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New York Times, Tuesday, September 13, 1960

28-Down : Bob the bait.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,078
Across
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Sour. : ACID
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Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
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Wearing apparel in Near East. : VEIL
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Solitary. : ALONE
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"It's all the same ___." : TOME
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East Indian: Comb. form. : INDO
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Lariat. : RIATA
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Marine animals, as sea squirts. : TUNICATES
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Become visible. : MATERIALIZE
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Who "ate the malt" in nursery rhyme? : RAT
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Arabian principality. : ASIR
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Get ___ of. : RID
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Other. : ELSE
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Showered. : RAINED
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Rate of speed. : TEMPO
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Boredoms. : ENNUIS
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Infra ___. : DIG
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Require. : NEED
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Paired. : COUPLED
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Crisp, breakable candy. : BRITTLE
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Distress. : HURT
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Member of a political party: Abbr. : SOC
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Awn. : ARISTA
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Attack. : ONSET
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One behind the other. : TANDEM
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Redact. : EDIT
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Charge. : FEE
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Part of E by S. : EAST
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Direct. : AIM
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Distinguishing property or mark, in logic. : DIFFERENTIA
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Curtained. : DRAPERIED
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Meteorologist's concern. : STORM
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Mohammedan noble. : AMIR
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Villain's doing. : EVIL
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Transfers of ownership. : SALES
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Assured of success. : MADE
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Sandy tract by the sea: Brit. : DENE
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Extensions at right angles. : ELLS
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Otherwise. : ALIAS
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Tropical American mammal. : COATI
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Stopped temporarily. : INTERRUPTED
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Epistolary salutation. : DEAR
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Achieve. : ATTAIN
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Shaped. : MOULDED
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Everywhere: Comb. form. : OMNI
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Grasp. : SEIZE
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By way of. : VIA
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Side dish. : ENTREMETS
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Percept. : IDEA
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Missing. : LOST
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First word of Virgil's Aeneid. : ARMA
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Primitive chisel. : CELT
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Perennial plants. : IRISES
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Describing Laurence Sterne's "Journey." : SENTIMENTAL
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Trouble. : AIL
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Bob the bait. : DIB
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Hide. : PELT
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Theatres. : ODEA
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Ten-story satellite. : ECHO
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Part of speech. : NOUN
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Denizen of the playground. : NURSEMAID
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Pupil, as a fifth ___. : GRADER
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Dowry. : DOT
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Anger. : IRE
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Stimulant alkaloid. : CAFFEIN
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Help along (with "over"). : TIDE
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Compass pointer. : NEEDLE
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Weary. : TIRED
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Coral island. : ATOLL
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Forefathers: Poet. : SIRES
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Headwear. : TAMS
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Style of English furniture. : ADAM
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"___ La Douce." : IRMA
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Basketball team. : FIVE
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Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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Grand ___, Evangeline's home. : PRE

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

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