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New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1960

30-Across : Rugged rocks.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,997
Across
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Passe partouts. : MATS
5
Bluff. : CURT
9
Shortened, for short. : ABBR
13
Filmy, fleecy clouds. : CIRRI
14
Steel beam. : IBAR
15
Con ___ (with spirit): Mus. : BRIO
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Lend ___ (give attention). : ANEAR
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Flourishing anew. : RENASCENT
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Undistinguished. : NONDESCRIPT
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Gone by. : AGO
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Recruit. : TRAINEE
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Gumshoe. : DICK
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Just out. : NEW
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Uttered in unison. : CHORUSED
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Rugged rocks. : CRAGS
33
Di Salle's state. : OHIO
34
Sound of the sea. : ROTE
35
Speech peculiarity. : LISP
36
Hard worker. : PLIER
37
Ballerina's skirt. : TUTU
38
That ___ say. : ISTO
39
Wings. : ELLS
40
Clothos and Atropos. : FATES
41
Type of newspaper ad. : PERSONAL
43
When Nero was 15. : LII
44
Skinner. : OTIS
45
Couple. : CONNECT
49
Bristle on barley. : AWN
51
Polygraph. : LIEDETECTOR
54
Passageway. : CROSSOVER
56
Clara or Monica. : SANTA
57
Fourth dimension. : TIME
58
Slangy negative. : NOPE
59
Grayish. : SLATY
60
Charon plied it. : STYX
61
Defeats in bridge. : SETS
62
Princess of medieval German legends. : ELSA
Down
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Subordinate. : MINOR
2
Sand: Lat. : ARENA
3
Mart of the Old West. : TRADINGPOST
4
Alarms. : SIRENES
5
Homeric sorceress. : CIRCE
6
Over: Ger. : UBER
7
Hindu queen. : RANI
8
Scruto, in theatre parlance. : TRAPDOOR
9
Type of book, a primer. : ABC
10
Escapes. : BREAKSOUT
11
VIP in opera. : BING
12
Newspaper section, for short. : ROTO
13
Jargon. : CANT
18
Cookbook direction. : STIR
20
Mend. : SEW
24
Relative of an ovation. : CURTAINCALL
26
Cookbook direction. : CHILL
27
Goes speedily. : HIES
28
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
29
___ ex machina. : DEUS
30
Paper holder. : CLIP
31
Hillock. : RISE
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Tycho Brahe's field. : ASTRONOMY
33
___ podrida. : OLLA
36
Boardinghouses. : PENSIONS
40
Artifice. : FINESSE
42
Rembrandts. : OILS
43
Building site. : LOT
45
Goddess of vegetation. : CERES
46
Heating vessels. : ETNAS
47
Linen vestment. : COTTA
48
King Lear's dog. : TRAY
49
Turns, in vaudeville. : ACTS
50
Legal document. : WRIT
52
Dionysiac shout. : EVOE
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Branch of government: Abbr. : DEPT
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Weaker ___. : SEX

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

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