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New York Times, Tuesday, December 15, 1959

72-Across : Small parrot.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,805
Across
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Background of 51 Down. : ALPS
5
White Rhine wine. : HOCK
9
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
13
Honshu city. : NARA
14
Neighbor of Kauai. : OAHU
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Saying. : ADAGE
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Vigorous: Colloq. : TWOFISTED
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Old Roman religious rites. : SACRA
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Really. : INFACT
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Courts. : WOOS
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Prefix for plunk. : KER
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Vex: Colloq. : RILE
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Wraps, as in swaddling clothes. : SWATHES
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Industrial plant. : REFINERY
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European coin. : LIRA
32
Adverse. : ILL
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Hellenic. : GREEK
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Where to play golf. : LINKS
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Piece of a pocket. : FLAP
40
Looks at closely. : SCANS
42
Music halls. : ODEA
43
Three goddesses. : FATES
45
One round of cards. : TRICK
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Teleost fish. : EEL
48
Herr's wife. : FRAU
50
Equivocal position: Colloq. : STRADDLE
52
Theatrical engagement. : BOOKING
55
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
56
One: Span. : UNO
57
Dr. Dooley's land. : LAOS
59
Era dating from Kitty Hawk. : AIRAGE
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Backward: Comb. form. : RETRO
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Irresolute. : WEAKKNEED
67
Mug. : STEIN
68
Hub. : NAVE
69
Pass too slowly. : DRAG
70
Have ___ with. : TODO
71
Coaster. : SLED
72
Small parrot. : LORY
Down
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Counter: Prefix. : ANTI
2
Where to play tennis. : LAWN
3
Campus figure. : PROF
4
Caravan. : SAFARI
5
Grooms. : HOSTLERS
6
Grain. : OAT
7
Ruminate mentally. : CHEW
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Fame: Colloq. : KUDOS
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Oklahoma city. : ADA
10
Insincere, as a compliment. : BACKHANDED
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Harmonize. : AGREE
12
Dries up. : SEARS
15
Attack violently. : ASSAIL
17
Sugary mixture. : ICING
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Great horned ___. : OWL
24
Upright. : ERECT
26
Beethoven's "Archduke," for example. : TRIO
27
Berber of the Moroccan coast. : RIFF
28
Diminutive suffix, from the Latin. : ELLA
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Determined: Slang. : FLATFOOTED
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A long time. : YEARS
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Works with wool. : KNITS
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Relative of a centerboard. : KEEL
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For ___. : SALE
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Smarten one's appearance (with "up"). : PERK
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Made a harsh, grating sound. : SCREAKED
44
Longfellow's advice to the "Ship of State." : SAILON
46
Eskimo's sealskin boot. : KAMIK
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Relative of 56 Across. : UNA
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Dress of peasant origin. : DIRNDL
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Break open. : BURST
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"And ___ pray ... " : ONETO
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Fashion show specialties. : GOWNS
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Christmas ___. : SEAL
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Go by plane. : AERO
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Rigging, harness, etc. : GEAR
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Peevish. : EDGY
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___ Grande. : RIO
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Blvd. : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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