Clue for 26-Down isn't quite accurate—a scute is a bony plate found on some reptiles and thus covers only a fairly small part of a reptile.
1 A | 2 M | 3 P | 4 C | 5 A | 6 L | 7 I | 8 F | 9 S | 10 L | 11 E | 12 D |
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13 D | A | U | 14 B | 15 A | D | A | N | O | 16 W | O | R | E |
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17 A | R | T | I | 18 C | L | E | P | A | R | 19 T | I | C | L | E |
20 M | I | S | R | U | L | E | S | 21 E | A | S | I | E | R |
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22 D | R | E | D | 23 A | S | K | S | |||||||
24 V | 25 I | 26 S | C | I | D | 27 A | N | T | E | 28 A | 29 S | 30 S |
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31 I | N | C | A | N | 32 P | L | I | E | 33 U | R | A | N |
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34 S | N | U | G | G | 35 L | E | S | T | R | 36 U | G | G | L | E |
37 T | E | T | E | 38 A | R | I | A | 39 G | L | O | V | E |
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40 A | R | E | 41 S | T | O | P | 42 R | A | I | N | E | R |
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43 L | A | I | N | 44 M | A | N | N | |||||||
45 A | 46 T | 47 T | E | S | T | 48 G | A | R | D | E | 49 N | 50 E | 51 D |
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52 T | R | E | A | S | U | 53 R | E | M | E | A | S | U | R | E |
54 O | U | R | S | 55 D | O | R | I | S | 56 S | T | A | N |
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57 P | E | N | T | 58 E | M | M | E | T | 59 S | T | Y |
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.