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New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1960

42-Across : Geographical dictionaries.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,853
Across
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Photographer's concern. : POSES
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Hipbones: Anat. : ILIA
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Forever and ___. : ADAY
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Lift up. : EXALT
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Average. : NORM
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Turn the ___ (change conditions). : TIDE
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Round hand, in printing. : RONDE
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Record players of a sort. : JUKEBOXES
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Performance between the acts. : INTERLUDE
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Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
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Plots of ground. : AREAS
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North Hebrews of Bible days. : DANITES
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Curved line. : ARC
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On the ___ (unfriendly). : OUTS
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Eisenhower title: Abbr. : CIC
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Beaverbrook. : LORD
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Lover of the fine arts. : DILETTANTE
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Small cases. : ETUIS
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100 yrs. : CEN
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Danish hero of medieval romance. : OGIER
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Geographical dictionaries. : GAZETTEERS
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Terminates. : ENDS
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Pull. : TOW
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Triolet. : POEM
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Sibilant syllable. : TST
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Quack. : EMPIRIC
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Writer Hunt. : LEIGH
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Rich cake: Ger. : TORTE
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Satchmo. : ARMSTRONG
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Eschewal. : AVOIDANCE
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Allude (to). : REFER
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : TINA
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Bank transaction. : LOAN
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Have ___ (be heedful). : ACARE
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Viewed. : SEEN
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Remaining. : LEFT
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Timber wolves. : LOBOS
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Elfin being. : PERI
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Oxfordshire. : OXON
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One of the Virgin Islands. : SANTACRUZ
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Senior. : ELDER
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3-D. : STEREO
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Wrong. : INJUSTICE
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Showy. : LOUD
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Annoyed. : IRKED
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Our time. : ATOMICAGE
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Ipse ___. : DIXIT
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Relative of Delia. : ADELE
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Assents. : YESES
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San ___, Texas city. : BENITO
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Praise. : LAUD
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Statute. : ACT
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Have not ___ to stand on. : ALEG
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Roster. : ROTA
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Specialty of Somnus. : SLEEP
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Meal planner. : DIETITIAN
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Total registration. : ENROLMENT
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Jewish fast day. : NINTHOFAB
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Mack and Husing. : TEDS
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Whilom. : ERST
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In a warehouse. : STORED
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Prefix meaning double. : TWI
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Bishoprics. : SEES
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Heart valve. : MITRAL
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States: Fr. : ETATS
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Type of entertainment. : MOVIE
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Lying face downward. : PRONE
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Dugout. : CANOE
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El ___. : GRECO
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Canadian flyers. : RCAF
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Detective Wolfe. : NERO
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Stoneware of France. : GRES
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One and ___. : ALL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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