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New York Times, Friday, January 25, 1957

55-Down : It follows pi.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 29.7
Jim Horne notes:

39D: "Voice of the opera" = CROSS references Milton Cross, the radio voice of the Metropolitan Opera.

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,768
Across
1
Nap. : DOZE
5
___-midi (afternoon): Fr. : APRES
10
Wither. : SEAR
14
Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
15
"I ___ Say No." : CAINT
16
Corona. : HALO
17
Certain Soviet enterprises. : COLLECTIVEFARMS
20
Lamprey. : EEL
21
Coins of Peru. : SOLS
22
Type of bet. : PARLAY
23
Relative of a narthex. : ENTRY
25
In ___. : TOTO
26
Harangue. : SCREED
28
Term of residence. : TENANCY
31
Important part of the electorate. : LABOR
32
Follow as if drawn along. : TRAIL
33
Utterance marking hesitation. : HAW
35
Afghanistan's neighbor. : IRAN
36
Weather map. : CHART
37
Hungarian name. : BELA
38
Prefix in many family names. : MAC
39
Trite. : CORNY
40
Saguaro, mescal, etc. : CACTI
41
Picnicker's purchase. : THERMOS
43
European peninsula. : BALKAN
44
Easy stride. : LOPE
45
Feast of Lots. : PURIM
46
Military command. : ATEASE
49
Edge of cloth. : LIST
50
Exclamation. : AHA
53
New member of State Department. : CHRISTIANHERTER
56
Raise ___. : CAIN
57
Choice part. : ELITE
58
Olympian. : HERA
59
Sharp, projecting point. : TINE
60
Transferable design. : DECAL
61
Advantage. : ODDS
Down
1
Fresh-water fish. : DACE
2
Hautboy. : OBOE
3
New Ambassador to Italy. : ZELLERBACH
4
Part of a house. : ELL
5
Harmonize. : ACCORD
6
In a suitable manner. : PATLY
7
Jacob August ___. : RIIS
8
Wrapper: Abbr. : ENV
9
Hurry up: Slang. : STEPONIT
10
Fertile Israel plain. : SHARON
11
Nobleman. : EARL
12
Girl's name meaning bountiful. : ALMA
13
Cheerful. : ROSY
18
Chemical salt. : ESTER
19
Decisive. : FATAL
24
Element No. 10. : NEON
25
Lachrymal. : TEARY
26
Attenuated. : SLIM
27
3.17 grains. : CARAT
28
Over and beyond: Prefix. : TRANS
29
Defeated. : CHECKMATED
30
Scene of historic Conference. : YALTA
32
Spasm of pain. : THROE
34
Old-time cart. : WAIN
36
Vied with. : COMPETED
37
Romantic island. : BALI
39
Voice of the opera. : CROSS
40
___ blanche. : CARTE
42
Mother of Sir Galahad. : ELAINE
43
Alter or mend, in tailoring. : BUSHEL
45
Ship of 1492. : PINTA
46
Commercial abbreviation. : ACCT
47
Natives of Bangkok. : THAI
48
Brian Boru's land. : ERIN
49
Secular. : LAIC
51
Pasture group. : HERD
52
Armenian river. : ARAS
54
French island. : ILE
55
It follows pi. : RHO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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