others. : CULTS
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___ purpose. : TONO
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Home of the shamrock. : ERIN
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Before: Naut. : AFORE
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Merganser. : SMEW
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Isthmus or cape. : NECK
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Describing some voices. : NASAL
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Shillong is its capital. : ASSAM
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Contestant. : ENTRY
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Andrea del ___, Florentine painter. : SARTO
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River into the Volga at Gorki. : OKA
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Stomach enzyme. : PEPSIN
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Mr. and Mrs. : PAIR
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Tumbler. : ACROBAT
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Having a point. : PEAKED
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Good ___. : ASNEW
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Glide over snow. : SKI
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Transformed. : CONVERTED
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Aleutian island. : ATKA
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Dolls. : TOYS
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Dances. : TANGOS
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Formerly Navigators Islands. : SAMOA
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Latticework structure in a garden. : PERGOLA
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Noisy ones. : RIOTERS
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A thousand ages. : EON
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Ruffian. : THUG
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In this place. : HERE
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Aphrodite's spouse. : ARES
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Sound of surprise. : GASP
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Arch of stratified rock. : ANTICLINE
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Colored glass. : SMALTO
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Salzburg specialty. : OPERA
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Oriental cognomen. : ALI
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Levitical. : AARONIC
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Get hold of. : SECURE
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A must for the Tin Woodman. : OILCAN
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The "Lady of the Lake." : ELLEN
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Performs alone. : SOLOS
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Too-too. : ULTRA
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___ Ford Mountains, Antarctica. : EDSEL
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Book of the Bible. : ACTS
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Art of weaving. : LOOM
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Skein of yarn. : HANK
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Décolleté. : LOW
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Capital of Bashkir. : UFA

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

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