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New York Times, Wednesday, April 20, 1960

39-Down : Unidentified person.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,932
Across
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Incentive. : GOAD
5
It's either broken or kept. : PROMISE
12
Kind of race. : RELAY
13
Widespread. : PREVALENT
15
One of De Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
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Taciturnity. : RETICENCE
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___ sequitur. : NON
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Pay an unexpected visit. : DROPIN
20
Fire ___. : SALE
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Think. : DEEM
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Small kite. : ELANET
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Member of a familiar trio. : TOM
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Movable mountain in myth. : OSSA
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Beloved: Ital. : CARA
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"Only ___." : AROSE
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G. I.'s pal. : MESSMATE
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Showed mercy. : SPARED
33
Mrs. Rochester. : JANE
34
Disable. : MAIM
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Virtuoso. : ARTIST
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Memorable conductor of New York Philharmonic. : DAMROSCH
42
Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
43
Portrayer of Juarez, Zola, etc. : MUNI
44
"Doll" of drama. : NORA
45
Note akin to ut. : ELA
46
Historic mountain. : ARARAT
48
Biblical prophet. : AMOS
49
Raiment. : GARB
51
Spoke with grandiloquence. : ORATED
53
Lunch. : EAT
54
From the beginning: Lat. : ABORIGINE
56
Call forth. : EVOKE
58
Mansion. : RESIDENCE
59
Cambric. : LINEN
60
Heir. : LEGATEE
61
Sidelong look. : LEER
Down
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Columbus was one. : GENOESE
2
Antiquity. : OLDNESS
3
Longest stream entirely in Switzerland (183 mi.). : AAR
4
Stained. : DYED
5
Compound. : PREPARE
6
Image-receiver of the eye. : RETINA
7
Sheeplike. : OVINE
8
Slangy term of address. : MAC
9
D'Yeu and others. : ILES
10
Fong or Long. : SENATOR
11
Surround. : ENCLOSE
12
Haphazard. : RANDOM
13
Extended at the poles. : PROLATE
14
Swarmed. : TEEMED
19
Disavow. : RECANT
22
Mohammedan place of worship. : MASJID
24
Hoglike animal. : TAPIR
29
Jackson novel, 1884. : RAMONA
31
Master, in Stephen Foster song. : MASSA
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Cloth of gold of Middle Ages. : SAMITE
34
Sea cow. : MANATEE
35
Malt vinegar. : ALEGAR
36
Change the classification of. : RELABEL
37
Flower. : TEAROSE
38
Long-continued imprisonment. : DURANCE
39
Unidentified person. : SOMEONE
40
Frog. : CROAKER
41
Accelerate. : HASTEN
43
Camp Lejeune trainee. : MARINE
47
19th century lexicographer. : ROGET
50
The Bounty, for one. : BRIG
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Farmer's home. : DELL
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Mountain now called Psiloriti. : IDA
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C'est la ___. : VIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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