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New York Times, Tuesday, May 17, 1966

37-Down : Great name in Italy.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,121
Across
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Tolstoi. : LEO
4
Norris novel (with "The"). : PIT
7
Lecture prop. : CHART
12
Recoil. : BACKLASH
14
Of a planet. : LUNAR
15
City in Texas. : AMARILLO
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Marbles. : AGATES
18
Ice pinnacle. : SERAC
19
Spanish painter. : MIRO
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Indian. : REE
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Chess piece: Abbr. : KNT
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South Sea islander. : KANAKA
26
Flighty exclamation. : LALA
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Procedure. : STEP
29
Novelist Macaulay. : ROSE
30
Within the law. : LICIT
31
Unbending. : RIGID
33
American merchant. : FILENE
34
Exponent of naturalism. : THEODOREDREISER
38
"Seventh ___." : HEAVEN
39
One of a large family. : QUINT
40
Destroys: Var. : RASES
41
Ruminate. : MUSE
42
Myra of music. : HESS
46
Place near the land of Nod. : EDEN
47
Handy tool. : PLIERS
49
Fiber knot. : NEP
50
Hardwood. : ELM
51
Zloty, for one. : COIN
52
Sarai's servant. : HAGAR
54
Be furious. : SEETHE
56
B.C. Roman conspirator. : CATILINE
59
Tinker in "Midsummer Night's Dream." : SNOUT
60
Elevation. : EMINENCE
61
Milieu of 37 Down. : STAGE
62
Kennel noise. : YIP
63
Witness. : SEE
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Mournful ballad. : LAMENT
2
Card game. : ECARTE
3
Poddy plant. : OKRA
4
Intimate: Slang. : PAL
5
Avalon, for one: Abbr. : ISL
6
19th-century stylist. : THOMASDEQUINCEY
7
Santa ___. : CLARA
8
Great novelist. : HUGO
9
Collection of anecdotes. : ANA
10
Hectic goings-on. : RATRACES
11
Mountain feature. : TREELINE
12
Luxuriates. : BASKS
13
French ___. : LICK
17
Usher. : SEATER
20
Prominent Pennsylvanian. : IKE
24
Gaseous element. : ARGON
25
Rouge's companion. : NOIR
26
Adam's fabled wife. : LILITH
28
Made clear. : PROVEN
30
Mortgage. : LIEN
32
"The ___ of March." : IDES
33
Chicken. : FRIER
34
What good things come in. : THREES
35
Like the horseman of Sleepy Hollow. : HEADLESS
36
Legal right. : EASEMENT
37
Great name in Italy. : DUSE
41
Year in Macbeth's time. : MLI
43
Diesel. : ENGINE
44
Session. : SEANCE
45
Berlin's river. : SPREE
47
Type of writer: Fr. : POETE
48
Climb (up). : SHIN
51
Explosive sound. : CHUG
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Tavern specialties. : ALES
55
___ man. : TOA
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Pierrot, for example. : AMI
58
Cant. : TIP

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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