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New York Times, Tuesday, September 20, 1960

37-Down : Sometime flying object.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,085
Across
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Enclave within SE France. : MONACO
7
Spanish province. : MALAGA
13
Took a header. : DIVEDIN
14
Clear. : EVIDENT
16
Windflower. : ANEMONE
17
Girl in "Gone With the Wind." : MELANIE
18
Evergreen tree with long seed pods. : CAROB
19
One of the missiles. : THOR
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Same: Fr. : MEME
22
Common verb. : ARE
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Spartan magistrate. : EPHOR
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Charlotte Corday's victim. : MARAT
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Sound of thunder. : PEAL
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Slippery. : OILY
29
Growing out. : ENATE
30
Man's name meaning "rich." : OTTO
31
Prospector's find. : ORE
32
Founder of Ethical Culture Movement. : ADLER
33
Justify. : VINDICATE
37
Thrifty one. : SAVER
40
Night: Lat. : NOX
41
Presidential prerogative. : VETO
45
Like an old woman. : ANILE
46
Guy's companion. : DOLL
47
By any chance. : EVER
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Without guidance. : UNLED
49
Great mountain chain. : ANDES
51
___ et labora (pray and work): Lat. : ORA
52
Existentialism, for one. : CULT
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Oarsmen. : CREW
54
Memento. : TOKEN
56
High spirits. : ELATION
58
Wandering: Poet. : AROVING
60
Architectural style: Fr. : REGENCE
61
Wine city of France, on the Rhone. : VALENCE
62
Composed of three. : TERNAL
63
Come out. : EMERGE
Down
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Mosque turret. : MINARET
2
Dine too well. : OVEREAT
3
No one: Lat. : NEMO
4
Kind of brick. : ADOBE
5
Ohio city: Abbr. : CIN
6
A fraction. : ONETHIRD
7
Nostalgic "Lane" of song. : MEMORY
8
Affirm. : AVER
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Small: Dial. : LIL
10
Characters in "Paradise Lost." : ADAMANDEVE
11
Prevalent. : GENERAL
12
Endowed with life. : ANIMATE
13
Aria ___, in the typical three-part aria form. : DACAPO
15
Waver. : TEETER
20
Ace. : HOLEINONE
24
East Indian tree. : POON
25
Substance. : MEAT
27
Billet-doux. : LOVELETTER
34
Angered. : IRED
35
Permanent. : COLDWAVE
36
Crossbar. : AXLE
37
Sometime flying object. : SAUCER
38
Little ring. : ANNULET
39
Part of New York City (with "the"). : VILLAGE
42
Calling forth. : EVOKING
43
Roman writer of plays. : TERENCE
44
Bright color. : ORANGE
46
Kind of grass. : DARNEL
50
Garment for evening wear. : STOLE
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Imogene of TV. : COCA
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Done with. : OVER
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Wayside place. : INN
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Sign of the zodiac. : RAM

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

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