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New York Times, Wednesday, April 20, 1966

60-Across : Hard to pin down.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,094
Across
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An apostle. : STJUDE
7
Form of some cereal products. : FLAKES
13
Open carriage. : PHAETON
14
Historic Egyptian town. : ROSETTA
16
Garden flower. : LANTANA
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Romance language. : ITALIAN
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Quick to learn. : APT
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Son of Gertrude. : HAMLET
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Matador's adversary. : TORO
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Draw close. : NEAR
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Seeps slowly. : OOZES
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Business abbreviation. : LTD
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Honshu port. : KURE
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Indonesian island group. : AROE
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Where Valparaiso is. : CHILE
31
Visitors from another planet. : SPACEMEN
33
Witches. : CRONES
34
Desertlike. : ARID
35
Shower. : RAIN
36
Senorita's mentor. : DUENNA
39
Inventor of airships. : ZEPPELIN
43
Part of E. U. A. : ETATS
44
Knock against. : BUMP
45
Bulb plant. : SEGO
46
Bookkeeping entries: Abbr. : CRS
47
Arctic air outpost. : THULE
49
Pueblo Indian. : TANO
50
Canadian rebel of 1884. : RIEL
52
African wild sheep. : AOUDAD
55
Airfoil. : FIN
56
Like Darby and Joan. : ELDERLY
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Battologize. : ITERATE
60
Hard to pin down. : ELUSIVE
61
Furious. : ENRAGED
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Began. : OPENED
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Arranged in groups. : SORTED
Down
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Hiring system, on the docks. : SHAPEUP
2
Trumpet call. : TANTARA
3
Air liner. : JET
4
Bryce Canyon site. : UTAH
5
Spanish title. : DONA
6
Charmed. : ENAMORED
7
Sculptured ornamental band. : FRIEZE
8
Soprano Lehmann. : LOTTE
9
Clean ___ hound's tooth. : ASA
10
Welshman. : KELT
11
Yellowish pigment. : ETIOLIN
12
Surprise. : STARTLE
13
Parts of political platforms. : PLANKS
15
Storage battery parts. : ANODES
20
Aquatic bird. : LOON
23
Make a retraction. : RECANT
25
Emergency paper currency. : SCRIP
28
Genus of the bowfin. : AMIA
30
Trustworthy. : HONEST
32
Mach's first name. : ERNST
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Founder of Dogpatch. : CAPP
35
Sets right. : REMEDIES
36
Judgment. : DECREE
37
French painter of street scenes. : UTRILLO
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Lessened. : EASEDUP
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South African. : ZULU
40
Spring greenery. : LEAFAGE
41
Kindled. : IGNITED
42
Stopped for lunch en route: Dial. : NOONED
44
Encouraged. : BUOYED
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Bisect. : HALVE
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Injure: Fr. : LESE
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___ time. : ATNO
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Earl ___ Biggers. : DERR
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Tenth of a sen. : RIN
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Bandicoot. : RAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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