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New York Times, Thursday, August 4, 1960

3-Down : A Rockefeller name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,038
Across
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Female of the red deer. : HIND
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Run ___. : SCARED
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Diet need. : PROTEIN
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Describing some ice skates. : TUBULAR
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Anita Loos heroine. : LORELEI
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Legendary king of Britain. : ELIDURE
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Peak in the Presidential Range. : ADAMS
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In honor of. : FOR
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Attack from all sides. : BESET
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Trawls. : NETS
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Position. : STAND
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Slope up. : RISE
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Oneself: Fr. : SOI
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Young farm animals. : HEIFERS
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Vehicle. : VAN
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Comforts. : SOLACES
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Cyclops feature. : ONEEYE
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Surprised exclamations. : AHAS
35
Mast. : SPAR
36
Oriental vessel. : SAMPAN
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Many-seeded red or green fruits. : PEPPERS
42
Numerical prefix. : UNI
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Endeavors. : STRIVES
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Lunch. : EAT
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Care. : MIND
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More responsible. : SANER
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Recent. : LATE
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Forcefully: Poet. : AMAIN
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Basketball player: Abbr. : CTR
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : SUSIE
55
Revel. : CAROUSE
57
Mythical animal. : UNICORN
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Not buxom. : SLENDER
60
Salt springs. : SALINES
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Heights. : STEEPS
62
Seed vessels. : PODS
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Captain Hornblower. : HORATIO
2
News briefs. : ITEMS
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A Rockefeller name. : NELS
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Tool. : DIE
5
English novelist. : STERNE
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___ de sac. : CUL
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Early name for Nisan. : ABIB
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More impolite. : RUDER
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Baffling. : ELUSIVE
10
Venture to affirm. : DARESAY
11
Architect's project. : PLANS
12
Horse shows of a sort. : RODEOS
13
Clever remarks: Slang. : NIFTIES
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Pine tar derivative. : RETENE
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Zanies. : OAFS
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Lines in trigonometry. : SECANTS
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Useful glass tube. : DROPPER
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Sounds of laughter. : HAHAS
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Cookies. : SNAPS
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Circuit. : LAP
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Sooner than. : ERE
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Roman emperor, 306-7. : SEVERUS
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Scarlet shrubs. : SUMACS
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Member of a certain kingdom. : ANIMALS
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Mosque tower. : MINARET
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Liquid measure. : PINT
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Whys and wherefores. : REASONS
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Literary form. : SATIRE
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Track men. : RACERS
46
Time of life. : TEENS
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Mother of Aphrodite. : DIONE
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Clear. : LUCID
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Artist's subject. : NUDE
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Farm structure. : SILO
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Month: Abbr. : SEP
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Part of a baby's routine. : NAP

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

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