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New York Times, Friday, July 8, 1960

52-Across : Famous Italian landmark.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,011
Across
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Groups of birds. : BROODS
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Sugar from Cuba, for example. : IMPORT
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June 14th. : FLAGDAY
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President Fillmore. : MILLARD
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___'s Island, in the East River. : RANDALL
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Drudge. : PLODDER
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Roosevelt's Secy. of the Interior. : ICKES
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Wine cellar. : VAULT
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Chemical suffix. : ILE
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"The ___ of Our Teeth." : SKIN
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St. Louis team. : CARDS
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Chums. : PALS
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Relatives. : KIN
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Short story. : CONTE
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North African gulf. : TUNIS
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Well-known tennis pro. : SEGURA
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Turns upside down. : INVERTS
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Screens in sports arenas. : BACKSTOPS
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Do needlework. : CROCHET
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Temporary stoppages. : TIEUPS
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Out-of-the-ordinary. : FREAK
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Sharpened. : EDGED
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Circuit. : LAP
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Old iron coating. : RUST
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Hair net. : SNOOD
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Grain sorghum: Var. : DURR
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State: Abbr. : ILL
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Is full to the brim. : TEEMS
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Wrist movement. : PULSE
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Payment of a sort. : ALIMONY
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Famous Italian landmark. : LASCALA
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American Beauty. : REDROSE
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Put to sleep. : OPIATED
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Took a siesta. : RESTED
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Founder of Methodism. : WESLEY
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Ring-necked duck. : BLACKIE
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Ranging in a class. : RANKING
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Utah city. : OGDEN
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Harem rooms. : ODAS
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Decaliter: Abbr. : DAL
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Living in the forest. : SYLVAN
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Unblushingly forward. : IMPUDENT
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Plants. : MILLS
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Fiction outline. : PLOT
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Not modern. : OLD
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Brilliant. : RADIANT
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Garden structure. : TRELLIS
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Plays. : FRISKS
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Formal attire. : DRESS
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One of Sir Winston's attainments. : ARTISTDOM
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Tallyho vehicle. : COACH
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Sum of money. : PURSE
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First-rate: Colloq. : CRACK
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Of moderate temperature. : TEPID
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Sea craft. : UBOAT
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Exercised a legal right. : VOTED
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Sharp, in a sense. : KEENEYED
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Sweet cake. : CRULLER
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Skid again. : RESLIDE
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Howl, as a dog. : ULULATE
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Blue plate special. : PARSLEY
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Publish, as news. : SPREAD
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Tuck, for example. : FRIAR
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Common admonishment. : GOSLOW
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Ready discernment. : SENSE
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Of a rank of nobility. : DUCAL
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Automobile noise. : TOOT
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Feminine title. : MRS
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Gibraltar animal. : APE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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