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New York Times, Monday, July 18, 1960

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jim Horne notes:

41-Across: SIDNEY clued as "Dickens hero" is an error: the character in A Tale of Two Cities is Sydney Carton.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,021
Across
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Project ___ (Missile Defense Alarm System). : MIDAS
6
Unbiased. : FAIR
10
Minded the baby. : SAT
13
Manifest. : OVERT
14
18th cen. composer. : ARNE
15
___ stick. : POGO
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Given to conversation. : TALKY
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Symbolic imaginary vehicle. : BANDWAGON
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Draft status. : ONEA
20
White vestment. : ALB
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World ___. : WARONE
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Elf. : GNOME
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Certain political symbols. : DONKEYS
25
Showy. : FLASHY
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As ___ gold. : GOODAS
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Small quantities. : IOTAS
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Fashions. : MOLDS
30
Choicest part. : TOP
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Enemies. : FOES
34
Refrigerates. : COOLS
35
Name on the Convention roll call. : OHIO
36
Greek letter. : ETA
37
Girl's nickname. : MANDY
38
Pronounce holy. : BLESS
39
Beset with obstacles. : THORNY
41
Dickens hero. : SIDNEY
42
Where Peachtree Street is. : ATLANTA
44
Kind of dance. : CONGA
45
Shed with one-slope roof. : LEANTO
46
Old cloth measure. : ELL
47
Another on the roll call. : UTAH
50
One type of candidate. : DARKHORSE
52
Signer of the Declaration. : PAINE
53
Units of energy. : ERGS
54
"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
55
Satire. : IRONY
56
Cereal grass. : RYE
57
Aquatic bird. : SWAN
58
Miss Ferber and others. : EDNAS
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John Marquand character. : MOTO
2
Karamazov brother. : IVAN
3
Convention member. : DELEGATEATLARGE
4
Another on the roll call. : ARKANSAS
5
Pen. : STY
6
Legend. : FABLE
7
Native of Kuwait. : ARAB
8
Hostelry. : INN
9
Sequoias. : REDWOODS
10
Part of a political adage. : SOGOESTHENATION
11
Torment. : AGONY
12
Sounds. : TONES
15
Apparel in Anchorage. : PARKA
18
Diviners' rods. : WANDS
20
Louisa Alcott character. : AMY
23
Exclamations. : OHS
24
First name of a first lady. : DOLLY
25
Musical instrument. : FIFE
26
Plunder. : LOOT
27
Exclamation of pleasure. : GOODY
29
___ Vanna, Maeterlinck heroine. : MONNA
31
River of Picardy. : OISE
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Flower. : POSY
34
Pictorial forms of political commentary. : CARTOONS
35
Conservative element of a group. : OLDGUARD
37
November. : MONTH
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Storage place. : BIN
40
Nancy ___. : HANKS
41
Musical syllable. : SOL
42
Tree with woody cones. : ALDER
43
Sad. : TEARY
44
Describing a hound's tooth. : CLEAN
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Spanish form of "to be." : ESTA
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Coin of India. : ANNA
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Exclamations of surprise. : HEYS
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Line of seats. : ROW
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Article of food. : PIE

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

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