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New York Times, Monday, December 14, 1959

3-Down : Sheets of metal for weatherproofing.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,804
Across
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Temperate. : SOFT
5
Garden spot. : ARBOR
10
Asian tree. : ACLE
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Wagon tongue. : POLE
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Mouth of a river. : DELTA
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Moslem summons to prayer. : AZAN
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Part of the Chinese puzzle. : MAOTSETUNG
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Curb. : RESTRICT
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Caper. : PRANCE
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Moor. : HEATH
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Deserved. : MERITED
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Conscious being. : SPIRIT
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Wore. : HADON
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Division of time: Abbr. : CEN
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Duck blind. : DECOY
31
Well-known uncle. : REMUS
35
Noun and verb suffixes. : INGS
37
Cheerful giver. : DONOR
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Power: Comb. form. : DYNA
40
Beginning. : ONSET
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Fearful creatures. : OGRES
44
Droop. : SAG
45
Nidifies. : NESTS
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To a great extent. : VASTLY
49
Navigates the air. : AVIATES
52
Volcano on Martinique. : PELEE
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Dickens character. : DANTON
54
Section of a theatre. : PARTERRE
57
Sec. Benson's concern. : AGRONOMICS
59
Bearing. : MIEN
60
Boy: Lat. : PUER
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Rajah's wife. : RANEE
62
Church season. : LENT
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Scatters grass for drying. : TEDS
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In ___ (in short). : AWORD
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River of Flanders. : YSER
Down
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Box. : SPAR
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Seep through. : OOZE
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Sheets of metal for weatherproofing. : FLASHINGS
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Framework for textiles. : TENTER
5
Confessed. : ADMITTED
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Range of power. : REACH
7
Stain. : BLOT
8
A baseball "great." : OTT
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Grated. : RASPED
10
Secured. : ATTAINED
11
Reckoning. : COUNT
12
Weapon. : LANCE
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Made a border. : EDGED
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Lapsus. : ERROR
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Incursion. : RAID
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Elected official. : MAYOR
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I know: Lat. : SCIO
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Eminent Quaker. : PENN
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Warehouses in the Orient. : HONGS
30
Diving birds. : COOTS
32
Reading matter. : MYSTERIES
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Single. : UNAL
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Tasting of a certain spice. : SAGY
36
Capitol group. : SENATORS
38
Annulled, as a judgment. : REVERSED
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Siouan language. : TETON
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River of Arizona. : SALT
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Spanish dama. : SENORA
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Proper. : SEEMLY
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Change to make more suitable. : ADAPT
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Uncertain. : VAGUE
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How Santa is dressed. : INRED
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Horse with a certain gait. : PACER
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Spanish tree. : PINO
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M. Descartes. : RENE
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___'acte. : ENTR
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Esophagus. : MAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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