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Lavengro
Lavengro

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

New York Times, Sunday, February 19, 1961

68-Across : Journeyer through hell with Virgil.

Author:
Lavengro
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.07, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 650 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Lavengro has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In the original 27-Across clue, "Kit-Cat Club" was spelled "Kit-cat Club"; corrected spelling.

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,237
Across
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Ancient language. : SANSKRIT
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Pacify. : PLACATE
16
Poise. : APLOMB
22
Repetition of words, in rhetoric. : ANAPHORA
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Dieter. : REDUCER
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Stein. : SEIDEL
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Tiger. : MANEATER
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One past middle age. : OLDSTER
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Famous Kit-Cat Club member. : STEELE
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"___ Corn." : ALIEN
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Decriptive of a frosty morning. : NIPPY
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Set of untanned hides. : KIP
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Spanish aunt. : TIA
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Small coin. : SOU
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Circular: Fr. : ROND
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Member of the band. : FIFER
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Old English slave. : ESNE
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Give the eye. : OGLE
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Time. : AGE
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Take a rest. : VACATION
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Advance. : GETON
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Companion of Falstaff. : PETO
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Indian of Yucatan. : MAYA
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Brother of Miriam. : AARON
51
Cloy. : SATE
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Road in ancient Rome. : ITER
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Greek poet who rode a dolphin. : ARION
56
Year in Nero's reign. : LVI
58
Channel marker. : BUOY
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The sun is one. : BLEACHER
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Confederate soldier, poet, flutist. : LANIER
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___ nutshell. : INA
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Sew. : NEEDLE
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Journeyer through hell with Virgil. : DANTE
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Villa d'___. : ESTE
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A thousand ages. : EON
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Announce. : DECLARE
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More saintly. : HOLIER
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Anne Hathaway's home. : SHOTTERY
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Diminutive of Mary. : MAE
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Carry ___. : NATION
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Blubber. : CRY
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Bondage. : YOKE
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Succès ___ (great hit): Fr. : FOU
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What ferries do. : PLY
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Young oyster. : SPAT
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Rudiments. : ABC
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Lady Hamilton's lover. : NELSON
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French "himself." : SOI
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Solomonic traits. : SAPIENCE
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Base. : SORDID
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Composed. : WRITTEN
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Cinnabar. : ORE
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Unburned carbon. : SOOT
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Bargain. : TREAT
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Where all the host of Pharaoh drowned. : REDSEA
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Term in math: Abbr. : GCF
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Share. : RATION
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Mezzanine. : ENTRESOL
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Partial. : HALF
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Transport group: Abbr. : ATS
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Beautiful: Ital. : BELLA
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Actual. : REAL
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Still. : CALM
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Whey of milk. : SERUM
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Fixed time. : HOUR
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One of the Roman Fates. : NONA
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Upbeat. : ARSIS
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Easiest. : SIMPLEST
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Navy man: Abbr. : COM
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Hub of a wheel. : NAVE
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Printer's term. : STET
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Storied trio. : BEARS
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Jack ___, English rebel. : CADE
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White Sulphur. : SPA
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Headed. : LED
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Goddess of night. : NOX
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Southern constellation. : NORMA
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He did not cross the Jordan. : MOSES
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British vehicle. : WAGGON
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Archaic curse. : MALISON
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Endeavors. : ATTEMPTS
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Publicizing. : AIRING
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Galli-Curci. : AMELITA
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Fellow tenant. : ROOMMATE
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Farm. : GRANGE
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___ store. : GENERAL
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Made beloved. : ENDEARED
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Elm seed. : SAMARA
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Similar thing: Var. : ANALOG
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Comedy by Voltaire. : NANINE
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Celerity. : SPEED
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Prince in Xanadu. : KHAN
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Nonsense. : ROT
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Pacific. : IRENICAL
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Spanish seaport on Strait of Gibraltar. : TARIFA
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In ___ persona (in actual person): Lat. : PROPRIA
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Dutch painter in England. : LELY
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Annex. : ADD
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Marine fish. : CUSKS
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A profession. : ACTING
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Tents. : TEEPEES
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One way to be human. : ERR
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Person to whom a claim is transferred. : ASSIGNEE
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Corolla part : PETAL
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Bear false witness. : LIE
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Verse forms. : ODES
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Song: Comb. form. : MELO
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Cordon ___. : BLEU
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Marshal of France. : PETAIN
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Play a horn softly. : TOOTLE
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Morgan le ___. : FAY
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State formally. : ENOUNCE
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Majestic. : EPICAL
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Weathercock. : VANE
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Moon. : ORB
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One form of medicine. : TABLET
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Concerning racial customs. : ETHNIC
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Waver. : TEETER
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Planetarium. : ORRERY
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Indefinite part. : MOIETY
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Carol. : NOEL
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Beverages. : ALES
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Reckless. : RASH
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Look ___ (investigate). : INTO
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Covered with ivy. : VINY
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Newborn. : YEANLING
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Lord. : ADONAI
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Smoked. : REEKED
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Caution. : ADMONISH
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Vehicle. : DRAY
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Water from Cologne. : EAU
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Famous reciter of "Casey at the Bat." : HOPPER
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Explosive. : TONITE
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Tributary of the Danube. : ISAR
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Mistress ___ of Windsor. : FORD
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He wrote "Ms. Found in a Bottle." : POE
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Bed canopy. : TESTER
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Aft. : ASTERN
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Where Sarawak is. : BORNEO
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Native of Candia. : CRETAN
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Stylish ones: Colloq. : SWELLS
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Tritest. : STALEST
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Mild. : SOFT
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Knot of wool. : NOIL
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Calmly bold. : COOL
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Vulcan's home. : ETNA
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French admiral, assassinated 1942. : DARLAN
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Shipments from China. : TEAS
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Laughed loudly. : ROARED
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Vacationer. : CAMPER
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Border on. : ABUT
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Work as a street cleaner. : SCAVENGE
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Weekday: Abbr. : FRI
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Not Chippendale. : SHERATON
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Call wrongly. : MISNAME
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Like the boss of a shield. : UMBONAL
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Cloak-and-dagger outfit. : OSS
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One kind of base. : STOLEN
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Walter de ___. : LAMARE
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The "Timid Soul." : CASPAR
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Proust character. : ODETTE
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Jumbled. : MESSED
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Lengthwise. : ALONG
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Napoleon's fate. : EXILE
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Slight pause. : COMMA
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Loot. : SWAG
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Match. : PAIR
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Shah Jahan built here. : AGRA
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___ bene. : NOTA
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Same: Fr. : MEME
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Scottish "if." : GIN
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Periodical: Abbr. : MAG
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Title. : SIR
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Fox: Scot. : TOD

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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