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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1960

28-Across : Certain fractions.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,042
Across
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Bracing. : CRISP
6
Meat-flavoring herb. : SAGE
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"With a Smile ___ Song." : ANDA
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Respond. : REACT
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Old World wild goat. : IBEX
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Deep hollow sound. : BOOM
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Eventually. : INGOODTIME
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Short for shot and shell. : AMMO
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Describing Italy's contour. : BOOTLIKE
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Sale of goods in small quantities. : RETAIL
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River in Siberia. : LENA
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Important course of study. : SCIENCE
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East Indian herb. : SESAME
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Certain fractions. : THIRDS
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Like a gold brick. : PHONY
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Ballet movement, clicking feet together in air. : BRISE
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Faint-sounding. : LOW
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Interpret. : READ
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"Lafayette ___ here." : WEARE
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Old woman, in Slavic lands. : BABA
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Mortimer Snerd's word of assent. : YUP
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Mercy. : GRACE
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Papal cape. : FANON
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Word of honor. : PAROLE
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Enveloped. : FOLDED
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Show girl: Colloq. : CHORINE
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Earthy deposit. : MARL
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Water sport. : ROWING
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___ conclusion (certainty). : FOREGONE
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Unequal conditions. : ODDS
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Official government report. : WHITEPAPER
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Pointed arch. : OGEE
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Top rating at Lloyd's. : AONE
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Friends, among the Romans. : AMICI
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Composer Jerome. : KERN
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Impelling urges: Slang. : YENS
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Periods of time. : WEEKS
Down
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Slatted bin. : CRIB
2
Custer's second in command. : RENO
3
Villain of 1604 tragedy. : IAGO
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Where Kirkcudbrightshire is. : SCOTLAND
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Dynasty of ancient Egypt. : PTOLEMY
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Site of transfer of Alaska to U. S., 1867. : SITKA
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Rose's man. : ABIE
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Precious stone. : GEM
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Use. : EXERCISE
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Moderated. : ABATED
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Part of an old-time battlefield. : NOMANSLAND
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Shaped like a cupola. : DOMIC
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Root used as soap in Mexico. : AMOLE
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Eat. : DINE
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O'Casey's land. : EIRE
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Derby or Devon. : SHIRE
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Full of life. : SPRY
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Alas: Lat. : EHEU
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Household item. : SOAPPOWDER
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Footprint. : TRACE
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Street of the blues song. : BEALE
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Queen Mab's rod. : WAND
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Aviator Corrigan's nickname, 1938. : WRONGWAY
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"Take me out to the ___ ... " : BALLGAME
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Cheshire cat's expression. : GRIN
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Dog's foot. : FOREPAW
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Ascended. : ARISEN
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Bus money. : FARE
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Little Bo-Peep's rod. : CROOK
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Gammer Gurton's goodman. : HODGE
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Small particles. : MOTES
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Native of Helsinki. : FINN
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18th cen. English painter. : OPIE
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Part of a bottle. : NECK
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Goddess of the apple of discord. : ERIS
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Cultivator. : HOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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