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New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1960

17-Across : Winners of awards.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,865
Across
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Hat-in-ring gesture. : TOSS
5
America-discoverer in Welsh legend. : MADOC
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Crack. : FLAW
14
Rose's sweetheart. : ABIE
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Kind of protein acid. : AMINO
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Skipping ___. : ROPE
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Winners of awards. : MEDALLISTS
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Winker. : EYELID
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Conversed intimately. : COMMUNED
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Type of officer: Abbr. : EXEC
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Blockhead. : OAF
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Relative of an angle iron. : LBAR
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Mouse genus. : MUS
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Sweet stuffs. : SIRUPS
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Sicilian landmark. : AETNA
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Above, in music. : SOPRA
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Advertising device. : FREETRIALCOUPON
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Rubbish. : TRASH
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Kitchen implement. : SPOON
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Conclusion. : END
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High priest of cult in France. : SARTRE
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Dry, as wine. : SEC
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Victims. : PREY
49
Electronic phenomenon. : ION
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Kind of terrier. : SKYE
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Torch. : FLAMBEAU
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Animals of Asia. : PANDAS
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Output of 36 Across. : LAVA
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Erasing. : RUBBINGOUT
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Leave out. : OMIT
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Eminent. : GREAT
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Sussex river. : OUSE
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Lay asphalt. : PAVE
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Live stock enclosures. : YARDS
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Certain cities: Abbr. : SPTS
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Unexciting. : TAME
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Follow orders. : OBEY
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Team. : SIDE
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Inspector of weights and measures. : SEALER
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What sailors beware. : MALDEMER
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French friend. : AMI
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Flat circular plate. : DISC
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Atop of. : ONTO
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Orderly universe. : COSMOS
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Silk sound. : FROUFROU
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Meat cut. : LOIN
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Church section. : APSE
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Quitch grass, for one. : WEED
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Year of Agrippina's death. : LIX
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French house. : MAISON
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Skin layer. : CUTIS
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Blows, in boxing. : LEFTS
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Yogi. : BERRA
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Have ___ to the ground. : ANEAR
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Breaks. : SNAPS
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___ crust. : UPPER
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Disposed (to). : PRONE
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Of a certain color. : SANDY
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Pulsating. : ATHROB
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Medicinal plants. : ALOES
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Appraise. : ESTIMATE
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Airplane sections. : COCKPITS
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Inherent power. : ENERGY
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Former coins of Hungary. : PENGOS
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Penn ___, N. Y. : YAN
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Opposite of a hit. : FLOP
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Tibetan wise man. : LAMA
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Tel ___. : AVIV
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Special atmosphere. : AURA
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Above: Ger. : UBER
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Launder. : DOUP
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Country of Europe: Abbr. : AUST
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Holy ones: Abbr. : STES
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Severe. : BAD

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

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