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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 1956

39-Down : Tahitian capital.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,493
Across
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Il ___, dictator from 1922-43. : DUCE
5
Burned to waste. : ASHED
10
Solemn quiet. : HUSH
14
Golf club. : IRON
15
Village official in Canada. : REEVE
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Before. : ANTE
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Relatives of dark horses. : CANDIDATES
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Austrian Chancellor. : RAAB
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Surround. : ENVIRON
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Lord of the sea. : NEPTUNE
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Eternally. : EVER
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Scatter. : STREW
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Snacks for children. : CONES
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Courtroom fiascoes. : MISTRIALS
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Beaux-___. : ARTS
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With sealed lips. : MUM
33
Manager of the Giants. : RIGNEY
34
French pronoun. : MOI
35
"My Fair Lady," for instance. : MUSICAL
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Son of Odin. : TYR
38
Shut. : UNOPEN
40
Fortune. : LOT
41
Cat: Span. : GATO
42
Short classical compositions. : SONATINAS
44
Paying passengers. : FARES
45
Lead runner. : PACER
46
Commentator Sevareid. : ERIC
47
Showy garden flower. : LOBELIA
50
Biased. : SLANTED
53
Sound of limb. : ABLE
54
Eliminating beforehand. : PRECLUSIVE
56
Race-track character. : TOUT
57
Mongolian mountain range. : ALTAI
58
Serves by 10 Down. : ACES
59
In this place. : HERE
60
Port at confluence of Rhone and Saone. : LYONS
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Sudden pull. : YANK
Down
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Cubic rollers. : DICE
2
Monitor lizard. : URAN
3
August assemblage. : CONVENTION
4
Salad herbs. : ENDIVES
5
Zeal. : ARDOR
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President O'Kelly. : SEAN
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All ___ up. : HET
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Big affairs. : EVENTS
9
Grizzled prospector in Death Valley. : DESERTRAT
10
Aussie tennis player. : HARTWIG
11
Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
12
Hero of "Streetcar." : STAN
13
Cupbearer to the gods. : HEBE
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Makes choleric. : IRES
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Great risk. : PERIL
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Alike. : SIMILAR
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French author of "The Plague." : CAMUS
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Where the U. of Maine is. : ORONO
27
Mouse genus. : MUS
28
Icebreaker country. : ANTARCTICA
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Carrier in U. S. fleet. : LEYTE
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Cyclades island. : SYROS
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Of city affairs. : MUNICIPAL
35
Molybdenum. : METAL
36
Kind of lettuce. : COS
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Tahitian capital. : PAPEETE
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Give the lie to. : GAINSAY
43
Almost. : NEARLY
44
German wife. : FRAU
46
Isle in N. Y. Harbor. : ELLIS
47
Wooden slat. : LATH
48
Wood wind. : OBOE
49
Out-of-focus impression. : BLUR
50
Study. : SCAN
51
Quits. : EVEN
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Work table. : DESK
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War theatre. : ETO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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