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New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 1960

24-Across : ___ death (kill).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,127
Across
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All ___ Day. : SAINTS
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Uses a poniard. : STABS
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Flatter: Colloq. : BUTTERUP
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City in central Mexico. : TOLUCA
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Remedy. : ANTIDOTE
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City ___. : EDITOR
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Sports gear. : SKIS
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Completely. : PURELY
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French pronoun. : TOI
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Preachment: Abbr. : SER
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Musical round. : ROTA
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___ death (kill). : DOTO
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Bills. : ONES
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River of Siberia. : LENA
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Sources of salt. : MINES
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Author of "Exodus." : URIS
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Time off. : LEISURE
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French psychologist. : BINET
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Catches. : TRAPS
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Popular confections. : SUNDAES
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Scorch. : CHAR
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Inward. : ENTAD
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Resort village in New Mexico. : TAOS
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Domino. : MASK
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Historic time. : DDAY
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Storage place. : BARN
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Never: Ger. : NIE
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African country: Abbr. : ALG
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Show off. : PARADE
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Line of division. : EDGE
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Admiral Horatio. : NELSON
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Warp. : BUCKLEUP
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Satisfied. : SUITED
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Bookworms. : SCHOLARS
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Does bookkeeping. : POSTS
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Infinitive for "transmit." : TOSEND
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Kind of garden. : SUNKEN
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Togs. : ATTIRE
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"Craze" for: Suffix. : ITIS
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Uncle in song. : NED
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De ___ (too much): Fr. : TROP
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Sews. : SUTURES
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Greek pillar. : STELA
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Tiny bird of the West Indies. : TODY
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Asian name. : ALI
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Close securely. : BUTTONUP
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Vehicles of a sort. : SCOOTERS
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Singer. : BASSO
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Ex-dictator. : PERON
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Songlike. : ARIOSE
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Render innocuous. : DISARM
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Time for 31 Across. : SUNDAY
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Suffix meaning stone. : LITE
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Variable star in Cetus. : MIRA
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___ the riot act. : READ
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Suffixes on ordinal numerals. : ETHS
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Dress warmly. : BUNDLEUP
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Carved gem. : INTAGLIO
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Cars. : SEDANS
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Sun. : STAR
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Deportment. : CONDUCT
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Neighbors of the Riffs. : ARABS
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Figuratively, lofty. : ANDEAN
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Hero in Norse legend. : SIGURD
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Stays fresh. : KEEPS
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United groups of people. : BANDS
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Homer. : POET
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Greek nymph. : ECHO
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Ways: Abbr. : STS
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Boxer's concern. : KOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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