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New York Times, Friday, August 31, 1956

7-Down : Came before.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,621
Across
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First word of Caesar's opus. : GALLIA
7
Easily erected building. : PREFAB
13
Third tone of a musical scale. : MEDIANT
14
Gypsy. : ROSELEE
16
Encroacher. : INVADER
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Rooms for pitchers and linens. : EWERIES
18
Close. : NEAR
19
A firearm. : PIECE
21
Character in "I Remember Mama." : NELS
22
Samovar. : URN
23
One on the dean's list. : STUDENT
25
CIA's predecessor. : NIA
26
It is silent: Mus. : TACET
28
Infatuated. : MAD
29
Wood. : EBONY
31
Cricket team. : ELEVEN
33
Turkish Premier. : MENDERES
35
Household necessity. : IRON
37
One way of settling a dispute. : DUEL
38
Ancient Asians. : HITTITES
42
Flowers. : TULIPS
46
Pertaining to space. : AREAL
47
Copper: Lat. : AES
49
Victor ___ Hugo. : MARIE
50
Them: Span. : LOS
51
Country properties. : ESTATES
54
Magnetite. : ORE
55
Common suffixes. : ENTS
57
Variegated annual or perennial. : PHLOX
58
Hidden difficulty. : SNAG
59
Growth reached. : STATURE
61
Coat with metal again. : REPLATE
63
Tee___. : TOTALER
64
Figure in the match trust fraud. : KREUGER
65
Gained. : NETTED
66
Planned and carried out. : STAGED
Down
1
Lauris Norstad's rank. : GENERAL
2
Promote. : ADVANCE
3
Cousin of a dissembler. : LIAR
4
Youngster. : LAD
5
Awkward. : INEPT
6
Main room in a Roman house. : ATRIUM
7
Came before. : PRECEDED
8
Second-growth crop. : ROWEN
9
Common suffix. : ESE
10
House plant. : FERN
11
Conveyor of property. : ALIENOR
12
Shortest way to a place. : BEELINE
13
Kind of steak. : MINUTE
15
Tries. : ESSAYS
20
Cheese. : EDAM
23
Lacking in interest. : STERILE
24
Ancient hymns of praise. : TEDEUMS
27
Little Eva. : EVITA
30
Mrs. Spewack. : BELLA
32
Word in several Commandments. : NOT
34
Fruit of the litchi. : NUT
36
Tender of cattle. : NEATHERD
38
Healthiest. : HALEST
39
City in Lawrence County, Ohio. : IRONTON
40
Leaving a will. : TESTATE
41
Aquatic mammal. : SEAL
43
Archeological epoch. : IRONAGE
44
Violated a copyright. : PIRATED
45
American poet (1888-1916). : SEEGER
48
Wading birds. : STORKS
52
River flowing through Berlin. : SPREE
53
Exercise. : EXERT
56
Office copy: Colloq. : STAT
58
Bullet. : SLUG
60
Last month: Abbr. : ULT
62
___ soup. : PEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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