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New York Times, Thursday, November 24, 1960

55-Down : Explorer da ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 30.5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,150
Across
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Singer. : BASS
5
Frenchman. : GAUL
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Family men. : PAPAS
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Harlequin or cacholong. : OPAL
15
Attract. : LURE
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Seaport of Israel. : ELATH
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Legal authorizations for delay in payments. : MORATORIA
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Wife of Balder. : NANNA
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Florid passage in music. : BRAVURA
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Passes along. : HANDSON
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Thorn letter. : ETH
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Brook. : RILL
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Climbing vine. : IVY
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Slangy word of agreement. : OKE
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Annexes. : ADDS
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Poke. : JAB
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Plunder. : DEPREDATE
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Fortaleza, city in Brazil. : CEARA
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Black. : EBONY
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Money in Bucharest. : LEU
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Flavoring agent. : ONION
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Co-owner of the ship in "Moby Dick." : PELEG
43
Descriptive of the Monitor. : ARMORCLAD
45
Experiment with. : TRY
46
Mountain in Greece. : OSSA
48
French pronoun. : UNE
49
Browning's "___ Vogler." : ABT
50
Distinction. : NOTE
52
Rabbit's foot. : PAW
55
The last word. : GOODBYE
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___ high (the highest ever). : ALLTIME
61
Springtime in Paris. : AVRIL
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"Peyton Place" author. : METALIOUS
64
___ du Louvre. : MUSEE
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American composer. : IVES
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Memorable actress. : DUSE
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___-propre. : AMOUR
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Touchstone. : TEST
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Belgian river. : YSER
Down
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Mold filled with ice cream: Fr. : BOMBE
2
To the helmsman's left. : APORT
3
Mother of Isaac. : SARAH
4
Joseph Conrad was one. : SLAV
5
Exulted. : GLORIED
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Of the ear. : AURAL
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Wife of Jacob. : LEAH
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Thanksgiving Day spectacle. : PENNVSCORNELL
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"The liner she's ___ ... " : ALADY
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Broad, shallow containers. : PANS
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___ cost (gratis). : ATNO
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___ State, part of Burma. : SHAN
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Holiday symbol. : TURKEYGOBBLER
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Further. : AID
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Cathedral church in Rome. : LATERAN
27
Caen's river. : ORNE
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Te ___. : DEUM
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Lockup. : JAIL
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Coppermine town near Caracas. : AROA
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Musical group. : BAND
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Branch of a business. Abbr. : DEPT
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Eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews. : EBER
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More than one: Prefix. : POLY
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Word of sorrow. : ALAS
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Survive. : OUTLAST
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Pen. : STY
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See 55 Across. : ADIEU
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English conspirator of 1678. : OATES
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Devout. : PIOUS
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Entertain. : AMUSE
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The Pied Piper's river. : WESER
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Explorer da ___. : GAMA
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Egg: Lat. : OVUM
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More or less. : ORSO
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Throw off. : EMIT
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Orderly. : TIDY
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Time before. : EVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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