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New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1960

27-Down : Explosion.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,918
Across
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Gathered together. : MASSED
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Revealed. : BARED
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Hawaii's chronicler. : MICHENER
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Breakfast treat. : OMELET
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Secretly: from the Latin. : INCAMERA
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First grader's volume. : READER
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Range. : STOVE
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Christmas ___. : EVE
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Range. : SCOPE
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Withered. : SERE
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Spirited dance. : FLING
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Uno, dos, ___. : TRES
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Join (to). : ADD
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Introduce. : BRINGUP
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Reply: Abbr. : ANS
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Piece of cake. : SLICE
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Cheap woolen cloth. : SHODDY
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Meal. : REPAST
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Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders. : PHAROS
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Take ___ (scold). : TOTASK
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Hippodrome. : ARENA
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Ad ___. : HOC
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Threefold. : TERNARY
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Cardinal. : RED
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Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
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Fender troubles. : DENTS
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Doorman's concern. : TAXI
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River through Hades. : LETHE
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Throw (the shot). : PUT
51
Likewise. : DITTO
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Perfect concepts. : IDEALS
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Islands discovered by Bering, 1741. : ALEUTIAN
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Emblem of high rank. : PURPLE
57
Much less. : LETALONE
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Bel ___ cheese. : PAESE
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Give in. : RELENT
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Made money. : MINTED
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Harmony. : ACCORD
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Skim the surface of. : SHAVE
4
Dotted, in heraldry. : SEME
5
Direction. : ENE
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Remiss. : DERELICT
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Political subdivision: Abbr. : BOR
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Iowa town. : AMES
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Respond. : REACT
10
Fabulous land of gold. : ELDORADO
11
Parts of swimming pools. : DEEPENDS
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"___ Solemnis." : MISSA
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Gully. : RAVINE
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Having a mop of hair. : TRESSY
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Language: Abbr. : ENG
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Gamboled. : FRISKED
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Certain oil wells. : GUSHERS
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Explosion. : BLAST
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Appearance: Comb. form. : PHANY
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Vacation spot. : SPA
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___ pro nobis. : ORA
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Destroyed entirely. : ROOTEDUP
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Everyday Latin phrase. : ETCETERA
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Talkative tot. : PRATTLER
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Durocher's epithet. : THELIP
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Yearbook. : ANNUAL
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Party member: Abbr. : REP
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Allowance. : RATION
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Still existing. : EXTANT
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Female Titan, mother of Aphrodite. : DIONE
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Definite form. : SHAPE
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Count, for example. : TITLE
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Building wings. : ELLS
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Twofold. : DUAL
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Lo! : SEE
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Summer, in Paris. : ETE

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