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New York Times, Friday, January 26, 1968

56-Across : Ancient metropolis.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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L
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,740
Across
1
Asian capital. : LHASA
6
___ fide. : BONA
10
Now: Lat. : NUNC
14
Literate form of "et." : EATEN
15
Very audible. : LOUD
16
A way of saying "ten." : ONEO
17
Component of a mosquito fleet. : EBOAT
18
"___ Staircase." : UPTHEDOWN
20
Goes wild. : RAMPAGES
22
Bursts. : ERUPTS
23
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
24
Asian lake. : ARAL
25
Spy drama of the 1920's. : THREEFACESEAST
31
Bird sounds. : HOOTS
32
Goose of Hawaii. : NENE
33
Ruler of a kind. : ROI
34
Primitive craft. : ARKS
35
German President, 1919-25. : EBERT
37
Farm animal. : CALF
38
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
39
Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
40
___ corn. : EAROF
41
Career advice, 1850 style. : GOWESTYOUNGMAN
45
Fish. : GARS
46
Kind of deck. : POOP
47
City dating from 4th cen. B.C. : SMYRNA
50
Trick. : ARTIFICE
54
Occur periodically. : COMEANDGO
56
Ancient metropolis. : SIDON
57
Inch or foot. : UNIT
58
Cooper character. : CORA
59
Deal with. : TREAT
60
June bugs. : DORS
61
Satrap's superior. : EMIR
62
East-West pact. : SEATO
Down
1
Ogle's cousin. : LEER
2
Spanish bean. : HABA
3
Splittable item. : ATOM
4
47 Across and others. : SEAPORTS
5
Star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
6
"___ the Night." : BLUEOF
7
Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
8
Brazil ___. : NUT
9
Follower. : ADHERENT
10
Lump. : NODULE
11
Without competition: Abbr. : UNOP
12
Triton. : NEWT
13
Guides, as a ship. : CONS
19
Clean off. : ERASE
21
Exclamation. : GEE
24
Tree genus. : ACER
25
Trunk. : TORSO
26
Chinese treaty port. : HOKOW
27
Spanish peak. : ANETO
28
Parrot. : ARARA
29
Wise man. : SOLON
30
Petty quarrel. : TIFF
31
British marshal of W. W. I. : HAIG
35
Portal. : ENTRANCE
36
Certain horses. : BAYS
37
Center of attraction for hikers, scouts, etc. : CAMPFIRE
39
Manner of sitting, as in yoga. : ASANA
40
Self-centered ones. : EGOISTS
42
Birds. : EGRETS
43
Continuous din. : UPROAR
44
Negative. : NOT
47
Sail before the wind. : SCUD
48
Single: Prefix. : MONO
49
Giant of Norse myth. : YMIR
50
Fields: Lat. : AGRI
51
Inventor's forte. : IDEA
52
Covering. : COAT
53
Within: Prefix. : ENTO
55
Portuguese title. : DOM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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