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New York Times, Wednesday, January 27, 1960

8-Down : Connection.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,848
Across
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Appear unexpectedly. : POPUP
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Swallow eagerly. : GULP
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Service women: Colloq. : WACS
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Lacking sense. : INANE
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Scene of Marco Polo's travels. : ASIA
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M. P.'s concern. : AWOL
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Terse assurance of ability. : CANDO
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Football's Nittany Lions. : PENNSTATE
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Relatives of chrysanthemums. : ASTERS
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Device useful at a rink. : SKATEKEY
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Constellation. : ORION
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Imprisonment. : DURESS
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Game like napoleon. : PAM
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Middle East people. : ARABIANS
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Mohammedan noble. : AMIR
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Member of the family, for short. : GRAN
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Ice-fishing device. : TIPUP
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Lake in Italy. : COMO
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Not copies: Abbr. : ORIGS
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Trample. : TREAD
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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Remnants. : ENDS
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Devices for catching large birds. : DRAWNETS
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Little child. : TOT
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Fiery. : REDHOT
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Defense group with HQ at Bangkok. : SEATO
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Removed utterly. : UPROOTED
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Mourning hymns. : DIRGES
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Keenly observant person. : SHARPEYES
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City in France. : LILLE
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Part of S. A. R. : SONS
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River into Gulf of Finland. : NEVA
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School in France. : ECOLE
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Border. : EDGE
68
___ coffee. : DRIP
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Restrain by a threat. : DETER
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Size of type. : PICA
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Natives of Cape Horn. : ONAS
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Form of theatrical spectacle. : PANTOMIME
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In the shade of. : UNDER
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City in Illinois. : PEORIA
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Hiatus. : GAP
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Employs. : USES
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Connection. : LINK
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Spanish bread pudding. : PANADA
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Seashore. : WATERSIDE
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Open-eyed. : AWAKE
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Shelters for animals. : COTES
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Weavers' reeds. : SLEYS
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Unusual feat: Colloq. : STUNT
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Cereal grass grown for syrup, fodder, etc. : SORGO
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Of little extent. : NARROW
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Agreement. : PACT
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Cupid. : AMOR
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Lassie. : BAIRN
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Great French painter. : INGRES
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Mount that is not a hunter. : ROADHORSE
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One conversant with all languages. : PANTOGLOT
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Loosen. : UNDO
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Days of yore. : PAST
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Surfeited. : SATED
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Languish. : DROOP
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Be present at. : ATTEND
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Moved along with dignity. : SAILED
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Charlotte ___. : RUSSE
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Jewish priestly garment. : EPHOD
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Sturm und ___. : DRANG
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Haul in and lash: Naut. : TRICE
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Watcher. : EYER
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Consort of Siva. : DEVI
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Astrologer. : SEER
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Vital fluid. : SAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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