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New York Times, Wednesday, September 16, 1959

28-Down : Measure of speed, in the jet age.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,715
Across
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Symbol of gentleness. : LAMB
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Kept late hours. : SATUP
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Fairy tale character. : OGRE
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Romance language: Abbr. : ITAL
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Woody vine. : LIANA
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___ and Thummim, high priest's symbols. : URIM
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Satellite path. : POLARORBIT
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Pour rain. : TEEM
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Unfold. : OPENUP
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Napoleon's "home," 1815-21. : STHELENA
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Per ___ (daily). : DIEM
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Number. : SEVEN
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Jogged the memory. : REMINDED
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Rag. : TATTER
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Collect. : AMASS
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Add, as dialogue or music. : DUBIN
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Have: Scot. : HAE
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German bacteriologist (1843-1910). : KOCH
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___ law. : SALIC
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Artifice. : RUSE
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Ordinal suffix. : ETH
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Sources of abundant supply. : WELLS
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Mansions: Poet. : DOMES
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Repudiation. : DENIAL
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Friendly. : SOCIABLE
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Yellowish-brown pigment. : UMBER
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Fragrant ointment. : NARD
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Yucatan bay, port, or state. : CAMPECHE
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Took a break. : RESTED
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Early pulpit. : AMBO
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Constituent of some parades. : TICKERTAPE
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Column. : PIER
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Reference works: Abbr. : ENCYS
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"The Red." : ERIC
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Forward. : PERT
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Exploits. : DEEDS
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Wind-blown clouds. : RACK
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Chinese poet (?-762 A. D.) : LIPO
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At the crest. : ATOP
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"The ___ Animal." : MALE
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Cajole. : BLANDISH
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Took an oblique course. : SLOPED
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Fire, ___ water, earth. : AIR
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Filing aids. : TABS
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Components. : UNITS
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Exciting emotion. : PATHETIC
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Store. : OUTLET
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Gardener's attribute. : GREENTHUMB
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Flaubert character. : EMMA
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Archeological find. : RUINS
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Author Hunter. : EVAN
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Winner's reward. : MEDAL
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Gathered, as leaves. : RAKED
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Overact: Colloq. : EMOTE
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Measure of speed, in the jet age. : MACHNUMBER
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Blunts. : DULLS
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Studio stand. : EASEL
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American poet, author of "Tears." : REESE
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Prey of the Plains Indians. : BISON
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Picked. : SELECTED
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Sports car. : ROADSTER
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Jabberwocky word. : WABE
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More calamitous. : DIRER
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Coffee beans, for example. : IMPORT
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Fondle. : CARESS
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Bonn's waterfront. : RHINE
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Fearless Fosdick's creator. : CAPP
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French friend. : AMIE
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Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
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Historic village of Ireland. : TARA
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Imposing. : EPIC
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Promenade on shipboard. : DECK
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Elizabethan playwright. : KYD

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

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