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New York Times, Friday, October 28, 1960

47-Down : Winning of all tricks at piquet.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,123
Across
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Quarrel: Colloq. : SPAT
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Bay of Luzon. : SUBIC
10
Rebuff. : SLAP
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Instrument at La Scala. : ARPA
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Town near Mantua. : ASOLA
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Employ. : HIRE
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Man of the North. : LAPP
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Lively dance. : GALOP
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Often-revived drama. : RAIN
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Become manifest. : EMERGE
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Backs of books. : SPINES
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Expose to heat. : ROAST
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Smarting. : ATINGLE
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Informal accolade. : PATONTHEBACK
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___ apple. : ADAMS
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Deserve. : EARN
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Province of Pakistan. : SIND
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South American monkey. : SAI
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Portals. : GATES
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Marsupial, for short. : ROO
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River of N. England. : TYNE
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Virginia willow. : ITEA
42
Hurl. : THROW
44
Makes progress. : COVERSGROUND
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Character in a whodunit. : CORONER
50
Hike. : TRAMP
51
Expiates. : ATONES
52
Incarnation. : AVATAR
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Gourd fruit. : PEPO
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Leading role in "The Ring." : WOTAN
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Hoarfrost. : RIME
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Town in Utah. : OREM
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On the left, at sea. : APORT
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Mossback. : TORY
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Certain ballplayers. : YANKS
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Dispatch. : SEND
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Market. : SALE
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Hyde Park vehicle. : PRAM
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Have relation to. : APPERTAIN
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Part of a pub. : TAPROOM
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Most wise. : SAGEST
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Patriotic monogram. : USA
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Where La Paz is: Abbr. : BOL
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Labor group. : ILO
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Nautical hoisting devices. : CAPSTANS
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Contracts. : SHRINKS
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Chinese weight. : LIANG
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Shelley's name for himself. : ARIEL
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Think: Fr. : PENSE
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Lightweight champion of the 1900's. : GANS
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Mountain: Fr. : PIC
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The Globe. : THEATER
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Side by side. : ABREAST
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Gone by. : PAST
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Forever and ___. : ADAY
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Trencherman. : EATER
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Rushing in or upon. : IRRUPTIVE
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Time of meridian. : NOON
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Elwood P. of "Harvey." : DOWD
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Yields. : GIVESWAY
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Management of finances. : ECONOMY
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Tourist: Abbr. : TRAV
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Genus of lobsters. : HOMARUS
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Single unit. : ONE
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___ Tomb. : GRANTS
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Winning of all tricks at piquet. : CAPOT
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Round-up hand. : ROPER
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"Like the sound of a great ___." : AMEN
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Study. : READ
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Wartime agency. : OPA
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Weight. : TON
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Biblical vessel. : ARK

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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