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New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1968

58-Across : Type of entertainment.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 43.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,772
Across
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Of a continent: Poet. : AFRIC
6
___ glance. : ATA
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Get-together. : PARTY
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Finnish steam bath. : SAUNA
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Marsh. : FEN
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Cupids, in art. : AMORS
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Sausage. : WURST
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Ingrid Bergman role. : ANASTASIA
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Concert feature. : ARIA
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Men's group. : FRATERNITY
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Fisherman. : NETTER
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Native of Sulu Archipelago. : MORO
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Born. : NEE
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Publicized. : AIRED
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Cavalieri of opera. : LINA
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Site of "HemisFair '68." : SANANTONIO
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Fine: Scot. : BRAW
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Tree yielding kapok. : CEIBA
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___ long way. : GOA
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Not hesitant. : READY
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Canaanite deity. : BAAL
41
Shock. : SCANDALIZE
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City in Arizona. : YUMA
45
Take part at cards. : SITIN
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Raises: Colloq. : UPS
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Final dish at some meals. : NUTS
51
Villa's nickname. : PANCHO
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Small birds. : NUTHATCHES
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Kind of dance. : CLOG
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Type of entertainment. : FLOORSHOW
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Name in poetry. : MOORE
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Moslem religion. : ISLAM
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Eden dweller. : EVE
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Keep clear of. : ELUDE
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Niobe's symbol. : TEARS
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In medias ___. : RES
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Cradle of Titicaca. : ANDES
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City on the Nile. : ASWAN
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Former President of France. : FAURE
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Setting of "Prisoner of Zenda." : RURITANIA
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Greedily. : INSATIABLY
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Small sailboat. : CAT
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Churchill's "___ Country." : AFAR
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Hour. : TENAM
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Most Turks. : ANATOLIANS
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Benefactor. : PATRON
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"You'll be ___, my son!" : AMAN
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Varnish ingredient. : ROSIN
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Banal. : TRITE
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Belgian violinist. : YSAYE
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Prefix with comic or comedy. : SERIO
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Eat away. : FRET
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Singer Berger. : ERNA
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Lowly political plum. : DOGCATCHER
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Sherwood hero. : ABELINCOLN
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Science degree. : SCB
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Equity's initials. : AEA
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Destroyer in astronaut pickup. : NOA
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Weather portent. : RAINCLOUD
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Cutting tool. : ADZ
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Letter. : WYE
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Pro ___. : RATA
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S. African statesman. : SMUTS
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Candles. : DIPS
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Deprives of weapons. : UNARMS
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Disqualify. : UNFIT
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Throb. : PULSE
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Roman garment. : STOLA
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Start (off). : SHOVE
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Throng. : HORDE
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Pointed arches. : OGEES
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White. : HOAR
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Merinos. : EWES
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___ culpa. : MEA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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