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New York Times, Saturday, January 9, 1960

64-Across : Become precipitous.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.79, Missing: { B F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,830
Across
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Quick bread. : POPOVER
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Neck muscles: Anat. : SCALENI
15
Alligator pear. : AVOCADO
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Part of France famed for Burgundies. : COTEDOR
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Decoctions of herbs. : TISANES
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Spanish condiment. : OREGANO
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River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Spider's nest. : NIDUS
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So be it. : AMEN
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Peripatetic. : ITINERANT
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Purely scientific. : CLINICAL
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Horse: Colloq. : GEEGEE
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Changsha's province. : HUNAN
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Prime numbers. : NINETEENS
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Prime number. : ONE
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Behold. : WITNESS
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Do knotted lace work. : TAT
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Receivers of amnesty. : PARDONEES
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County north of Dublin. : MEATH
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Michaelmas daisies. : ASTERS
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Male figures used as columns. : ATLANTES
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Playing ninepins. : SKITTLING
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Crows. : DAWS
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Classic Valentine role. : SHEIK
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Bay of a church. : APSE
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Province of Cuba. : ORIENTE
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Complete view of a building from within. : NEORAMA
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Dishes served before the roast. : ENTREES
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Corsetiere. : GIRDLER
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Build anew. : RESTORE
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Become precipitous. : STEEPEN
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Meat delicacy. : PATE
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Roman poet. : OVID
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Nonplus. : POSE
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Musical sweet potato. : OCARINA
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Front of an army. : VAN
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Paradisean. : EDENIC
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Quixote's charger. : ROSINANTE
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Clean. : SCOUR
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Bouquets. : CORSAGES
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Supped. : ATE
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Beneficiary. : LEGATEE
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Red-coated cheese. : EDAM
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Less than 36 Across. : NONE
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About 5% of the earth's crust. : IRON
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Sketch. : DELINEATE
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Metallic product. : TINWORK
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Seiner. : NETSMAN
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Rudder fish of Florida, Bermuda, etc. : CHOPA
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Green-winged moths. : LUNAS
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Apathetic. : INERT
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Ascertain: Colloq. : GETAT
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Maternally akin. : ENATE
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Natives of a Baltic country. : ESTHS
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Squabs. : NESTLINGS
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Persistent one. : INSISTER
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Dinner sweet. : DESSERT
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Epéeist's phrase. : ENGARDE
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"As You ___." : LIKEIT
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Demonstrative word. : THESE
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Active one. : DOER
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English composer. : ARNE
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Experts in raillery. : WITS
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Touch. : PALP
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Merit. : EARN
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Latest: Comb. form. : NEO
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Limonite or siderite. : ORE

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

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