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New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 1960

61-Across : Spins.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,947
Across
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Strip of wood, flooring, etc. : BATTEN
7
Former lives. : PASTS
12
One side of a coin. : REVERSE
13
World power. : AMERICA
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British surveyor in India, 1806-43. : EVEREST
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Fool's gold. : PYRITES
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Sum of money. : PENNY
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Greek letter. : TAU
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Tennis error. : FAULT
22
Work units: Physics. : ERGS
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Painter of ballet dancers. : DEGAS
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French composer. : LALO
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Stout. : ALE
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Bordeaux's river. : GARONNE
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Surface preservative. : TAR
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Absolute rulers. : TYRANTS
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Describing moonlight. : SILVERY
34
Indo-Chinese. : TAI
35
Travel term. : VIA
36
Be worthy. : DESERVE
40
Pacific port. : SEATTLE
44
Bugle plant. : IVA
45
Plants of the pea family. : LENTILS
47
Brink. : RIM
48
Admiral of 1917-18. : SIMS
50
Checks. : STEMS
51
Burgos boy. : NINO
52
"Take Me ___." : ALONG
54
Say sharply (with "out"). : RAP
55
Moroccan port. : RABAT
56
Chamberlain of Britain. : NEVILLE
58
Typist's problem. : ERASURE
60
Vilify. : TRADUCE
61
Spins. : ROTATES
62
Band instruments. : REEDS
63
Where cattails grow. : SWALES
Down
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___ Hills, home of the stars. : BEVERLY
2
Angry man. : AVENGER
3
Sea birds. : TERNS
4
Card. : TREY
5
Letter. : ESS
6
Fishermen. : NETTERS
7
New Guinea tribesman. : PAPUANS
8
One of the Lowells. : AMY
9
Man of 1066. : SERF
10
Andersonville drama. : TRIAL
11
Place. : SITUATE
12
Tell to someone else. : REPEAT
14
Stock of wines. : CELLAR
15
"Tell me ___." : ASTORY
20
Past. : AGO
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Latin cases. : DATIVES
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Whines. : SNIVELS
27
Knot on a tree trunk. : GNARL
28
Biblical prophet. : ELIAS
31
Consumed. : ATE
33
Large tank. : VAT
36
Soi-___ (self-styled): Fr. : DISANT
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More sinful. : EVILER
38
Device for heating water. : SAMOVAR
39
Menu items. : ENTREES
40
Smiles sillily. : SIMPERS
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Praise. : TRIBUTE
42
Andalusian city. : LINARES
43
Overplays: Colloq. : EMOTES
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Maté. : TEA
49
Sly and malicious: Slang. : SNIDE
51
Twangy. : NASAL
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Cement. : GLUE
55
Pro ___. : RATA
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Arithmetic abbreviation. : LCD
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Fracas. : ROW

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

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