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New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1961

9-Across : Swiss city on the Rhine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { V X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,233
Across
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Feet of a sort. : PAWS
5
"A miss ___ good ... " : ISAS
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Swiss city on the Rhine. : BASEL
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Liliaceous plant. : ALOE
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Severe mentor: Colloq. : DUTCHUNCLE
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Characterized by little activity. : SLOW
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Devotee. : ENTHUSIAST
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Forty winks. : SIESTA
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Bank on. : RELY
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Favorite. : PET
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Invest. : ENDUE
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Housewife. : MAMA
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Kitten's vocal sound. : MEW
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Buckingham, for example. : PALACE
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Companion of main. : MIGHT
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Bird call. : CAW
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Haven. : PORT
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Dugouts. : CANOES
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"So sorry," for example. : APOLOGY
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Fanfare. : TANTARA
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Goblin or elf. : SPRITE
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Piece of sculpture. : BUST
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Land: Abbr. : TER
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Appropriates. : TAKES
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Slice of bacon. : RASHER
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Measure of length. : ROD
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Woof. : BARK
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Anything whatever. : AUGHT
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Clumsy fellow. : OAF
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Chinese: Comb. form. : SINO
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City in Alaska. : JUNEAU
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Imposing. : STATUESQUE
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"___ Side Story." : WEST
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Certainly: Colloq. : SUREENOUGH
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In re. : ASTO
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Fall flower. : ASTER
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Another version of 25 Across. : MEOU
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Part of a decade. : YEAR
Down
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Old-fashioned. : PASSE
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___ all (considering everything). : ALLIN
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Courted. : WOOED
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Monopolizes: Colloq. : SEWSUP
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Brain child. : IDEA
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Phoebus. : SUN
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Draw. : ATTRACT
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Intrigue. : SCHEME
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At work. : BUSY
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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Fall guy. : SCAPEGOAT
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Some other place. : ELSEWHERE
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Baltic native. : LETT
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Kind of dance. : HULA
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Restaurant equipment. : TEAPOTS
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Contrary girl. : MARY
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Large amount. : MINT
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Theatre section. : LOGE
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Woman's cloak. : MANTEAU
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Autocrat. : TSAR
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Players. : CAST
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Complex device or machine. : APPARATUS
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Museum piece. : WORKOFART
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Money. : CASH
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Song: Ger. : LIED
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Elephant feature. : TUSK
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Rococo. : BAROQUE
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Redeem. : RANSOM
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Part of an airfield. : RUNWAY
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Tres ___. : BIEN
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Wild fowl. : GEESE
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___ la vista. : HASTA
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Coach. : TUTOR
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Bones: Lat. : OSSA
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Litigant. : SUER
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Speed demon. : JEHU
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Letter. : TEE
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Hugh in Italy. : UGO

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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