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New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1960

18-Across : Current events.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,827
Across
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Relative of "jardin." : PARC
5
Church calendar. : ORDO
9
Child in Browning poem. : PIPPA
14
Of the hipbone: Comb. form. : ILIO
15
Plant part. : ROOT
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Relatives of bugaboos. : OGRES
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Current events. : LATESTNEWS
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Killed, as by overuse. : DONETODEATH
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Card. : TEN
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Vases. : URNS
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Remnants: Fr. : RESTES
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Treeless plain. : PAMPAS
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Tempestuous. : STORMY
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Springs . : LEAPS
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Favor. : BOON
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City in Piedmont, Italy. : ASTI
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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With (one). : ALONG
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Equine color. : ROAN
39
Second-hand. : WORN
40
Stakes. : BETS
41
"___ For Peace." : ATOMS
42
Son of Daedalus. : ICARUS
44
Solar system unit. : PLANET
45
Friendly greeting: Colloq. : CHEERO
47
Sea in Turkestan. : ARAL
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Famous dictionary: Abbr. : OED
49
Was unintelligible. : MADENOSENSE
55
A ___ (cheap): Colloq. : DIMEADOZEN
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Facsimile. : COPY
58
Put ___ to (stop). : ANEND
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College group: Slang. : FRAT
60
Joint. : KNEE
61
Heroine of "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
62
Card game. : FARO
63
Trees. : YEWS
Down
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Variegated. : PIED
2
Reversal: Comb. form. : ALLO
3
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Deserved rebuke: Colloq. : COMEUPPANCE
5
Synthetic materials. : ORLONS
6
Avenues. : ROADS
7
Be foolishly fond. : DOTE
8
Great Barrier Island, N. Z. : OTEA
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Commotion. : POTHER
10
Device on an engine: Abbr. : IGN
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In a while. : PRETTYSOON
12
Small flycatcher. : PEWEE
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Societies: Abbr. : ASSNS
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Firm. : STRONG
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Refrain syllables. : TRAS
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Cheaply clever: Colloq. : SMARTALECKY
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Farm equipment. : PLOW
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Flying prefix. : AERO
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Benedicts. : MARRIEDMEN
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Grimes. : SOOTS
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Weights. : TONS
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Color in "le drapeau tricolore." : BLEU
34
Domesticated. : TAME
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Business letter abbreviation. : INST
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Overseas. : ABROAD
41
Woe is me! : ALAS
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Garrett Mattingly's subject. : ARMADA
44
On the double. : PRONTO
45
Musical finales. : CODAS
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Great German poet. : HEINE
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Close: Poet. : ANEAR
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Put aside. : DOFF
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Biblical priest and scribe. : EZRA
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Zero. : NONE
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Cast forth. : SPEW
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Orbs. : EYES
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Noun or adjective suffix. : ENT

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

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