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New York Times, Tuesday, December 27, 1960

33-Down : Wash out: Rare.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J K W }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,183
Across
1
Do rewrites. : EDIT
5
Float. : RAFT
9
"Iliad" god, favorer of the Trojans. : ARES
13
Deep-toned saxhorn. : TUBA
14
Statesman Root. : ELIHU
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Relative of cabbage. : COLE
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Zenith. : APEX
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Punctuation mark. : COLON
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Witty allusion. : QUIP
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Wordbook. : LEXICON
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What is asked for. : REQUEST
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Inverted V. : CARET
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On the ___ vive. : QUI
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Leave high and dry. : STRAND
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Unsanctioned settler. : SQUATTER
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Pawnees or Shawnees. : TRIBE
36
Green-blue shade. : AQUA
37
Pas seul. : SOLO
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16½ feet. : ROD
39
Handbooks. : MANUALS
42
Status ___. : QUO
43
Followed exactly. : APED
45
Postponement. : STAY
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Is contiguous. : ABUTS
48
Runaway. : DESERTER
50
Where the Curb used to be. : STREET
51
Chinese name. : MAO
52
Marner's little girl. : EPPIE
54
Of service. : HELPFUL
58
"Forward wall" member. : LINEMAN
62
Biblical prophet. : AMOS
63
Wanderer. : NOMAD
65
Thermometer reading. : ZERO
66
Court team. : FIVE
67
Sound of airplane motors. : DRONE
68
Give out. : EMIT
69
Canasta card. : TREY
70
Man of action. : DOER
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Food fish. : SOLE
Down
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And others. : ETAL
2
Bamboozle. : DUPE
3
Denizen in the Alps. : IBEX
4
Vehicle. : TAXICAB
5
The best performance in competitive sport. : RECORD
6
See 37 Across. : ALONE
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Thread: Fr. : FIL
8
Wielder of a magic hammer. : THOR
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Conducts (oneself). : ACQUITS
10
Gay blade. : ROUE
11
Ivy League team. : ELIS
12
Social unit. : SEPT
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Ill-matched. : UNEQUAL
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Cave ___ (beware of the dog). : CANEM
23
Sine ___ non (necessity). : QUA
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Draftsman's ruler. : TSQUARE
27
Valuable violin, for short. : STRAD
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Simile or metaphor. : TROPE
29
Roller coaster and carousel. : RIDES
31
Wharf. : QUAY
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Round, brimless hat. : TOQUE
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Wash out: Rare. : ELUTE
34
Collection of hens. : ROOST
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___ bellum. : ANTE
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Dumfound. : ASTOUND
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Joined, as a card game. : SATIN
44
The Manassa Mauler. : DEMPSEY
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Moves briskly or jauntily: Slang. : BREEZES
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Historic flying group. : RAF
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Eight-legged animal. : SPIDER
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Tree like a sycamore. : PLANE
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Sword handle. : HAFT
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Eastern official. : EMIR
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Delight in. : LOVE
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___ Mayor. : LORD
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Reminder. : MEMO
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Eminence. : NOTE
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Low. : MOO

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later.

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