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New York Times, Saturday, January 3, 1959

9-Down : Memorable Berlin song.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,459
Across
1
African language. : BANTU
6
Original name of Mongolian capital. : URGA
10
Steel piece used in construction. : IBAR
14
Foreign. : ALIEN
15
Brad. : NAIL
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___ Pompilius, legendary king of Rome. : NUMA
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Motionless. : STOCKSTILL
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Decorate. : TRIM
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Jewish title. : RAB
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Knot of wool. : NOIL
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Things to be done. : AGENDA
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Sandy. : ARENOSE
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Bright light. : GLARE
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Battle scene, 1945. : IWO
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Proceed clumsily. : FLOUNDER
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Largest port of Korea. : PUSAN
34
Mixture. : BLEND
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Wood sorrel. : OCA
36
Advertised items: Abbr. : APTS
37
Whooping ___. : CRANE
38
Parkas. : FURS
39
Japanese name. : ITO
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___ store. : CHAIN
41
Life of the party. : CUTUP
42
Type of egghead. : LONGHAIR
44
Day: Hebrew. : YOM
45
African antelope. : ELAND
46
First name on TV. : LORETTA
50
Harmony. : ACCORD
52
Adages. : SAWS
53
Close embrace. : HUG
54
Asian country. : LAOS
55
Dickens character. : LITTLENELL
58
French son. : FILS
59
Eskimo settlement. : ETAH
60
Laconic. : TERSE
61
Handy ___. : ANDY
62
Skate and sawfish. : RAYS
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Symbol of toil. : SWEAT
Down
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Port of Iraq. : BASRA
2
Place of worship. : ALTAR
3
Daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
4
Private eye. : TEC
5
Incalculable. : UNKNOWN
6
Loosen. : UNTIE
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Shore bird. : RAIL
8
Ballplayer McDougald. : GIL
9
Memorable Berlin song. : ALLALONE
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Man in white. : INTERN
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Failed, as an electric lamp. : BURNEDOUT
12
Among. : AMID
13
Hero of Sanskrit epic. : RAMA
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Fairish. : SOSO
23
Trinket. : GAUD
25
Island west of Sumatra. : NIAS
26
One of the Fords. : GLENN
28
Natural talent. : FLAIR
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Color. : ECRU
30
Grate. : RASP
31
Bucket. : PAIL
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___ date. : UPTO
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Completely without warmth. : STONECOLD
34
Interlace. : BRAID
37
Governor in Frankfort. : CHANDLER
38
Give off vapor. : FUME
40
Scorch. : CHAR
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Boned garments. : CORSETS
43
Lustrous. : GLOSSY
44
Loud, long mournful cry. : YOWL
46
Strips of wood. : LATHS
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At that point. : THERE
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City on the Arkansas River. : TULSA
49
Tip of a shoelace. : AGLET
50
Esparto grass. : ALFA
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Dweller east of Eden. : CAIN
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Support. : STAY
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Native of 59 Across. : ITA
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Fashionable. : NEW

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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