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New York Times, Tuesday, May 3, 1960

16-Across : Town in Arthurian legend.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,945
Across
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Raise a nap. : TEASEL
7
Baby-blue, perhaps. : PASTEL
13
Noisemakers. : RATTLES
15
Sun parlors. : SOLARIA
16
Town in Arthurian legend. : ASTOLAT
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Physicians. : HEALERS
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"Sans ___ et sans reproche." : PEUR
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Chesterfield. : SOFA
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Liturgies. : RITES
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Timekeeper for piano practice. : METRONOME
25
Chrome. : STEEL
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Annoys. : IRKS
29
Honshu city. : NARA
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Deliver. : HANDOVER
35
Of a genus of fruit trees. : CITRUS
37
Organization of doctors. : AMA
38
Spanish coins. : PESETAS
40
Fabric. : REP
41
Profession. : METIER
43
Composition by Schubert. : SERENADE
45
Any delightful place. : EDEN
46
Bird call. : NOTE
48
Up. : RISEN
49
Type of performer. : TOEDANCER
52
Taunts. : GIBES
55
Well-known pen name. : ELIA
56
South African river, into the Orange. : VAAL
60
First-rate: Colloq. : ELEGANT
62
Heighten. : ENHANCE
64
Asserts without proof. : ALLEGES
65
Showery. : RAINING
66
Compunction. : REGRET
67
Written agreements. : LEASES
Down
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Light, two-wheeled carriage. : TRAP
2
Mitigate. : EASE
3
Alaskan outpost. : ATTU
4
Rained or snowed. : STORMED
5
45 inches, in old England. : ELL
6
Most insignificant. : LEAST
7
Author of "The Gold Bug." : POE
8
Warning sound. : ALARM
9
Conspicuous. : SALIENT
10
Former shipping allowance. : TRET
11
Island republic. : EIRE
12
Highland Mary, for instance. : LASS
14
Newspaper articles. : STORIES
15
Cut of meat. : SHANK
20
U. S. supercarrier. : FORRESTAL
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Run away to Gretna Green. : ELOPE
24
Heston's award. : OSCAR
25
Feeling of guilt. : SHAME
26
Made tractable. : TAMED
27
Related on the mother's side. : ENATE
30
Tapestry. : ARRAS
31
___ la Paix. : RUEDE
32
Colorado resort. : ASPEN
34
Father of science fiction. : VERNE
36
Rhone tributary. : ISERE
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Much smaller: Colloq. : TEENIER
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Seven or eleven. : INTEGER
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Passionless peace. : NIRVANA
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Author of "Golden Boy." : ODETS
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Midwestern river. : OSAGE
51
Welland or Rideau. : CANAL
52
Rigging. : GEAR
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He: Lat. : ILLE
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Native of Ghent: Abbr. : BELG
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Blackbirds. : ANIS
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Skin disorder. : ACNE
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Parts of triangles. : LEGS
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Fabric. : NET
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Go in haste. : HIE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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