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New York Times, Monday, May 29, 1961

11-Down : City in Shensi province.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,336
Across
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Kitchenware. : POTS
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One of Sheridan's "Rivals." : ACRES
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Author of "The Apostle." : ASCH
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34 inches, in Mexico. : VARA
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West Indian republic. : HAITI
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"Can-Can" dancing star. : LILO
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Current political satire. : THEBESTMAN
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Country in the headlines. : LAOS
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Region on the Black Sea. : UKRAINE
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Men of great strength, intellect, etc. : GIANTS
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Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
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Hindu holy man. : SADH
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Accompaniment for southern folk songs. : BANJO
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One of the Yokums. : PAPPY
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Behave like. : ACT
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Quota immigrants. : ALIENS
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Important science: Abbr. : GEOL
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Native of 19 Across. : LAO
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Be quiet!, in Shakespeare's day. : SOFT
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Forty-niner. : MINER
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Model. : NORM
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Small salamander. : EFT
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Unchanged. : SAME
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Hebrew name for God. : ELOHIM
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Barnyard enclosure. : STY
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Fluid part of the blood. : PLASM
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Sheik's domain : ARABY
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Symbol of victory. : PALM
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Excess of chances. : ODDS
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Commuter's morning exercise. : SPRINT
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Certain members of the Stock Exchange. : TRADERS
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Home of the Apache: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Memorable doctor in fiction. : ARROWSMITH
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Polish textile city. : LODZ
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Unconfined. : LOOSE
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Genus of tropical shrubs. : EVEA
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Book of Norse myths. : EDDA
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Winged scavengers. : KITES
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See 41 Across. : NEWT
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Army man: Abbr. : PVT
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Pearl Harbor's island. : OAHU
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Journey by wagon train. : TREK
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U. S. F-86 plane. : SABREJET
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Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee." : AHSIN
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Forty winks. : CATNAP
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Jack Frost's handiwork. : RIME
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Zeta's follower. : ETA
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Major port of SE Asia. : SINGAPORE
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Moslem God. : ALLAH
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City in Shensi province. : SIAN
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Blob, as of cream. : CLOT
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Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
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Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War. : EATON
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Pastoral poem. : IDYL
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German Admiral of World War I. : SPEE
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Centers of operation. : BASES
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In the crow's-nest. : ALOFT
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Stylish: Colloq. : NIFTY
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One of the De Milles. : AGNES
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Farewell to the Islands. : ALOHA
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West Indian native. : CARIB
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British soldier. : TOMMY
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Chitchat. : SMALLTALK
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Caliph's title. : IMAM
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Discoverers of America, circa 1000. : NORSEMEN
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Pair of draft horses. : SPAN
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Well-known Hollywood family. : LADDS
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In the dumps. : MOROSE
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Popular food. : PIZZA
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Coolidge's Vice President. : DAWES
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Advertised event. : SALE
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Urge or rouse. : PROD
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Lorna Doone's husband. : RIDD
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Jogging gait. : TROT
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Sunder. : RIVE
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Pot-au-feu. : STEW
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Reine's counterpart. : ROI
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Relative of a nightcap. : HAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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