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New York Times, Tuesday, February 2, 1960

12-Down : Pertaining to ebb and flow.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,854
Across
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Golf stroke. : PUTT
5
Baltic native. : SWEDE
10
Defeats at bridge. : SETS
14
Not given in return. : UNREQUITED
16
Way out. : EXIT
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Make known officially. : PROMULGATE
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Make over. : REDO
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Drink slowly. : SIP
20
French pronoun. : ILS
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Pismire. : ANT
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Homo sapiens. : MAN
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Prospect. : VISTA
26
Use incorrectly. : MISAPPLY
28
Rodent like the cavy. : PACA
29
River into the Yangtze. : HAN
30
Chum. : PAL
31
Resident of a California city. : ALAMEDAN
34
Clapboards. : SIDING
37
Colloid. : GEL
38
One of the principal cards in skat. : MATADOR
40
___ young, Chinese omelet. : FOO
41
Revised. : EDITED
43
Agree secretly. : CONSPIRE
45
Patriotic group. : SAR
46
Scottish novelist, for short. : RLS
47
New Testament book. : ACTS
48
Type of lacy ornamentation. : FILIGREE
51
Name of Alice's cat. : DINAH
53
Political group. : ADA
54
Those who: Suffix. : EES
55
School of whales. : POD
56
Beverage. : TEA
58
Inclination. : BENT
60
Not gregarious. : ANTISOCIAL
63
Dowager. : LADY
64
Service begun in U. S. in 1913. : PARCELPOST
65
Otherwise. : ELSE
66
Barbecue accessories. : SPITS
67
Pillar formed in a wall: Archit. : ANTA
Down
1
Young animals. : PUPS
2
Peerless. : UNRIVALED
3
Christmas, Galapagos and others. : TROPICALISLANDS
4
Pro ___ (for the time being). : TEM
5
Roman general and dictator (138-78 B. C.). : SULLA
6
Perukes. : WIGS
7
Greek letter. : ETA
8
Withhold. : DETAIN
9
Delightful gardens. : EDENS
10
Type of talk: Abbr. : SER
11
Illustration. : EXEMPLIFICATION
12
Pertaining to ebb and flow. : TIDAL
13
Obdurate. : STONY
15
Cease. : QUIT
22
Ungulates of tropical America. : TAPIRS
25
Dodsworth. : SAM
26
Fetter. : MANACLE
27
Tablet. : PAD
28
Attendant in Congress. : PAGE
29
Item in the ring. : HAT
32
Come up. : EMERGE
33
Family member. : DAD
34
Family member. : SON
35
Direction. : NORTHEAST
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Moves. : GOES
39
John Roderigo ___ Passos. : DOS
42
Indo-Chinese. : TAI
44
Famous Peter. : PAN
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Click closed again. : RESNAP
48
Short tale. : FABLE
49
Model. : IDEAL
50
Gets a return. : REAPS
51
Administers medicine. : DOSES
52
Graven image. : IDOL
55
Ancient Briton. : PICT
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ALTA
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Nautical chain or rope. : TYE
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Three: Prefix. : TRI
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Accountant: Abbr. : CPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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