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New York Times, Wednesday, April 20, 1960

54-Across : From the beginning: Lat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,932
Across
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Incentive. : GOAD
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It's either broken or kept. : PROMISE
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Kind of race. : RELAY
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Widespread. : PREVALENT
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One of De Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
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Taciturnity. : RETICENCE
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___ sequitur. : NON
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Pay an unexpected visit. : DROPIN
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Fire ___. : SALE
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Think. : DEEM
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Small kite. : ELANET
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Member of a familiar trio. : TOM
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Movable mountain in myth. : OSSA
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Beloved: Ital. : CARA
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"Only ___." : AROSE
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G. I.'s pal. : MESSMATE
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Showed mercy. : SPARED
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Mrs. Rochester. : JANE
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Disable. : MAIM
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Virtuoso. : ARTIST
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Memorable conductor of New York Philharmonic. : DAMROSCH
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Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
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Portrayer of Juarez, Zola, etc. : MUNI
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"Doll" of drama. : NORA
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Note akin to ut. : ELA
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Historic mountain. : ARARAT
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Biblical prophet. : AMOS
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Raiment. : GARB
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Spoke with grandiloquence. : ORATED
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Lunch. : EAT
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From the beginning: Lat. : ABORIGINE
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Call forth. : EVOKE
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Mansion. : RESIDENCE
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Cambric. : LINEN
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Heir. : LEGATEE
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Sidelong look. : LEER
Down
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Columbus was one. : GENOESE
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Antiquity. : OLDNESS
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Longest stream entirely in Switzerland (183 mi.). : AAR
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Stained. : DYED
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Compound. : PREPARE
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Image-receiver of the eye. : RETINA
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Slangy term of address. : MAC
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D'Yeu and others. : ILES
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Fong or Long. : SENATOR
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Surround. : ENCLOSE
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Haphazard. : RANDOM
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Extended at the poles. : PROLATE
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Swarmed. : TEEMED
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Disavow. : RECANT
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Mohammedan place of worship. : MASJID
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Hoglike animal. : TAPIR
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Jackson novel, 1884. : RAMONA
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Master, in Stephen Foster song. : MASSA
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Cloth of gold of Middle Ages. : SAMITE
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Sea cow. : MANATEE
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Malt vinegar. : ALEGAR
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Change the classification of. : RELABEL
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Flower. : TEAROSE
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Long-continued imprisonment. : DURANCE
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Unidentified person. : SOMEONE
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Frog. : CROAKER
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Accelerate. : HASTEN
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Camp Lejeune trainee. : MARINE
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19th century lexicographer. : ROGET
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The Bounty, for one. : BRIG
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Farmer's home. : DELL
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Mountain now called Psiloriti. : IDA
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C'est la ___. : VIE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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