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New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 1960

34-Down : Withered.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,170
Across
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Easy pace. : AMBLE
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___ avis. : RARA
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Panther: Poet. : PARD
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LaGuardia, for one. : MAYOR
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The first name. : ADAM
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To the windward side. : ALEE
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Marble. : AGATE
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Companion of wine. : DINE
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Split. : RIVE
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Hebrew liquid measure. : HIN
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Keats' name "was ___." : WRITINWATER
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Brute in "Gulliver's Travels." : YAHOO
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Help. : AID
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Gain in one's affection or estimation. : GROWON
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Pads. : TABLETS
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Of a certain cereal. : OATEN
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Uncivil. : SURLY
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One: Prefix. : UNI
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Well-known name in journalism. : OCHS
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Brown ___. : BETTY
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Treasury agent. : TMAN
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Retainer. : FEE
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Man's name meaning "royal." : LEROY
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One of Edna Ferber's novels. : SOBIG
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"Beautiful ___," Stephen Foster song. : DREAMER
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Pours out. : SPILLS
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Serviceman's group. : USO
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Street of Handy's "blues." : BEALE
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American painter (1856-1925). : JOHNSARGENT
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Sorrow. : WOE
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To me: Fr. : AMOI
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Popular piano piece. : NOLA
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Years of youth. : TEENS
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Refuse from a wine press. : MARC
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At any time. : EVER
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President-___. : ELECT
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Hillside near a loch. : BRAE
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Exploit. : DEED
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Bicycles. : RIDES
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Oriental baby sitter. : AMAH
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Christmas figures. : MAGI
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"A rose ___ name ... " : BYANYOTHER
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Fortune. : LOT
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Samuel Butler novel. : EREWHON
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Forerunner of video. : RADIO
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Mine entrance. : ADIT
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Hindu queen. : RANI
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In an agreeable manner. : AMENABLY
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Procession. : PARADE
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Landed. : ALIT
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Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Pronghorn. : DEER
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Man's nickname. : RON
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Sly. : WILY
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Fills with respectful fear. : AWES
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Make a silly mistake: Slang. : GOOF
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Sped. : RACED
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Instructor. : TUTOR
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Bohemian. : ARTY
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Wind-driven plant. : TUMBLEWEED
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Slow-moving mollusk. : SNAIL
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Withered. : SERE
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Noun suffixes. : INGS
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Lamented. : BEMOANED
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Trouble's mate. : TOIL
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"The ___ with the Delicate Air." : LASS
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Splash. : SPATTER
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One of the Kennedys. : EUNICE
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Barber's concern. : BEARD
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Side post of a doorway. : JAMB
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Caliph's name. : OMAR
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Hour: Span. : HORA
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Wander. : ROVE
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Merriment. : GLEE
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Quondam. : ONCE
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Adjective suffixes. : ESTS
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Yale. : ELI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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