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New York Times, Saturday, February 24, 1973

56-Down : Contribute

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { C J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 31-Down is as it appeared, but "Fail" should have had an acute accent over the a.

1
P
2
E
3
R
4
U
5
K
6
E
7
S
8
P
9
S
10
A
11
L
12
T
13
E
14
R
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E
L
A
S
T
I
N
16
A
P
H
A
S
I
A
17
R
I
P
O
S
T
E
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L
O
S
T
A
N
D
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O
T
I
S
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H
A
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S
O
N
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A
R
E
A
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N
E
D
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M
E
D
I
A
T
25
E
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S
R
S
27
F
I
R
S
T
L
O
V
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E
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P
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A
31
L
O
S
32
S
T
O
O
P
33
S
34
T
35
O
36
A
R
I
O
S
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T
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O
39
O
N
L
E
A
V
E
40
S
E
A
L
I
O
N
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S
42
V
E
D
A
S
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S
O
M
E
T
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I
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M
E
S
46
B
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S
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A
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N
A
T
I
V
E
S
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P
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S
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T
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R
I
G
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A
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T
H
R
E
W
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G
A
L
A
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I
N
A
D
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O
O
R
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G
L
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O
I
R
E
S
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M
A
N
A
T
E
E
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O
E
U
V
R
E
S
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S
I
A
M
E
S
E
64
T
R
I
E
S
T
E
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,596
Across
1
Popular wigs of yore : PERUKES
8
Church book : PSALTER
15
Chemical protein : ELASTIN
16
Loss of speech : APHASIA
17
Quick retort : RIPOSTE
18
___ found : LOSTAND
19
"Miss ___ Regrets" : OTIS
20
Wears : HASON
22
Vicinity : AREA
23
Man's nickname : NED
24
Intercede : MEDIATE
26
Grads-to-be : SRS
27
Childhood sweetheart : FIRSTLOVE
29
Old Spanish port : PALOS
32
"She ___ Conquer" : STOOPSTO
36
Italian poet Ludovico : ARIOSTO
39
Vacationing : ONLEAVE
40
Big Sur sights : SEALIONS
42
Hindu sacred writings : VEDAS
43
Now and then : SOMETIMES
46
Youth group: Abbr. : BSA
49
Local residents : NATIVES
50
San Diego time: Abbr. : PST
53
Baltic port : RIGA
55
Pitched : THREW
56
Festive : GALA
57
Kind of bed : INADOOR
59
French halos : GLOIRES
61
Sea mammal : MANATEE
62
Hors d'___ : OEUVRES
63
Famous twins : SIAMESE
64
Italian port : TRIESTE
Down
1
Juan or Eva : PERON
2
Cognoscenti : ELITE
3
Speedy : RAPID
4
Centers for G.I.'s : USOS
5
Round Table men: Abbr. : KTS
6
Word of choice : EITHER
7
Golfers Sam and J. C. : SNEADS
8
Stanford locale : PALOALTO
9
Early shafted weapon : SPONTOON
10
Exclamations : AHS
11
Malaysian nerve ailment: Var. : LATA
12
Peter and Nicholas : TSARS
13
Unit, in Bonn : EINER
14
Ukrainian assemblies : RADAS
21
Convenes : SITS
24
"Impossible" on TV : MISSION
25
Unfolds : EVOLVES
27
Porter's "Ship of ___" : FOOLS
28
Fencing swords : EPEES
29
Dance step : PAS
30
Metric measure : ARE
31
Ireland's ___ Fail : LIA
33
Kind of sack : SAD
34
Power project: Abbr. : TVA
35
Faroe winds : OES
37
Love apples : TOMATOES
38
"___ centuries removed ... " (Cullen) : ONETHREE
41
To-do : STIR
44
"___ sixpence" : IVEGOT
45
Cat, at times : MEWLER
46
Hat parts : BRIMS
47
Red Sea peninsula : SINAI
48
Guam's capital : AGANA
50
Young salmon : PARRS
51
Precipitation : SLEET
52
Cup, in Caen : TASSE
54
Furniture style : ADAM
56
Contribute : GIVE
58
Native of: Suffix : OTE
60
Yvette's yes : OUI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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