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New York Times, Friday, February 24, 1961

8-Down : Relatives of birches.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,242
Across
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Name for March 17th. : STPAT
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Beveled edge. : CANT
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Foot: Comb. form. : PEDI
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Port on the Delaware: Abbr. : PHILA
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Musical instrument. : OBOE
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Jewish September. : ELUL
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Sawbuck. : TENDOLLARS
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Actress Palmer. : LILLI
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Queen ___. : BEE
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Bits. : IOTAS
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Section of Paris. : LATINQUARTER
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Head covering at birth, supposedly lucky. : CAUL
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Beauty parlor term. : SET
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Memorable columnist. : FPA
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Poet of the heroic couplet. : POPE
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Moyen ___. : AGE
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Displeased. : ROILED
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Green land. : ERIN
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Proverbially, "When two Sundays come together." : NEVER
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Gare du ___, in Paris. : NORD
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Tapping sound. : RATTAT
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Santa ___, city in California. : ANA
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Snoods. : NETS
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Device used as bait. : FLY
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Charabanc. : BUS
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European president. : TITO
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Kind of bread. : PUMPERNICKEL
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Has the lead. : STARS
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Peak overlooking site of ancient Troy. : IDA
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Where 15 Across is: Abbr. : PENNA
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"___ Opera." : THREEPENNY
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Now: Lat. : NUNC
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Branches. : ARMS
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Candied, as fruits. : GLACE
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Faithful. : TRUE
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Persons: Slang. : GUYS
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Resource. : ASSET
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Slipped. : SLID
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Fascination. : SPELL
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Novel by George Sand. : LELIA
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Mature. : ADULT
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Girl's name. : MILLICENT
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Type of city: Abbr. : SPT
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Battle of ___. : THEBULGE
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Pine cone: Lat. : PINEA
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Relatives of birches. : ALDERS
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Truth, in Chinese philosophy. : TAO
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Blush. : COLOR
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Blind as ___. : ABAT
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Ibsen character. : NORA
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Hardy character. : TESS
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Remain stationary: Naut. : LIETO
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Once ___ blue moon. : INA
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Energy measure, in physics. : QUANTUM
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Tract of land. : TERRAIN
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Mass of ice. : FLOE
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Forward. : PERT
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Says further. : ADDS
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Theatrical abbreviation. : PERF
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Compassion. : PITY
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Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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"___ Abroad." : INNOCENTS
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Gateway. : ENTRANCE
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Mistreat. : ABUSE
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Sales talks of a sort. : SPIELS
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Gratuity. : TIP
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Newspaper group. : PRESS
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Ferber and others. : EDNAS
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Small ridge, as on a thumbscrew. : KNURL
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Boredom. : ENNUI
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Fastened in a certain way. : LACED
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Extra man. : STAG
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By way of. : THRU
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McNamara's concern. : ARMY
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Golfers' organization: Abbr. : PGA
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Still. : YET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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