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New York Times, Monday, January 11, 1960

47-Down : Ancient lyrelike instrument.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,832
Across
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Farm enclosures. : STIES
6
Screen vamp of yore. : BARA
10
Single photograph. : SHOT
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French aunt. : TANTE
15
Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
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Israeli national dance. : HORA
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Pungent vegetable. : ONION
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Father. : FAMILYMAN
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Farm product. : EGG
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On the way. : OFF
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Kimono sash. : OBI
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Large deer. : ELK
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Members of the family. : POORRELATIONS
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Nautical. : MARINE
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Reading for musicians. : NOTES
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Medics. : DOCS
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Where Fort Wayne is: Abbr. : IND
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Faintest. : MEREST
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Pronoun. : OUR
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Pert. to pages. : PAGINAL
41
___ loss. : ATA
42
Scrubs clean. : SCOURS
44
Horse and buggy. : RIG
45
1944 date. : DDAY
46
Gleamed. : SHONE
47
___ ergo sum (I think, therefore I am): Lat. : COGITO
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Member of the family. : KISSINGCOUSIN
54
He wooed Mary Todd. : ABE
56
Little one. : TOT
57
Reptile. : ASP
58
Bluegrass genus: Bot. : POA
59
Member of the christening. : GODMOTHER
62
Popular children's book. : HEIDI
64
Entertaining job. : ROLE
65
Be inclined. : TEND
66
April in Paris. : AVRIL
67
Alcohol used as a solvent. : AMYL
68
Raw materials. : ORES
69
Years of one's life. : TEENS
Down
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Veranda, in So. Africa. : STOEP
2
Romantic dance. : TANGO
3
Architect Jones, of 17th C. England. : INIGO
4
Wartime initials. : ETO
5
Lady of the casa. : SENORA
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Mystifying indeed. : BAFFLING
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Bankers group: Abbr. : ABA
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Indirect. : REMOTE
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A popular defense in court. : ALIBI
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Timid as a fawn. : SHY
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Site for a pioneer. : HOMESTEAD
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Not written. : ORAL
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Swimming pool. : TANK
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A Barrymore. : LIONEL
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Spanish festivals. : FERIAS
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Quantities of paper: Abbr. : RMS
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Fireplace feature. : ANDIRON
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And not. : NOR
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This: Span. : ESTA
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Linger. : STAY
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___ house, British flophouse. : DOSS
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Exclamation of pain. : OUCH
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Awry. : CROOKEDLY
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Supernatural powers. : MAGICS
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Magician's word. : PRESTO
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Skinflints. : NIGGARDS
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One: Comb. form. : UNI
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Dutch painter, pupil of Rembrandt. : DOU
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Ancient lyrelike instrument. : CITHER
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Formal headgear. : TOPHAT
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___ voce. : SOTTO
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Pointed tower. : SPIRE
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Antiseptic chemical. : IODIN
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Symbol of hardness. : NAILS
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Indian city visited by Ike. : AGRA
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Upsurge in trade. : BOOM
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Sportscaster Allen. : MEL
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Easterly point. : ENE
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Poetic time of day. : EVE

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

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