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New York Times, Friday, July 15, 1960

6-Across : Extirpate.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,018
Across
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Water birds. : LOONS
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Extirpate. : ERADICATE
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First name in politics. : ADLAI
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Put up. : NOMINATED
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Studio worker. : MODEL
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Sign used in company names. : AMPERSAND
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Covenant shrine. : ARK
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Viva ___. : VOCE
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Kilns. : OASTS
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I.e., in full. : IDEST
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Cure. : HEAL
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Baseball's Doubleday and namesakes. : ABNERS
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Old-time sports model. : ROADSTER
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Fraudulent. : BOGUS
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Gondolas. : BOATS
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Biblical priest. : ELI
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Goals. : ENDS
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City on the Loire. : TOURS
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Implored. : PLED
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Gone by. : AGO
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Listless: Colloq. : MOONY
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Relative of a bailiff. : REEVE
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___ Juliet. : ROMEOAND
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Man's first metal. : COPPER
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Degrees in theology. : THDS
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Fox's tail. : BRUSH
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Prague, in Prague. : PRAHA
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Combining form for "few." : OLIG
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Mexican gold. : ORO
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Where King John signed up: Var. : RUNNIMEDE
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Esteem. : HONOR
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Product from tropical trees. : OLEORESIN
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Perfect exemplar. : IDEAL
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Stall vending printed matter, etc. : NEWSSTAND
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Presidential nickname. : TEDDY
Down
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User of a prayer wheel. : LAMA
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"___ of sanctity." : ODOR
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Egyptian dynasties before 2500 B. C. : OLDKINGDOM
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Negative: Scot. : NAE
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Well-known comedian. : SILVERS
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Decree. : ENACT
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Where Erie Canal was begun, 1817. : ROME
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Electrical unit: Abbr. : AMP
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Matrix. : DIE
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Incursions. : INROADS
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Cellist Pablo. : CASALS
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Mindanao tribesmen. : ATAS
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Camp unit. : TENT
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Degrees in education. : EDDS
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Wartime agency: Abbr. : OSS
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___ ex machina. : DEUS
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Whitish. : HOARY
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Has a bite. : EATS
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"Winter's Tale" stage direction: Exit, pursued by ___. : ABEAR
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Beatnik drum. : BONGO
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Kind of dance. : ROUND
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Used a handset. : TELEPHONED
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Parisian pupil. : ELEVE
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Amendment. : RIDER
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Blessings. : BOONS
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Leaping amphibian. : TOAD
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Livens (up). : PEPS
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Angora wool fabrics. : MOHAIRS
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What rugged campers do. : ROUGHIT
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Nation, from the Greek. : ETHNOS
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Mixture. : BLEND
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Articulation: Abbr. : PRON
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Reign. : RULE
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Afresh. : ANEW
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Norse war god. : ODIN
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Open way. : ROAD
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Paris airport. : ORLY
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Encountered. : MET
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That: Span. : ESA
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"___ to the West Wind." : ODE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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