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New York Times, Thursday, June 21, 1962

56-Across : First part of "Divine Comedy."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,724
Across
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___ boy. : BUS
4
Southern power source. : TVA
7
Be ___ mind (agree). : OFONE
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Rickover, for one. : ADMIRAL
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Dryness. : ARIDITY
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Hit musical of the Twenties. : RIORITA
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Wife of Aeneas. : LAVINIA
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Ready for use. : ONTAP
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Avignon's river. : RHONE
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Astronaut's "all right!" : AOK
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Shortage. : NEED
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___ a whip. : SMARTAS
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Moral principles. : ETHICS
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Bellini opera. : NORMA
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Title for Jeanne d'Arc: Abbr. : STE
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Gamble. : RISK
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Clever. : ADROIT
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Parade of floats. : PAGEANT
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Mexican of a sort. : WETBACK
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Proverbial bid for one's thoughts. : APENNY
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Buster Brown's dog. : TIGE
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Sea birds. : TERNS
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Constitutional. : AIRING
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Wraith. : SPECTER
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
51
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
54
Photo-developing substance. : ORTOL
55
Edith Wharton hero. : ETHAN
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First part of "Divine Comedy." : INFERNO
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American pioneer in aviation. : EARHART
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Coin of Turkey. : PIASTER
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Vacation spot. : SEASIDE
62
Newspapers. : PRESS
63
Rested. : SAT
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Grain crop. : RYE
Down
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Magnate. : BARON
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City near Venice. : UDINE
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Dealt a blow. : SMOTE
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Junket. : TRIP
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Caldron. : VAT
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Cousin of a crapehanger. : ALARMIST
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Praying figure. : ORANT
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Shopping center of the good old days. : FIVEANDTEN
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I hate: Lat. : ODI
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Historic ship. : NINA
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Cause: Prefix. : ETIO
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Moslem fiat. : IRADE
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Then: Fr. : ALORS
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Wild ox. : YAK
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Untalented writer. : HACK
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Glistening. : SHINY
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Mountain ash. : SORB
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Troopships. : TRANSPORTS
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Turnpike. : ROAD
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Trio in an old round. : MICE
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Aleutian island. : ATKA
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Slight altercation. : SPAT
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Ticker ribbon. : TAPE
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Czech river. : EGER
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Giant of Norse myth. : AEGIR
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Austrian river into the Danube. : ENNS
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British radio. : WIRELESS
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Josip Broz. : TITO
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Member of 59 Down. : ACTOR
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Alaric's men. : GOTHS
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Ospreys. : ERNES
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Professorship. : CHAIR
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Belated. : TARDY
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Where foursomes meet. : ONTEE
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Boy with "great expectations." : PIP
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Small cut. : SNIP
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At a distance. : AFAR
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Part or Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Compass point. : ESE
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Initials of Equity. : AEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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