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New York Times, Thursday, March 24, 1960

19-Across : Part of a kite.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,905
Across
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Financial. : FISCAL
7
Enterprise of 1588. : ARMADA
13
Levy. : IMPOSE
14
Words of revenge from Caesar's spirit. : CRYHAVOC
16
Missing link. : APEMAN
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Vibrant. : RESONANT
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Wall and floor covering. : TILE
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Part of a kite. : TAIL
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Gives sparingly. : DOLES
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Kitchen appliance, for example. : LABORSAVER
25
Compact list of details, contents, etc. : TABLE
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Tiny arachnids. : MITES
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U.S. time zone: Abbr. : MST
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Darling, in Ireland. : AROON
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Cruising. : ASEA
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Office equipment. : FILE
34
Whitney, Rainier, Hood. : MOUNTS
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Borrower's friend. : LOANER
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Sharp sound. : PING
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Serpents. : ASPS
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Ocean greyhound. : LINER
44
Append. : ADD
45
Steeple. : SPIRE
46
First name in movies. : GRETA
47
Particles beamed from outer space. : COSMICRAYS
49
Moslem world. : ISLAM
52
Go ___ (take up as an occupation). : INTO
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___ sure. : TOBE
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Story by Stephen Crane, 1898 (with "The"). : OPENBOAT
58
Rhetorician. : ORATOR
60
Portable lights. : LANTERNS
61
Where La Scala is. : MILANO
62
Separate into classes. : ASSORT
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Uses up. : SPENDS
Down
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Decree. : FIAT
2
Armed Zulu group. : IMPI
3
Bewitched. : SPELLBOUND
4
Invitation to a party. : COMEALONG
5
Dry ___ bone. : ASA
6
In music, slow. : LENTO
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Ones in favor of: Var. : AYS
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Founder of a prized scholarship. : RHODES
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Holding of a lord. : MANOR
10
Of grandparents. : AVAL
11
Word to seal a bargain. : DONE
12
Vaudeville turns. : ACTS
14
Turning point. : CRISIS
15
Recount. : RELATE
20
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Crooked. : BENT
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Schnitzel. : VEAL
25
Where Ybor City is. : TAMPA
26
Plant of the arum family. : AROID
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Humphrey, for one. : MINNESOTAN
29
Wintry fall. : SLEET
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___ alba (gypsum). : TERRA
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Fib: Colloq. : FAIRYTALE
35
Plant juices. : SAPS
37
Ivan's girl. : OLGA
40
Apelike. : SIMIAN
41
Dress fabrics. : PRINTS
42
Denomination. : SECT
45
Dark and dull. : SOMBER
47
Division of a poem. : CANTO
48
Studies. : ROOMS
49
City in Kansas. : IOLA
50
Watering places. : SPAS
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Camera's eye. : LENS
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Covenant. : BOND
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Statue in Piccadilly Circus. : EROS
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Unwanted scrap. : ORT
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___ cord. : RIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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