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New York Times, Thursday, November 29, 1951

60-Across : Farmers in the springtime.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 893
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Husbands or wives. : SPOUSES
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Most corny. : STALEST
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Ballerina who died in 1931. : PAVLOVA
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Port of contention on the Adriatic. : TRIESTE
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Sheathed by winter. : ICECLAD
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He checks the books. : AUDITOR
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Laughs: French : RIRES
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Libyan seaport. : DERNA
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Ben ___, of Rome. : HUR
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Away out yonder. : AFAR
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Mark Wayne ___. : CLARK
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Interdiction. : VETO
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
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Darling: French. : CHERI
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Prokofiev's "___ and the Wolf." : PETER
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Light-colored cigar. : CLARO
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Obtainers. : SECURERS
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Ribbed fabric. : CORD
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Fordham footballers. : RAMS
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Emblem worn by the U. S. Army Medical Corps. : CADUCEUS
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Disbursed funds. : SPENT
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Second. : ABETS
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Carries. : TOTES
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Island group off New Guinea. : ARU
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Worth collecting. : RARE
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Creepy. : SCARY
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Personal bearing. : MIEN
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Where Tuskegee Institute is: Abbr. : ALA
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Leader of some 300 million people. : NEHRU
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Idaho's greatest political name. : BORAH
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Tell privately. : CONFIDE
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Cliff-hanger picture release. : EPISODE
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Los ___. : ANGELES
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Capable of being liquified. : SOLUBLE
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Farmers in the springtime. : SEEDERS
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Counted. : TALLIED
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Path of a turning football. : SPIRAL
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Admiral Radford's command. : PACIFIC
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Including everything. : OVERALL
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High-pressure stomach trouble. : ULCER
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Money in Peru. : SOLS
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Fictional Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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Seat for a cowboy. : SADDLE
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More sparkling of eye. : STARRIER
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Theme of one of the "Just So Stories." : TRUNK
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Opera with a "Triumphal March." : AIDA
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Waikiki garland. : LEI
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Lover of beauty. : ESTHETE
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More robust. : STOUTER
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Unmanageable children. : TERRORS
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Corn products. : EARS
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Dishwashing, for instance. : CHORE
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Lyric exercise. : VERSE
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Gentle smilers of the Nile. : CROCS
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Footwear. : PUMPS
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Mentally sharp. : ACUTE
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Famous name in baseball. : CASEY
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County of F. D. R. Hyde Park shrine. : DUTCHESS
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Venezuelan capital. : CARACAS
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Ear-shaped shellfish. : ABALONE
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Unhinge mentally. : DERANGE
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Take to the sky. : SOAR
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Kenya Colony capital. : NAIROBI
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Pedal. : TREADLE
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Straightest. : TRUEST
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Disregard. : UNHEED
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Passover feast. : SEDER
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Rich oil region of Iraq. : MOSUL
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Egypt's green valley. : NILE
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Congressional item. : BILL
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Allayed hunger. : FED
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Meadow grass. : POA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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