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New York Times, Friday, March 14, 1958

31-Across : Mine entrances.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
David Steinberg notes:

Original 27-Down had no exclamation point after the underscore; added it.

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,181
Across
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French chanteuse. : PIAF
5
Do a certain dance. : CLOG
9
Joins (to). : ADDS
13
Site of a famous palace. : AGRA
14
Nimbus. : HALO
15
Postman's itinerary. : ROUTE
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Political assemblage: Abbr. : CONV
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Kind of public protest. : OPENLETTER
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Nark. : STOOLPIGEON
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___-Magnon. : CRO
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Draw ___ (stop). : REIN
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Converts into money. : CASHES
26
"Silent, upon a peak in ___." : DARIEN
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Chinaware. : TEASET
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Mine entrances. : ADITS
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Policeman's itinerary. : BEAT
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Gaelic. : ERSE
36
Torrid or temperate. : ZONE
37
Two. : BRACE
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Head: Fr. : TETE
39
Contents of one basket. : EGGS
40
Word of pain. : OUCH
41
Presiding officer. : CHAIR
42
Great day in July. : FOURTH
44
Words by Wordsworth. : POETRY
45
Climb: Colloq. : SHINNY
47
Shadow: Slang. : TAIL
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Adjective suffix. : IAN
49
S. Legree. : SLAVEDRIVER
55
Wille Mays, for sure. : BIGLEAGUER
57
River in Arizona. : GILA
58
Hiemal hazard. : SLEET
59
Different from. : ELSE
60
Cordage fiber. : HEMP
61
Work units. : ERGS
62
Top-kicks: Abbr. : SGTS
63
Deuces. : TWOS
Down
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Moccasins. : PACS
2
"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
3
Cartoonist Peter. : ARNO
4
Figure at a political convention. : FAVORITESON
5
Composer of nocturnes. : CHOPIN
6
Rabbit fur. : LAPIN
7
Designer Cassini. : OLEG
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Used up. : GONE
9
Cockpits. : ARENAS
10
Stipple. : DOT
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Kind of party. : DUTCHTREAT
12
Kilolitre. : STERE
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Cupid. : EROS
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Situate. : LOCATE
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Sediment. : LEES
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Understand. : SEETHELIGHT
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Dumbfound. : DAZE
27
"'Dies like ___! March on!' he said." : ADOG
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On the left hand. : RINGFINGER
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Instruct. : TEACH
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Apiece. : EACH
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Dry, as champagne. : BRUT
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Provoke (with "up"). : STIR
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Eldritch. : EERY
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Coach of the N. Y. Knicks. : BORYLA
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Coconut fiber. : COIR
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Dislocates. : UNSETS
44
Army chaplains. : PADRES
45
Kinsmen. : SIBS
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___ Selassie. : HAILE
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Small anvil. : TEEST
50
Cycles. : AGES
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St. Jerome's Bible: Abbr. : VULG
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Opinion. : VIEW
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Analyst Roper. : ELMO
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Relatives of brickbats. : RAPS
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Part of a race. : LEG

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

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