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New York Times, Wednesday, June 15, 1960

45-Down : Inactive.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,988
Across
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Here and there: Lat. : PASSIM
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Leave hurriedly. : DECAMP
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Moslem. : ISLAMIC
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Moving with greater speed. : SWIFTER
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Plug. : STOPPER
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___ grata. : PERSONA
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Moon vaulter of rhyme. : COW
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Government ___. : INEXILE
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Strengthen. : MAN
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Author Ambler. : ERIC
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Exhausted. : SPENT
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Surfeited (with "of"). : SICK
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A bend or curve. : SINUS
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Significant period of time. : ERA
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Bewilders. : DAZES
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Coincide. : AGREE
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Time of "bright blue weather." : OCTOBER
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Call. : TELEPHONE
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Radiant, à la Lewis Carroll. : BEAMISH
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Olivia's maid in "Twelfth Night." : MARIA
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Juliet's suitor. : PARIS
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St. ___, French military academy. : CYR
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"Don't ___ boy on a man's errand." : SENDA
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Lake east of Caspian Sea. : ARAL
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Memory aids. : NOTES
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Family members. : DADS
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Measures of length: Abbr. : INS
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Tedium. : BOREDOM
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___ canto. : BEL
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Most gloomy. : DOUREST
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Term used on a menu. : ALAMODE
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Divests. : UNROBES
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Surfeit. : SATIATE
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Glanced quickly or furtively. : PEEKED
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Grass for hay and pasturage. : REDTOP
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Sign of the zodiac. : PISCES
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Pacific Coast port. : ASTORIA
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Decelerating. : SLOWING
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Vital fluid. : SAP
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Band of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
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Manners. : MIENS
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Lingered over, in thought (with "on"). : DWELT
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England's neighbor. : EIRE
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Baseball positions: Abbr. : CFS
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Reduce to small particles. : ATOMIZE
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Sinister one. : MENACER
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Impish tricks. : PRANKS
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Dress material. : CREPE
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Vegetable. : SPINACH
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Plant suited to desert regions. : XEROPHYTE
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Shorten. : CURTAIL
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Dispatched with a sword. : SABERED
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Appears. : SEEMS
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Ladies of Lisbon. : DONAS
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Name meaning high. : ELI
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Nursery rhyme character. : TOM
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Accompanies. : ESCORTS
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With no exception. : BARNONE
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Flaw in typescript. : ERASURE
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Jerome's "Three Men ___." : INABOAT
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Amplified. : ADDEDTO
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Designating some life insurance. : PAIDUP
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___ a beet. : REDAS
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Inactive. : ASLEEP
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Pried (with "into"). : NOSED
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Determined by the sun. : SOLAR
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Actress Daniels. : BEBE
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So. American drink. : MATE
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Soldier of Seoul. : ROK
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Prefix used with day and night. : MID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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