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New York Times, Friday, March 25, 1960

21-Down : Mr. Kringle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,906
Across
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Kernel. : MEAT
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Candle. : TAPER
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Glaswegian. : SCOT
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___-China. : INDO
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Penobscot town. : ORONO
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Miscellany. : OLIO
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Nordic name. : NELS
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Softens, as hearts. : MELTS
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Grating sound. : RASP
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Battle of the Revolution, Aug. 6, 1777. : ORISKANY
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Expunges. : ERASES
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She sings Zerlina. : ROBERTAPETERS
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God: Ital. : DIO
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Piloted. : STEERED
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Bone of the ear. : INCUS
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Pondered. : MUSED
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A certain affirmative. : OUI
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Canvas cover, for short. : TARP
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For heavens' ___! : SAKES
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Nucleus. : CORE
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Estimated Time of Arrival. : ETA
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Adjective for a business man. : TIRED
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Certain voters. : WOMEN
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Performer from Italy. : MONTAND
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Pallid. : WAN
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New star at the Met. : BIRGITNILSSON
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Storage boxes. : CHESTS
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Attack with vigor: Colloq. : WADEINTO
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All ___. : EARS
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Prominent Biblical tree. : OLIVE
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Hernando De ___. : SOTO
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Beige. : ECRU
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Ninth day before the Ides. : NONES
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Portree is its capital. : SKYE
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Biblical verb form. : GOEST
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Withered. : SERE
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Melancholy tone, in music. : MINOR
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January, in Spain. : ENERO
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Extemporize: Colloq. : ADLIB
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Flipped a coin. : TOSSEDUP
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Salad berry. : TOMATO
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Squaw Valley structure. : ARENA
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Flowerlike water animal. : POLYP
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Noun suffix. : ENT
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Ornaments with ribbons. : ROSETTES
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Two words for a day in June. : SORARE
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Part of a school. : CLASSROOM
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River near Chantilly. : OISE
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Parts of pajamas. : TOPS
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Mr. Kringle. : KRIS
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American bacteriologist. : REED
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Ancient chariot. : ESSED
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Tributary of the Seine. : EURE
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Ich ___ (I serve): Motto of Prince of Wales. : DIEN
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Particular. : ITEM
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Adm. Brown commands its Mediterranean fleets. : NATO
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Red fruit. : CRANBERRY
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___ Gras. : MARDI
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Instrument, for short. : UKE
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Monotonous. : SINGSONG
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Is formed (of). : CONSISTS
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Acidulous. : TART
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Ridge in weave of cloth. : WALE
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Web. : TISSUE
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Most roomy. : WIDEST
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Grow in convolutions, like a morning-glory. : TWINE
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Hubs. : NAVES
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Night sound. : SNORE
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Water mammal. : OTTER
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Part of a springe. : NOOSE
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Letters. : CEES
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Saddle horse. : HACK
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Card game. : LOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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