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New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1960

69-Across : Certain cities: Abbr.

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
10
Crack. : FLAW
14
Rose's sweetheart. : ABIE
15
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
38
Above, in music. : SOPRA
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Advertising device. : FREETRIALCOUPON
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Rubbish. : TRASH
43
Kitchen implement. : SPOON
44
Conclusion. : END
45
High priest of cult in France. : SARTRE
47
Dry, as wine. : SEC
48
Victims. : PREY
49
Electronic phenomenon. : ION
50
Kind of terrier. : SKYE
52
Torch. : FLAMBEAU
57
Animals of Asia. : PANDAS
61
Output of 36 Across. : LAVA
62
Erasing. : RUBBINGOUT
64
Leave out. : OMIT
65
Eminent. : GREAT
66
Sussex river. : OUSE
67
Lay asphalt. : PAVE
68
Live stock enclosures. : YARDS
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Certain cities: Abbr. : SPTS
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Unexciting. : TAME
2
Follow orders. : OBEY
3
Team. : SIDE
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Inspector of weights and measures. : SEALER
5
What sailors beware. : MALDEMER
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French friend. : AMI
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Flat circular plate. : DISC
8
Atop of. : ONTO
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Orderly universe. : COSMOS
10
Silk sound. : FROUFROU
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Meat cut. : LOIN
12
Church section. : APSE
13
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
26
Blows, in boxing. : LEFTS
27
Yogi. : BERRA
28
Have ___ to the ground. : ANEAR
30
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
41
Airplane sections. : COCKPITS
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Inherent power. : ENERGY
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Former coins of Hungary. : PENGOS
51
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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