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New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 1960

15-Across : With ___ grace (ungraciously).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 19.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,071
Across
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Famous statuette. : OSCAR
6
Pearl of the Antilles. : CUBA
10
Horizontal bar. : RAIL
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Corsican patriot of 1755. : PAOLI
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With ___ grace (ungraciously). : ABAD
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Quechuan. : INCA
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Tapestry. : ARRAS
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Be a chip off the old block. : TAKEAFTER
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Light cavalryman. : LANCER
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Be off with you: Colloq. : RUNALONG
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Taker of risks. : DARER
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Annual income: Fr. : RENTE
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Physicians: Colloq. : MEDICOS
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Baseball play. : BUNT
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Beaver State. : OREGON
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Plant juice. : SAP
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Comedian Kaye. : DANNY
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Game. : POLO
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Very small. : WEE
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Basis of fruit jellies. : PECTIN
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Shade trees. : ELMS
43
"___ Aida." : CELESTE
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Contemporary poet. : NASH
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French landscapist. : COROT
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Organic compound. : ESTER
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Catch up with. : OVERTAKE
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Comfort. : SOLACE
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Music room equipment. : PIANOLAMP
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Describing a toaster's action. : POPUP
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In front of: Prefix. : ANTE
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See 43 Across. : ARIA
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The "op." in op. cit. : OPERE
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Cordelia's father. : LEAR
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Orange-red stone. : SARD
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Subject of a sermon: Fr. : TEXTE
Down
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Precious stone. : OPAL
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Poetess Teasdale. : SARA
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Indian harvest ceremony. : CORNDANCE
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Dinner service. : ALACARTE
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Part of a stair step. : RISER
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Small sailboat. : CAT
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Rod shaped for strength. : UBAR
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Oil center on the Caspian Sea. : BAKU
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Gulf of Arabia. : ADEN
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Firearms. : RIFLES
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Composer Rubinstein. : ANTON
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Designating a type of bargain sale. : ICENT
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Opposite of 40 Across. : LARGE
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Composer Copland. : AARON
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Shape anew. : REMODEL
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Run the course again. : RERACE
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Take ___ (acknowledge applause). : ABOW
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Spring time. : JUNE
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Depressions. : DENTS
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Kindle. : IGNITE
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Feigned bashfulness. : COYNESS
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Point toward which our sun is moving. : SOLARAPEX
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Charity. : ALMS
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Swell: Brit. slang. : POSH
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Wife of Odysseus. : PENELOPE
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In ___ (secretly): Ital. : PETTO
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Out-of-the-way place. : CORNER
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Lacquer ingredient. : COPAL
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Vaquero's rope. : REATA
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Go ___ (deteriorate). : TOPOT
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Woe is me! : ALAS
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Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean. : KARA
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Turkish title. : EMIR
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Rudely brief. : CURT
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Fencer's blade. : EPEE
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Floating leaf of a water lily. : PAD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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