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New York Times, Monday, October 31, 1960

14-Across : Superior.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,126
Across
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Amounted (to). : CAME
5
Levantine ketch. : SAIC
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Business experts, for short. : CPAS
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___ Early, Civil War general. : JUBAL
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Superior. : HIGH
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Swift rodent. : HARE
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Schoolboy's stipend. : ALLOWANCE
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Item for historians of the future. : TIMECAPSULE
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Inquire. : ASK
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City on Puget Sound. : SEATTLE
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Formerly, formerly. : ERST
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Pitchblende. : ORE
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Aloha. : FAREWELL
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Pacific island. : SAMOA
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Memorable name in opera. : BORI
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Director Kazan. : ELIA
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Name popularized by FitzGerald. : OMAR
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Thaumaturgy. : MAGIC
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Title. : EARL
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___ for one's self (manage). : FEND
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Seaweed: Lat. : ALGA
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Lost. : ATSEA
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With fire. : ARDENTLY
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Sergeant's command. : HEP
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Superficies. : AREA
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Women's club. : SOROSIS
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Adjective suffix. : ANT
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On ___ (quickly). : SHORTNOTICE
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Circus specialist. : LIONTAMER
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Conductor's item. : BATON
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Field. : ACRE
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Frog: Lat. : RANA
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Certain collars. : ETONS
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Kind of terrier. : SKYE
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Vincent d'___, French composer. : INDY
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Progeny. : SONS
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Radium measure. : CURIE
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South American serpent. : ABOMA
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Custom-built. : MADETOORDER
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Sister of Orestes. : ELECTRA
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Figure. : SHAPE
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Bothers. : AILS
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Alaskan dwelling. : IGLU
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Irascible. : CHOLERIC
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Mandarin tea. : CHA
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Cigars. : PANATELAS
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Circular sections. : ARCS
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Hide's companion. : SEEK
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Idlewild arrivals. : JETS
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Auxiliary verb. : WERE
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Mum. : ALE
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Tropical, trailing plant with edible root. : SWEETPOTATO
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Obfuscated : FOGGY
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Opposed to recitative. : ARIA
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Money in Milan. : LIRE
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Refrain syllables. : LALA
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Chesterfield. : SOFA
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Citizen of U. S.: Abbr. : AMER
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Required. : MANDATORY
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Formal affair. : BALL
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Margaretha Zelle. : MATAHARI
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Bacteria. : AEROBES
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Breeding place. : NEST
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Title of respect: Abbr. : HON
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Be inattentive. : STRAY
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Suppress: Colloq. : SITON
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Religious figures. : ICONS
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Fong and Long: Abbr. : SENS
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Woebegonish cry. : ALAS
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The Thin Man. : NICK
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Part of Arabia. : OMAN
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Split. : REND
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Born: Fr. : NEE

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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