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New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 1960

36-Across : Levantine land: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
David Steinberg notes:

The New York Times printed a different solution to the middle section of this puzzle: 34-Across MEETS, 37-Across MIRES, and 39-Across CAN IT. My theory is that Margaret Farrar edited out CAN IT at the last minute, perhaps because she thought it was too rude. CAN IT didn't debut in The Times for another 20 years.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,005
Across
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Part of a refrain. : TRALA
6
Far-reaching. : VAST
10
___ milk. : SKIM
14
Traditional group in politics. : SOLIDSOUTH
16
Grandma Moses. : ANNA
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Actually. : ASAMATTEROFFACT
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Relative of Becky. : REBA
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Singer Petina. : IRRA
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Extravaganza. : REVUE
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Talk too much. : BABBLE
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Characters in "Moby Dick." : WHALERS
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Well-known expert on infants and children. : GESELL
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Bright. : SHINY
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Units of weight in Moslem lands. : ARTAL
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Place: Ger. : PLATZ
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School periods: Ger. : HRS
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British gun. : BREN
34
Double plays, for example. : FEATS
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Source of sugar. : BEET
36
Levantine land: Abbr. : SYR
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Shopping centers. : MARTS
38
Grayish blue. : PERSE
39
___ Major, southern constellation. : CANIS
40
Choice morsel. : TITBIT
41
All the rage on Bali. : SARONGS
44
Quaternion. : TETRAD
45
Got up. : AROSE
46
Double ___. : CHIN
48
Surveyor's concern. : AREA
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Be self-evident. : GOWITHOUTSAYING
53
Sobeit. : AMEN
54
Malarkey. : APPLESAUCE
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Vendition. : SALE
56
___ majesty. : LESE
57
Lewis' Gantry. : ELMER
Down
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Tyrant. : TSAR
2
Bright-colored fruit of a plant. : ROSEBERRY
3
Gypsum. : ALABASTER
4
Plant with broad pods. : LIMABEAN
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City in Oklahoma. : ADA
6
Your: Fr. : VOTRE
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Heifetz' teacher. : AUER
8
Popular summer wear. : STRAWHATS
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Poetic conjunction. : THO
10
With impunity. : SAFELY
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Scalawag. : KNAVE
12
Contract. : INCUR
13
Ship's officers. : MATES
15
Hushed. : STILL
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Novelist Werfel. : FRANZ
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Lawyer's degree. : BLL
25
Successes. : HITS
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Indulges in chitchat. : GABS
27
Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
29
Optical instrument at sea. : PERISCOPE
30
Plant museum. : HERBARIUM
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Home. : RESIDENCE
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Printing term. : STET
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Long sharp tooth. : FANG
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Sellout. : BETRAYAL
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French painter. : MANET
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Part of a theatre. : PIT
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Term in trigonometry. : COSINE
40
High-strung. : TENSE
41
Volsunga, and others. : SAGAS
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Redolence. : AROMA
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Spur wheel. : ROWEL
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Ownership. : TITLE
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Commands to a horse. : HUPS
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Field: Lat. : AGER
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Shakespearean prince. : HAL
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Chemical suffix. : ASE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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