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New York Times, Saturday, December 3, 1960

49-Down : Very proper persons.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,159
Across
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Treat for the kids. : SODAPOP
8
Muffin. : POPOVER
15
What the buskin symbolizes. : TRAGEDY
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Perceiving. : ALIVETO
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Distributor of charitable gifts. : ALMONER
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University officers. : REGENTS
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Long (for). : YEARN
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Mountain of Thessaly. : OSSA
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River mouths: Span. : RIAS
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Affirmative. : AYE
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Item of belief. : TENET
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Campus buildings. : LABS
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Partially. : BIAS
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Vibrate. : THROB
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Scandinavian name. : OLE
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Black. : EBON
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Do a reaper's job. : SHEAVE
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Eastern title. : AGA
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Place ___, Paris. : VENDOME
42
"___ Freischütz." : DER
43
Grew wheat, corn, etc. : FARMED
45
Eurasian river. : URAL
46
Fury. : IRE
47
Vehicle. : SEDAN
48
Dispute. : SPAR
49
English statesman. : PITT
50
Swagger. : STRUT
52
District: Abbr. : TER
54
A continent: Comb. form. : AFRO
57
Cupid. : EROS
59
Great theatrical name (with "the"). : LUNTS
63
Pouring down. : RAINING
65
Stood firm. : HELDOUT
67
Entertainer. : ARTISTE
68
Where Santiago de Cuba is. : ORIENTE
69
High and dry. : BEACHED
70
Faint: Slang. : PASSOUT
Down
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Check. : STAY
2
Heraldic border. : ORLE
3
Lady of Spain. : DAMA
4
Market places. : AGORAS
5
Figuratively, the price of thoughts. : PENNY
6
Poem. : ODE
7
Heat: Comb. form. : PYRO
8
Gives the syntax of. : PARSES
9
New York city. : OLEAN
10
Poke inhabitant. : PIG
11
"___ hills and far away." : OVERTHE
12
Caesar's "I came." : VENI
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Girl's name. : ETTA
14
Thurber subject. : ROSS
21
Confront fearlessly. : STANDUPTO
24
Ran out. : EBBED
26
A Barrymore. : ETHEL
27
Takes it easy. : LOAFS
28
Subject for study in 27 Across. : ALGAE
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See 21 Down. : BEARD
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Type of atom. : ION
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Certain lines. : RADII
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Open. : OVERT
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Bohemian headgear. : BERET
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Landmark. : EVENT
38
Sting. : SMART
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
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___ Temple. : MASONIC
48
Moved like the sea. : SURGED
49
Very proper persons. : PRUDES
51
Income, in France. : RENTE
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Writer Havelock. : ELLIS
54
Berber's neighbor. : ARAB
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The cost of going. : FARE
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Italian saint's name. : RITA
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Place for work. : SHOP
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Words to a tot. : NONO
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Ballerina's skirt. : TUTU
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Printer's term. : STET
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Rather: Suffix. : ISH
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Time. : ERA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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