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New York Times, Wednesday, July 13, 1960

8-Down : Took one's ease.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,016
Across
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Name in bowling's Hall of Fame. : NEDDAY
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Forebodings. : PRESAGES
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Attain success. : ARRIVE
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"Bad guy" in a Western. : RENEGADE
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Parts of a jigsaw puzzle. : PIECES
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Prized. : ESTEEMED
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Row. : TIER
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Water mammal. : OTTER
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One of David's mighty men. : IRA
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Globes. : ORBS
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Curious onlooker. : GAZER
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Hide. : PELT
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Silver coin of Bucharest. : LEU
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Practiced deception. : FAKED
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Vegetable dish. : PUREE
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Started: Poet. : GAN
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Navigator Tasman. : ABEL
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One form of power. : MAN
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Fire-dog. : ANDIRON
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Cumulative stakes. : JACKPOT
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Pitch. : TAR
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Spanish mural painter. : SERT
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Former capital of Burma. : AVA
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Assumed a studied attitude. : POSED
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Secluded hollows. : GLENS
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Fish trap. : NET
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Ancient Syria. : ARAM
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Curtain. : DRAPE
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Tiny opening, as in leaves. : PORE
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Small: Dial. : LIL
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Harness parts. : REINS
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Koran chapter. : SURA
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Directed by hand. : MOTIONED
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Capital of 58 Across. : OTTAWA
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Optional. : ELECTIVE
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Hotel guest. : ROOMER
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Pawn shop customer. : REDEEMER
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United Nations member. : CANADA
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Be off one's guard. : NAP
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Citizen of Asmara. : ERITREAN
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Triple alliance: Ger. : DREIBUND
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Cubes. : DICES
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Declare positively. : AVER
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Word of affirmation. : YES
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Popular biscuit. : PRETZEL
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Took one's ease. : RESTED
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Stage direction. : ENTER
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Prophet. : SEER
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Lifetime. : AGE
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More highly flavored. : GAMIER
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First woman English Channel swimmer. : EDERLE
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Composed. : SEDATE
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Of a certain durable wood. : OAKEN
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Slavic girl's name. : OLGA
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Family name in show business. : GABOR
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Smoldering substance. : PUNK
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Electrical unit. : FARAD
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Peace instruments. : PACTS
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River into the Seine. : MARNE
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Separate article. : ITEM
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Rugged vehicles. : JEEPS
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Pictorial view. : PANORAMA
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Cowed. : OVERAWED
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American poet and critic. : TATE
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Defamation. : SLANDER
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Pilgrim from the Holy Land. : PALMER
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Brightly colored bird. : ORIOLE
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Cured. : SALTED
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Sorrow. : GRIEVE
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Coarse, twilled cotton. : DENIM
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Assumed. : PUTON
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Routine. : ROTE
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Covered walk. : STOA
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Dessert. : ICE
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Dolphin whale. : ORC
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Southern constellation. : ARA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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