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New York Times, Saturday, January 30, 1960

14-Across : Vespucci's namesakes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,851
Across
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Prince Charles' school. : CHEAM
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Native of Barcelona. : CATALAN
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Girl graduate. : ALUMNA
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Vespucci's namesakes. : AMERIGOS
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Servile. : MENIAL
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Cynosure in the Louvre. : MONALISA
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Body of troops: Abbr. : BATT
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Words of agreement. : AMENS
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Thrice: Comb. form. : TER
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Mrs. Symington. : EVE
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Ladies of Madrid: Abbr. : SRAS
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A stake: Span. : ESTACA
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Feature of Elizabeth I. : REDHAIR
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South African author. : PATON
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Town SE of Naples. : EBOLI
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Phenomenon during a solar eclipse. : CORONA
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French artist. : TOULOUSELAUTREC
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Sea gulls of northern England. : ANNETS
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"Kinda." : SORTA
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Belonging to me: Ger. : MEINE
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One at the Windward Islands. : GRENADA
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Oaxaca or Sonora. : ESTADO
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Eldest son. : HEIR
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Bone. : RIB
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About: Abbr. : CIR
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Moon cycle. : PHASE
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Baby's favorite. : MAMA
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Flatterer. : ADULATOR
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Vivacity, courage, etc. : SPIRIT
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Show on a screen. : TELEVISE
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Gingerbready. : ORNATE
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Finds out. : DETECTS
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Made of mesh. : NETTY
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Cling (to). : CLEAVE
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Followed the hounds. : HUNTED
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Give out. : EMIT
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Santa ___. : ANA
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Pertaining to a miasma. : MALARIOUS
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Lead bars in stained glass windows. : CAMES
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Egyptian sun god. : AMON
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Taut. : TENSE
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Constellation. : ARA
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Small: Dial. : LIL
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Troublemaker. : AGITATOR
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Missile age salvage item. : NOSECONE
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Fossil resin. : AMBER
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New York lake. : SARANAC
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Crumbly soils. : MARLS
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Wearing wooden shoes. : SABOTED
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Old Faithful, for example. : SPOUTER
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Scot's distinction. : TARTAN
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Western capital. : HELENA
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Diminutive suffixes. : IES
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Continues. : CARRIESON
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Docile one. : TAMECAT
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Unilateral. : ONESIDED
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In conventions, a method of voting. : UNITRULE
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Theatre seatings. : LOGES
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Historic mountain. : ARARAT
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Cotton cloth. : DIMITY
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Lessen. : ABATE
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Of the eye. : OPTIC
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Rodents. : HARES
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Entertainer. : HOST
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Candy flavor. : MINT
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Permit. : LET
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Abbreviation on a street sign. : AVE
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Before: Prefix. : PRE

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

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