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New York Times, Friday, September 30, 1955

17-Across : City in Priam's time.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

In 5-Down clue, original accent over the second "e" in "Mendès" was acute instead of grave; corrected it.

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,285
Across
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Spring time. : APRIL
6
Bird of another time. : DODO
10
Acquire. : HAVE
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A variant of Mary. : MAURA
15
Former Met star. : ALDA
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Big moment at the Met. : ARIA
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City in Priam's time. : ILION
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MM, for example. : YEAR
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"___ Richard's Almanac." : POOR
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Comedian and singer. : DENNISDAY
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Substitute for a match. : SPILL
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Be deeply moved. : YEARN
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Event of the week. : PAYDAY
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Ordinal suffix. : ETH
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Relative situation of a golf ball. : LIE
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Describing wintertime. : COLD
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Housetop. : ROOF
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Stop work. : CALLITADAY
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Fevers. : AGUES
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___ West. : MAE
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Levantine land. : SYRIA
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Ardent Giant fan. : LARAINEDAY
44
One of the Channel Islands. : SARK
45
Innuendo. : SLUR
46
Leaping mammal: Colloq. : ROO
48
Author's papers. : MSS
49
City in Ohio. : DAYTON
52
"The little man who ___ there." : WASNT
54
Sudden attacks. : RAIDS
55
Recent time. : YESTERDAY
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"Picnic ___ Ahead." : AREA
60
Action. : DEED
61
Blackmore's Lorna. : DOONE
62
Herb of Homer's time. : MOLY
63
Panelist Chase. : ILKA
64
Housewife's garb. : APRON
65
Ampersands. : ANDS
66
"___-daisy!" : UPSY
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Brings forth young, as sheep or goats. : YEANS
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Faint. : PALE
3
Dilapidated house. : RUIN
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Swift's forte. : IRONY
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Premier before Mendès-France. : LANIEL
6
Builder of castles in the air. : DAYDREAMER
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City in N. Y. : OLEAN
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June 6, 1944. : DDAY
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Crewman. : OAR
10
Popular toast. : HAPPYDAYS
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Plant of the arum family. : AROID
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Tenor violin. : VIOLA
13
Pitcher Wynn. : EARLY
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Mediterranean vessel. : SAIC
22
Seamen. : SALTS
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Hawaiian food. : POI
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Of an epoch. : ERAL
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Garb of Cicero's time. : TOGA
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"Their Finest ___." : HOUR
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Easy to understand. : CLEARASDAY
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Christmas, Easter, etc. : FEASTDAYS
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Teen-ager. : LAD
34
60 grains. : DRAM
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Affected manners. : AIRS
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Long-haired animals. : YAKS
38
Barnyard towers. : SILOS
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Sister. : NUN
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Eddie ___ of baseball. : YOST
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Familiar phrase in stories. : ONEDAY
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O'Neill's forte. : DRAMA
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Leader in Biblical days. : AARON
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Lose the day. : YIELD
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Secretary of Commerce. : WEEKS
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What 4 Down is. : TROPE
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Shrill bark. : YELP
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Mrs. Copperfield. : DORA
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Soon. : ANON
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Deep longings: Colloq. : YENS
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Seaport in Portuguese India. : DIU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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