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New York Times, Friday, July 29, 1960

24-Down : Performer with cape and sword.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,032
Across
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Mixture for cattle feed. : MASH
5
Ancient assembly place. : AGORA
10
Dull sound. : THUD
14
Part of A. D. : ANNO
15
Highway sign. : MOTEL
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Unusual: Lat. : RARA
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Novel by Lawrence Durrell. : MOUNTOLIVE
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Give out. : EMIT
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Young man's emotion. : ANGER
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Here: Fr. : ICI
22
Greek letter. : GAMMA
23
Arizona city on the Colorado. : YUMA
25
Rust. : ERODE
27
Warp yarn. : ABB
30
See 25 Across. : EATAWAY
32
Post office initials. : RFD
35
Measurements. : BREADTHS
37
Golf club. : MASHIE
39
Gave a false impression. : LIED
40
Out of the way. : ASIDE
42
Pieces of music: Abbr. : SELS
43
Wrap. : ENFOLD
45
Strutting gait. : CAKEWALK
47
Kind of bread. : RYE
48
Epic. : HOMERIC
50
___ Moines. : DES
51
Spy of 1780. : ANDRE
53
Door part. : KNOB
55
Portals. : GATES
57
___ West. : MAE
59
Permission. : LEAVE
63
Copied. : APED
64
Destructive beetle. : CORNWEEVIL
66
Prepare (oneself) for action. : GIRD
67
To love: Fr. : AIMER
68
In ___. : TOTO
69
Comfortable. : EASY
70
Civil War photographer. : BRADY
71
Grace Kelly role in Molnar play. : SWAN
Down
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Child's favorite word. : MAMA
2
At another time. : ANON
3
Comfortable. : SNUG
4
Darling. : HONEY
5
Verb form for Latin beginner. : AMO
6
Giants. : GOLIATHS
7
Auditory. : OTIC
8
Type of newspaper piece. : REVIEW
9
Stout or porter. : ALE
10
Step. : TREAD
11
Shark. : HAMMERHEAD
12
___ and Thummim. : URIM
13
Facts. : DATA
18
Made accurate. : TRUED
22
Great Spanish painter. : GOYA
24
Performer with cape and sword. : MATADOR
26
Pottery baking dish. : RAMEKIN
27
Comparatively competent. : ABLER
28
___ deep. : BRINY
29
Yeomen of the guard. : BEEFEATERS
31
Cold ___. : ASICE
33
Girl, in France. : FILLE
34
Lecterns. : DESKS
36
Bustle. : ADO
38
Compass point. : SSW
41
Shaded. : DARKENED
44
Degrees in the Humanities. : LHDS
46
Académie. : ECOLE
49
Literary form. : MEMOIR
52
A donkey. : NEDDY
54
Red roots. : BEETS
55
Kind of plum. : GAGE
56
Samoan port. : APIA
58
___ virumque cano. : ARMA
60
Own. : AVOW
61
Autobiographical sketch. : VITA
62
Biblical judge of Israel. : ELON
64
Hack. : CAB
65
Homonym of 47 Across. : WRY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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