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New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1960

24-Down : Dramas or football maneuvers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,926
Across
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Band instrument. : TUBA
5
Cloak. : WRAP
9
"How ___ the little busy bee ... " : DOTH
13
The last. : OMEGA
15
Saintly symbol. : HALO
16
Parcel of land. : ACRE
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Brings back into use. : RESURRECTS
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Norman's Woe, for one. : REEF
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Pertaining to swimming. : NATATORY
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Lessee. : TENANT
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Bay of Honshu. : ISE
24
Ike's next milestone. : SEVENTY
25
Treasure from antiquity. : DEADSEASCROLL
30
Bayou. : INLET
31
Carried along. : BORNE
32
Witness' promise. : IDO
35
Carrot's relative. : DILL
36
Spenders of zlotys. : POLES
37
Once more. : ANEW
38
Canticle. : ODE
39
Wanting tact. : CRUDE
40
Splendor. : SHEEN
41
Messages of a sort. : GREETINGCARDS
44
Certain parking places. : STREETS
46
Before: Prefix. : PRE
47
Mark from folding. : CREASE
48
Associating only with one's group. : CLANNISH
53
Six make an inning. : OUTS
54
Cafeteria equipment. : STEAMTABLE
56
Eight: Prefix. : OCTO
57
Lilliputian. : TINY
58
Skittish horse. : SHIER
59
Hacienda hand. : PEON
60
Court contests. : SETS
61
"Sing it ___ used to sing it ... " : ASWE
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Shredded. : TORN
2
Swedish seaport. : UMEA
3
Finest clothes. : BEST
4
Deposito de ___, reservoir in Spain. : AGUA
5
Location. : WHEREABOUTS
6
Piquant. : RACY
7
High, in music. : ALT
8
Old-time back doors. : POSTERNS
9
Cornfield weed. : DARNEL
10
Modern leviathan. : OCEANLINER
11
Little Nell's last name. : TRENT
12
Weighty. : HEFTY
14
Brushman. : ARTIST
18
Multiflora. : ROSE
22
Cry of Pan's people. : EVOE
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Dramas or football maneuvers. : SCREENPLAYS
25
Antic. : DIDO
26
Chisholm Trail town. : ENID
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Quicker than andante. : ALLEGRETTO
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First State: Abbr. : DEL
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Twenty make a lire. : SOLDI
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Legal paper. : DEED
34
Has. : OWNS
36
Teachers' prognostic aids. : PRETESTS
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Eureka! : AHA
39
Letters. : CEES
40
Hounds' clues. : SCENTS
42
Ground or cause. : REASON
43
Unit of weight. : GRAM
44
News beat. : SCOOP
45
Cease-fire. : TRUCE
48
French coin: Abbr. : CENT
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Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
50
Wading bird. : IBIS
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A lot: Colloq. : SLEW
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Now. : HERE
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Sleeper. : TIE

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

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