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New York Times, Thursday, December 1, 1960

17-Across : Bind tightly.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,157
Across
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Populace. : DEMOS
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Where Flagstaff is: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Small dogs, for short. : POMS
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Unsuitable. : INAPT
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Light cotton fabric. : LENO
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Distal angle of leaf. : AXIL
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Bind tightly. : STRAITLACE
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One of the Lesser Sundas. : BALI
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Southern state: Abbr. : ARK
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Stimulate. : ROUSE
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Poe's foster father. : ALLAN
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Dampens in water, as hemp, flax, etc. : RETS
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Transgression. : WRONGDOING
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Border state. : MAINE
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Result. : ENSUE
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Distress signal. : SOS
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River from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. : STMARYS
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Writer Gardner. : ERLE
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Tooth-edged organ. : SERRA
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Scotsman's "don't". : DINNA
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This as well as that. : EACH
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Elision of a syllable. : SYNCOPE
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___ up (misbehave). : ACT
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Musical phrase: Ital. : THEMA
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Peggy O'Neill's husband. : EATON
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Appease. : PROPITIATE
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Back talk. : SASS
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Widespread fright. : PANIC
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Outwits. : FOILS
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Unit of heat: Abbr. : BTU
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Sharpen. : EDGE
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One's mother tongue. : VERNACULAR
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Having wings. : ALAR
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Uninteresting. : ARID
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Tête-___. : ATETE
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Camera part. : LENS
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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___ out (defeated by a small margin). : NOSED
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Renders innocuous. : DISARMS
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Supplicates. : ENTREATS
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Be active without progress. : MARKTIME
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Wartime price arbiter: Abbr. : OPA
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Cooking direction. : STIR
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Tempts. : ALLURES
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Talk persuasively. : REASON
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Perfume. : INCENSE
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Girl's name meaning "life." : ZOE
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Picasso. : PABLO
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Wood sorrel. : OXALIS
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Rival of Roma. : MILANO
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Partners of arrows. : SLINGS
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Flaxen fibers. : TOW
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Heroine of song. : ADELINE
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Attractive deception. : SNARE
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Hurdy-___. : GURDY
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Devious. : ERRATIC
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Status symbol. : YACHT
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___ de (in case of): fr. : ENCAS
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Persons of distinction. : NOTABLES
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Recreant. : APOSTATE
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Animals of the farm. : HEIFERS
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___ chine, firm silk with dull finish: Fr. : SATINDE
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Got as a certainty. : ENSURED
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Legal proceeding. : APPEAL
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Oscillating bed. : CRADLE
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Polynesian. : TONGAN
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Polynesians. : MAORIS
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Where fishermen congregate. : PIERS
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Guido's high note. : ELA
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Conform to metrical principles. : SCAN
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___ victis (woe to the conquered): Lat. : VAE
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___-Aztecan Indians. : UTO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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