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New York Times, Friday, October 7, 1960

33-Down : Tree trunks.

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: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,102
Across
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Military headgear. : KEPI
5
Tone. : SHADE
10
Army men, for short. : PFCS
14
Byzantine relic. : ICON
15
Sap. : RESIN
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Syria's neighbor: Var. : IRAK
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Lampedusa's Sicilian saga. : THELEOPARD
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Colorful parrot of Australia. : LORY
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Minor prophet. : HOSEA
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Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Sloping passages. : RAMPS
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Waste allowance, old style. : TRET
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Split. : CLEFT
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Coin in Brasilia. : SOL
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Controversial. : ERISTIC
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Son (of), in Arabic names. : IBN
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Climax of a play. : THIRDACT
37
Barbecue specialty. : BURGOO
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Hero of a Leigh Hunt poem. : ABOU
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Estonian island across entrance to Gulf of Riga. : SAARE
42
Slithery. : EELY
43
Chaise ___. : LONGUE
45
Adamson's best seller. : BORNFREE
47
River of France and Belgium. : LYS
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Area around Berlin. : PRUSSIA
50
Military system: Abbr. : SSS
51
Susurrus. : SWISH
53
Lunches. : EATS
55
One of the Allens. : ETHAN
57
Old Testament book. : LAM
59
Chinese civet cat. : RASSE
63
Legendary king. : LEAR
64
Kin of the protagonist of 17 Across. : CATAMOUNTS
66
Unadorned. : BARE
67
Sinuses: Anat. : ANTRA
68
Bon ___. : NUIT
69
English country festivals. : ALES
70
Noted Belgian violinist. : YSAYE
71
Where Shah Jahan built. : AGRA
Down
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Companions of kin. : KITH
2
One of the satellites. : ECHO
3
___ Cottage, in Fordham. : POES
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Backwater. : INLET
5
Sign of a sellout. : SRO
6
Plant with white, pink, blue, or purple flowers. : HEPATICA
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Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
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Control. : DIRECT
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Tail. : END
10
Oriental dish. : PILAF
11
"May This House Be Safe ___." : FROMTIGERS
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Goldfish. : CARP
13
"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
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Descriptive of certain seals. : EARED
22
Received: Fr. : RECU
24
School equipment. : ERASERS
26
Neighbor of Sierra Leone. : LIBERIA
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Pew. : STALL
28
Expression of pleased surprise. : OHBOY
29
All, or nearly all according to Aesop. : LIONSSHARE
31
Cuts. : STABS
33
Tree trunks. : BOLES
34
Poet of "Go down to Kew ... " : NOYES
36
Bokhara. : RUG
38
Ump. : REF
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Herb for seasoning. : ROSEMARY
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___ arms. : UPIN
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Combining form for sodium. : NATRO
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Lancers of 48 Across. : UHLANS
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Merchandise. : WARES
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Finnish steam bath. : SAUNA
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Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
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Fresh-water duck. : TEAL
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Compact. : SNUG
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Move strongly. : STIR
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This: Span. : ESTA
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Islet. : CAY
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Girl's name. : MAE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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