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New York Times, Monday, March 14, 1960

9-Down : Bobbins.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,895
Across
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Seconds. : ABETS
6
Uraeus serpents. : ASPS
10
Lift (one's hat). : DOFF
14
Decoration. : MEDAL
15
Guy. : CHAP
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Affirm. : AVER
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Beach, as on the Côte d'Azur. : PLAGE
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Port of Hawaii. : HILO
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Honey: Comb. form. : MELI
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Mr. Pepys. : SAMUEL
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Modern. : NEOTERIC
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Character in "Trilby." : SVENGALI
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Request. : ASK
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By way of. : VIA
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Iniquitous. : EVIL
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Pitcher's plate: Slang. : SLAB
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Lists of goods: Abbr. : INVS
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Always. : EVER
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Fidelity. : TROTH
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Make ready. : PREPARE
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Ambiguous. : OBSCURE
44
Navigation device. : SONAR
45
Title. : NAME
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Treat with contempt. : SNUB
48
Position for a finial. : ATOP
50
Hilarious adventure. : LARK
52
River in Scotland. : DEE
53
Servicewoman. : WAC
55
Feign illness. : MALINGER
58
Type of railway. : ELEVATED
60
___ Polaris, the polestar. : STELLA
64
Relative of 43 Down. : FLOE
65
"___ corny as Kansas in August ... " : IMAS
67
Three: Fr. : TROIS
68
Greek letters. : TAUS
69
Knot. : NODE
70
Prowls. : LURKS
71
Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Over again. : ANEW
73
North Sea port. : EMDEN
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Electrical abbreviation. : AMPS
2
Hungarian name. : BELA
3
Relative of Gouda. : EDAM
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Lisbon's river. : TAGUS
5
Tubular covering. : SLEEVE
6
Berliner's "alas!" : ACH
7
Professional signboard: Colloq. : SHINGLE
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Bract of a flower. : PALEA
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Bobbins. : SPOOLS
10
British title. : DAME
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Be excessively prevalent. : OVERABOUND
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Genus of cats. : FELIS
13
Art museum on Fifth Avenue. : FRICK
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Crowbar. : LEVER
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Awnings. : TILTS
25
Movie star from Scotland. : NIVEN
27
Bigwigs. : VIPS
28
Japanese girdle box. : INRO
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Oatlike. : AVENACEOUS
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Parts of circles. : ARCS
34
Quarrel. : SPAT
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Type style. : ROMAN
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Real. : TRUE
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Fragrance. : AROMA
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Floating masses of ice. : BERGS
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Surveying instrument. : ALIDADE
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Surface of old woodwork. : PATINA
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Pot. : KETTLE
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Yarns used in weaving. : WEFTS
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Mitigate. : ALLAY
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Candy flavoring. : LEMON
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In ___ natura (in the nature of things): Lat. : RERUM
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Garment. : VEST
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Title. : LORD
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Prefer. : LIKE
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N. A. M., for one. : ASSN
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Hem. : SEW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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