Original had jumbled clue lines at 55- to 58-Across and duplication of clue fragment from 4-Down; fixed this.
1 M | 2 E | 3 T | 4 I | 5 E | 6 R | 7 C | 8 O | 9 V | 10 E | 11 R | 12 T |
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13 C | O | R | A | C | L | E | 14 P | A | L | A | V | E | R |
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15 O | V | E | R | A | L | L | 16 A | M | A | T | I | V | E |
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17 M | E | M | 18 N | E | E | 19 D | L | E | 20 I | D | E | A |
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21 E | D | I | 22 T | 23 G | I | L | L | 24 C | E | N | T |
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25 T | U | T | U | 26 D | A | V | Y | 27 R | A | N | G | E |
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28 O | P | E | N | 29 D | A | T | E | 30 H | I | N | T | E | D |
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31 D | R | E | S | 32 S | E | R | ||||||||
33 C | 34 R | 35 E | 36 T | A | N | 37 T | I | R | E | 38 L | 39 E | 40 S | 41 S |
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42 L | E | M | A | Y | 43 D | I | D | O | 44 E | L | K | O |
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45 A | G | I | N | 46 S | A | N | E | 47 D | E | E | R |
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48 M | U | R | K | 49 I | N | G | L | 50 E | 51 S | 52 V | E | T |
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53 A | L | A | M | 54 E | D | A | 55 O | V | E | 56 R | A | T | E |
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57 N | A | T | A | L | I | E | 58 N | E | G | A | T | E | D |
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59 T | R | E | N | D | S | 60 G | R | O | W | E | R |
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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.