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New York Times, Tuesday, January 3, 1961

40-Across : Searches diligently.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,190
Across
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___ Lama. : DALAI
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Mounted. : ARISEN
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Induce (another) to commit perjury. : SUBORN
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Regard with awe. : VENERATE
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German toast. : PROSIT
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Balanced. : EVENEDUP
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Washed. : LAVED
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Compass point. : NNE
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Well-known name in Maine. : SMITH
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Shoshonean Indians. : UTES
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Petits ___. : FOURS
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Long narrow inlet. : RIA
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___ the hounds (hunts). : RIDESTO
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Norse goddess of healing. : EIR
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Members of Burning Tree. : GOLFERS
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Roof edge. : EAVE
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Wreathe together. : ENLACE
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Parts of joints in carpentry. : TENONS
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Slangily, any place. : DUMP
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Searches diligently. : HUNTSUP
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Faulty. : BAD
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Farm laborers. : REAPERS
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Evian, for example. : SPA
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Bulldog team. : ELIS
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Daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
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Combining form for saltpeter. : NITR
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Subject of current film. : ALAMO
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Fade away. : DIE
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___ ball, 19th cen. rifle bullet. : MINIE
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Gift. : DONATION
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Living in communities. : SOCIAL
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Set sail. : STARTOUT
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In an honest manner. : OPENLY
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Suits designed for hefty customers. : STOUTS
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Floating ice. : BERGS
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Time period. : DURATION
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Chiefly. : ABOVEALL
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Misses. : LOSES
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Barren. : ARID
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Banking term: Abbr. : INT
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Broad passageway. : AVENUE
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Car gear. : REVERSE
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Adjective suffix. : INE
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Legislators: Abbr. : SENS
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Solitary: Comb. form. : EREMO
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Soprano Conner. : NADINE
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Great display: Colloq. : SPLURGE
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Opposite of solo. : TUTTI
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Spartan magistrate. : EPHOR
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Slips. : NODS
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Stokers. : FIREMEN
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Figuratively, development. : STATURE
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Take place again. : RECUR
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Cooking chambers. : OVENS
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Short-lived custom. : FAD
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Adjective suffix. : ENT
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Village on the Hudson. : OSSINING
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Wedding. : NUPTIALS
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Scantily. : SPARELY
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Expended. : PAIDOUT
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Rosary. : BEADS
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Parcel out. : ALLOT
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Namesakes of a goddess. : DIANAS
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Units in scoring. : POINTS
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Clever. : SMART
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More kind. : NICER
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Von Bismarck. : OTTO
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Be dispirited. : MOPE
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Debtor's chit. : IOU
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Sound of distress. : SOB

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

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