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New York Times, Thursday, May 19, 1960

12-Down : Seizer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,961
Across
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Sibilant signal. : PSST
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Man of Hebron. : CALEB
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Spotted rodent of Central America. : PACA
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Alas!: Lat. : EHEU
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Lizard. : AGAMA
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Desert steed. : ARAB
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Cash. : READYMONEY
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Saws (wood) along the grain. : RIPS
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Lather. : SOAP
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Sign of a hit. : SRO
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Shelter for birds. : COTE
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Beautify. : ADORN
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Considers as part of a scheme or project. : FIGURESON
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Weight. : TON
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Norwegian coin. : KRONE
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Signal. : ALERT
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Asian country. : IRAQ
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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Labor organization. : CIO
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Defamation. : CALUMNY
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Takes away. : DEDUCTS
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Cereal grass. : OAT
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A continent: Abbr. : AUS
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Captured the fancy of. : TOOK
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Violin-maker. : AMATI
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Useful Latin phrase. : IDEST
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Him or her: Fr. : LUI
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One kind of income. : DIVIDENDS
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Nautical term. : APORT
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Highway: Abbr. : RTE
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Arabian garments. : ABAS
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Bobbin. : PIRN
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Puzzled. : NONPLUSSED
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Criterion. : TEST
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Provide (with qualities). : ENDUE
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Robust. : HALE
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Appeals to. : SUES
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Ottomans. : SEATS
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Esparto grass. : ALFA
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For every. : PER
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Romance of 1887. : SHE
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Appropriate to the time. : SEASONAL
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Henry VIII, for example. : TUDOR
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___ David. : CAMP
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Since. : AGO
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Capital of Michigan. : LANSING
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Become apparent. : EMERGE
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Marshy inlet. : BAYOU
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Apportion. : PARCELOUT
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Songlike. : ARIOSE
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Seizer. : CAPTOR
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Not attentive. : ABSENT
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Tug. : YANK
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Adjectival ending. : ATIC
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Relative of Theo. : DORA
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Mossback. : FOGY
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Foray. : RAID
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Tear. : RENT
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Answers to some math problems. : QUOTIENTS
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Tax, old style. : CESS
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Damsel. : MAID
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Fees of a kind. : DUES
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One of the Hollywood adjectives. : COLOSSAL
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Circular journey. : TOUR
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Humorous playlet. : SKIT
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Appendices. : ADDENDA
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Proficients. : ADEPTS
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Environment. : MILIEU
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Unwilling. : AVERSE
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Chant. : INTONE
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Ban. : TABU
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Osprey's cousins. : ERNES
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Oriental title placed after the name. : PASHA
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Beverages. : ALES
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Present for decision, as a question. : PUT
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Gremlin. : ELF
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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