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New York Times, Monday, October 26, 1959

4-Down : U. S. Army rifle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F H V W X }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,755
Across
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Boggy ground, in Britain. : QUAG
5
As if. : QUASI
10
Woody fiber used for cordage. : BAST
14
Heavenly bear. : URSA
15
Bones. : ULNAS
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River bank: Lat. : RIPA
17
Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Articles. : ITEMS
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Burden. : ONUS
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Review of troops. : PARADE
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Always: Fr. : TOUJOURS
24
Part of N. B. : NOTA
26
Explore. : SEEK
27
A gossip, from Latin "what now?" : QUIDNUNC
31
Smoked sausage. : SALAMI
35
One: Lat. : UNO
36
Rims. : EDGES
38
Modern fabric. : NYLON
39
Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
41
Inspiring fear. : EERIE
43
Claw. : NAIL
44
Building of the Great Mosque of Mecca. : KAABA
46
Blackmore heroine. : LORNA
48
Blue Eagle monogram. : NRA
49
Ascetic. : ESSENE
51
Time of good weather. : SUNNYDAY
53
Tubers. : YAMS
55
Prima donna from France. : PONS
56
Type of engraving. : AQUATINT
60
"La Comédie Humaine" author. : BALZAC
64
Sally ___, sweetened tea cake. : LUNN
65
Goat antelope of the Himalayas. : GORAL
67
Slippery. : EELY
68
Levant sailing vessel. : SAIC
69
Cosmetic. : ROUGE
70
Trolley car. : TRAM
71
River NW of Paris. : OISE
72
One-horse carriages of India. : EKKAS
73
First-rate: Colloq. : AONE
Down
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Witty sally. : QUIP
2
Mongolian capital, pre-Communist name. : URGA
3
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
4
U. S. Army rifle. : GARAND
5
Tranquillity. : QUIETUDE
6
Last month: Abbr. : ULT
7
The dill: Obs. : ANET
8
Birthplace of Pythagoras. : SAMOS
9
Publications. : ISSUES
10
Teamless town. : BROOKLYN
11
Primitive Japanese. : AINU
12
Stimulus. : SPUR
13
Drinking cup: Scot. : TASS
21
Completed. : DONE
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Twilled, cotton cloth. : JEAN
25
Cherub. : ANGEL
27
Vibrate. : QUAKE
28
Chief of the Mohicans. : UNCAS
29
Jots. : IOTAS
30
Mackerel-like fish. : CEROS
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Finnish island. : ALAND
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Ballet dancer Shearer. : MOIRA
34
Dental item. : INLAY
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Sweet liquid. : SIRUP
40
Temporary suspension. : ABEYANCE
42
Exalts. : ENNOBLES
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A science: Abbr. : ANAT
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Grandma Moses. : ANNA
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Fugitive from a country. : EMIGRE
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W. Texas town on the Rio Grande. : YSLETA
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A fish, the robalo. : SNOOK
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Moreover. : ALSO
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___ d'Orsay, the French Foreign Office. : QUAI
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Etats ___. : UNIS
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Island group, W. Pacific. : TRUK
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Low temperature. : ZERO
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Sen. Bible. : ALAN
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Flower cluster. : CYME
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___ Khan. : AGA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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