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New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 1960

21-Across : Century plants.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,914
Across
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Symbol for one kind of March weather. : LAMB
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Light, two-wheeled carriages. : TRAPS
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Petitions. : ASKS
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Tropic plant. : ALOE
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Spartan serf. : HELOT
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Vex: Colloq. : RILE
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Tropic shrub. : WILDPEPPER
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Ball of thread. : CLEW
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Mandarin oranges. : SATSUMAS
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Century plants. : AGAVES
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Three-pip die. : TREY
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Plant germ. : SPORE
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Nautical waterproofs. : TARPS
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Regretted. : DEPLORED
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Of the ear. : AURAL
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Published. : AIRED
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Weekday: Abbr. : FRI
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Members of the green-thumb set. : FLOWERGARDENERS
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Hardy shade tree. : ELM
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Trawl. : SEINE
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Range of the Alps, in Austria. : NORIC
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Suitable for the wardrobe. : WEARABLE
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Two of a kind. : TWINS
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Epithet for Clemenceau: Fr. : TIGRE
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Brazilian macaws. : ARAS
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Black Sea peninsula. : CRIMEA
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Fruit-tree pest. : OLIVEFLY
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Places: Lat. : LOCI
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Wax myrtle. : CANDLETREE
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Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
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Outdo. : EXCEL
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Duck. : TEAL
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Language of Buddhism. : PALI
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Premonitors. : SEERS
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Nobleman. : EARL
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Statutes. : LAWS
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Shed features. : MOLT
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Cleaverworts : BEDSTRAW
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Compositions. : THEMES
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Make some return for. : REPAY
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Home of the edelweiss. : ALPS
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"The Gold Bug" author. : POE
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Hard up: Slang. : STRAPPED
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Triple Crown jockey of 1941. : ARCARO
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Plant with powdery fronds. : SILVERFERN
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Swiss painter in Blue-Four movement. : KLEE
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Bastes. : SEWS
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Herb in Zane Grey title. : PURPLESAGE
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Texas tickseed. : GOLDENWAVE
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Greenhouse: Fr. : SERRE
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Filmy fabric. : TULLE
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Sweet or spicy. : AROMATICAL
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Artemis: Fr. : DIANE
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"To ___ human ... " : ERRIS
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Commercial deduction: Abbr. : DISC
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Quite ___. : AFEW
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Deft and active. : AGILE
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Reinforces. : REBRACES
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Champney rose. : NOISETTE
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Adriatic port and resort. : RIMINI
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Musical ornaments. : TRILLS
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Dyewood tree. : ALDER
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Sound of thunder. : CLAP
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Flower girl. : ROSA
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If ever. : ONCE
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Odin's wife: Var. : FREA
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Cordelia's father. : LEAR
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Cheer. : YELL
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Ancient tool. : AXE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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