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New York Times, Friday, April 21, 1972

52-Across : Landmark in 1 Across

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F G J K Q W }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,287
Across
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City dating to 753 B.C. : ROME
5
Co-founder of 1 Across : REMUS
10
Piece, as of marble : SLAB
14
Relative of etc. : ETAL
15
Plain : OVERT
16
Sandwich filler : TUNA
17
Dance price, once : DIME
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Kind of toast : MELBA
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Hippocratic, e.g. : OATH
20
Area in 1 Across : CAMPUSMARTIUS
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Adjective suffix : IAL
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Caper : ANTIC
25
Posed : SAT
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Davis or America's : CUP
30
___ du Diable : ILE
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Jeff Davis country : CSA
34
Neil Simon play : PLAZASUITE
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Settled up : PAID
38
French clerics : ABBES
39
Summer weather initials : THI
40
Seraglio : HAREM
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Mrs. Roy Rogers : DALE
42
Resident near 1 Across : POPEPAULVI
44
Compass point : ENE
45
Rumanian coin : LEU
46
Like a fox : SLY
47
Tennis unit : SET
48
Desserts : TARTS
50
W. W. II locale : ETO
52
Landmark in 1 Across : CIRCUSMAXIMUS
57
Relocate : MOVE
58
Whey: It. : SIERO
59
Penny ___ : ANTE
61
Czech or Pole : SLAV
62
Actor Luther : ADLER
63
Capitoline, e.g. : HILL
64
Indian wear : SARI
65
Girls' names : LETAS
66
Kind of bomb : ATOM
Down
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Ruby : RED
2
Auricular : OTIC
3
Cass, for one : MAMA
4
Resin : ELEMI
5
Famous twin : ROMULUS
6
Arden and Christmas : EVES
7
Mire, in Italy : MELMA
8
Suave qualities : URBANITIES
9
Surprise : STARTLE
10
Like Zeno : STOIC
11
Feast in Waipahu : LUAU
12
Insects : ANTS
13
Word with humbug : BAH
21
S. A. rodents : PACAS
22
___-and-dye : TIE
25
Playing card : SPADE
26
Hills near 1 Across : ALBAN
27
Gateleg, e.g. : TABLE
29
Send a pet for an airing : PUTOUTSIDE
31
Carmer and Reiner : CARLS
32
Kitchen utensil : SIEVE
33
Own up : ADMIT
35
Zuider ___ : ZEE
36
Engine capacity: Abbr. : IHP
37
French resort : PAU
40
Missouri city : HAYTI
42
Scrutiny : PERUSAL
43
Medical hammers : PLEXORS
45
Tree resin : LAC
48
Fountain in 1 Across : TREVI
49
Process ore : SMELT
51
City of Midwest : OMAHA
52
Soft drink : COLA
53
Match-king Kreuger : IVAR
54
Space : AREA
55
One : UNIT
56
Capital of Manche : STLO
57
Author's output: Abbr. : MSS
60
Tree : ELM

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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