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New York Times, Saturday, January 21, 1956

8-Across : Entertains.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { F H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Steinberg notes:

Original 63-Across clue had no accent over the first "e" in "Misérables"; added the accent.

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D
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O
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E
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D
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R
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P
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E
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D
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M
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A
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C
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,398
Across
1
Debate. : DISCUSS
8
Entertains. : DIVERTS
15
NATO, for instance. : ENTENTE
16
Welcoming cheer. : OVATION
17
Obliteration. : ERASURE
18
Choice of two evils. : DILEMMA
19
Andean republic. : PERU
20
Wise saw. : ADAGE
22
Rough file. : RASP
23
A trip in a dinghy. : ROW
25
Stronghold on the Meuse River. : SEDAN
27
Person who swims in winter. : POLARBEAR
31
Verses. : RIMES
35
Assam silkworm. : ERI
36
Fine feathers. : DOWN
37
Beautiful antique surface. : PATINA
38
Spenders of bahts. : SIAMESE
40
General or private. : ARMYMAN
41
Sullivan and Svenholm. : TENORS
42
Malay outrigger canoe. : PROA
43
Follower: Suffix. : ITE
44
Blackboard. : SLATE
45
Persuasive arguer. : CONVINCER
47
More peculiar. : ODDER
49
Wintry glaze. : ICE
50
Young salmon. : PARR
53
___ up (paid). : ANTED
55
Dickens' Mrs. Sairey. : GAMP
59
Food. : ALIMENT
61
Royal entertainer. : REGALER
63
Fantine's daughter, in "Les Misérables." : COSETTE
64
Director Litvak. : ANATOLE
65
One of Churchill's names. : SPENCER
66
Ways of the city. : STREETS
Down
1
Hard to fathom. : DEEP
2
Legal phrase. : INRE
3
Another sun. : STAR
4
Pause, in verse. : CESURA
5
Burmese leader. : UNU
6
Foreman's assistant: Colloq. : STRAWBOSS
7
Germ. : SEED
8
He may play in New Jersey. : DODGER
9
Like college walls. : IVIED
10
Lace from France. : VAL
11
Time without end. : ETERNITY
12
Heroine of "Green Mansions." : RIMA
13
Gen. Thumb's namesakes. : TOMS
14
Cinch. : SNAP
21
"Wise ___ owl." : ASAN
24
Commanded. : ORDERED
26
Language of Biblical times. : ARAMAIC
27
Nuisances. : PESTS
28
Bay window. : ORIEL
29
Jungle creeper. : LIANA
30
Woolly mother. : EWE
32
The mockingbird, for example. : MIMIC
33
Growing outward. : ENATE
34
More rational. : SANER
37
Thoughtful of the future. : PROVIDENT
39
Subway drivers. : MOTORMEN
40
Ex-Governor of Kansas. : ARN
42
___ Authority. : PORT
45
Basketball position. : CENTER
46
Nullify. : NEGATE
48
Underworld poet. : DANTE
50
Moccasins. : PACS
51
Awry. : ALOP
52
Upslope. : RISE
54
Big times. : ERAS
56
Medicinal plant. : ALOE
57
Soften. : MELT
58
Executive title: Abbr. : PRES
60
And so forth. : ETC
62
Glorious remnant. : GAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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