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New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 1960

39-Across : Game.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,071
Across
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Famous statuette. : OSCAR
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Pearl of the Antilles. : CUBA
10
Horizontal bar. : RAIL
14
Corsican patriot of 1755. : PAOLI
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With ___ grace (ungraciously). : ABAD
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Quechuan. : INCA
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Tapestry. : ARRAS
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Be a chip off the old block. : TAKEAFTER
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Light cavalryman. : LANCER
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Be off with you: Colloq. : RUNALONG
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Taker of risks. : DARER
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Annual income: Fr. : RENTE
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Physicians: Colloq. : MEDICOS
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Baseball play. : BUNT
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Beaver State. : OREGON
34
Plant juice. : SAP
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Comedian Kaye. : DANNY
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Game. : POLO
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Very small. : WEE
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Basis of fruit jellies. : PECTIN
42
Shade trees. : ELMS
43
"___ Aida." : CELESTE
44
Contemporary poet. : NASH
45
French landscapist. : COROT
48
Organic compound. : ESTER
50
Catch up with. : OVERTAKE
54
Comfort. : SOLACE
57
Music room equipment. : PIANOLAMP
59
Describing a toaster's action. : POPUP
60
In front of: Prefix. : ANTE
61
See 43 Across. : ARIA
62
The "op." in op. cit. : OPERE
63
Cordelia's father. : LEAR
64
Orange-red stone. : SARD
65
Subject of a sermon: Fr. : TEXTE
Down
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Precious stone. : OPAL
2
Poetess Teasdale. : SARA
3
Indian harvest ceremony. : CORNDANCE
4
Dinner service. : ALACARTE
5
Part of a stair step. : RISER
6
Small sailboat. : CAT
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Rod shaped for strength. : UBAR
8
Oil center on the Caspian Sea. : BAKU
9
Gulf of Arabia. : ADEN
10
Firearms. : RIFLES
11
Composer Rubinstein. : ANTON
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Designating a type of bargain sale. : ICENT
13
Opposite of 40 Across. : LARGE
19
Composer Copland. : AARON
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Shape anew. : REMODEL
24
Run the course again. : RERACE
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Take ___ (acknowledge applause). : ABOW
27
Spring time. : JUNE
29
Depressions. : DENTS
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Kindle. : IGNITE
31
Feigned bashfulness. : COYNESS
34
Point toward which our sun is moving. : SOLARAPEX
35
Charity. : ALMS
36
Swell: Brit. slang. : POSH
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Wife of Odysseus. : PENELOPE
41
In ___ (secretly): Ital. : PETTO
43
Out-of-the-way place. : CORNER
45
Lacquer ingredient. : COPAL
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
47
Vaquero's rope. : REATA
49
Go ___ (deteriorate). : TOPOT
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Woe is me! : ALAS
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Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean. : KARA
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Turkish title. : EMIR
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Rudely brief. : CURT
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Fencer's blade. : EPEE
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Floating leaf of a water lily. : PAD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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