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New York Times, Tuesday, February 7, 1961

40-Down : Heroine of Conrad's "Victory."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.4
David Steinberg notes:

In the original 57-Down clue, "Caribbean" was spelled "Carribbean"; corrected spelling.

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,225
Across
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St. Anthony's cross. : TAU
4
"Unaccustomed as ___ ... " : IAM
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Disconcert. : ABASH
12
Calumniate. : ASPERSE
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Tropical hardwood trees. : EBONIES
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Important government worker. : POSTMAN
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French wine. : MOSELLE
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Last Italian queen. : ELENA
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Nun's robes. : HABIT
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___ MacDonald, owner of a variety of livestock. : OLD
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Routine, in Britain. : ROTA
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Setting for current musical. : CAMELOT
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Worked in the garden. : SPADED
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Former country of NE Africa. : NUBIA
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Ab ___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
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Little ___. : ONES
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Robin Goodfellow. : SPRITE
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Midwestern capital. : MADISON
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Trail blazer. : PIONEER
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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Acreage. : LOTS
41
Old-time negative. : NAY
42
Sphere. : REALM
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Coin of Spain. : PESETA
45
Pundits. : SAVANTS
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The others. : REST
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Governmental body: Fr. : SENAT
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Take a shower. : BATHE
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Abbreviate. : SHORTEN
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Rowena's bridegroom. : IVANHOE
60
Jean Baptiste Poquelin. : MOLIERE
61
Wind of the Indian Ocean. : MONSOON
62
American polar explorer. : PEARY
63
Shoe leather. : ELK
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Runyon hero Masterson. : SKY
Down
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Candle. : TAPER
2
Italian town where Duse is buried. : ASOLO
3
Surprise victory. : UPSET
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Mlle. La Douce. : IRMA
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___ rule. : ASA
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Sea fish used for bait. : MENHADEN
7
Seething. : ABOIL
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___ Road. : BOSTONPOST
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Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
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Fodder pit. : SILO
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War. : HELL
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Laboratory burners. : ETNAS
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Fix firmly in a surrounding mass. : EMBED
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But: Lat. : SED
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Iowa university town. : AMES
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Outrigger. : CANOE
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Action or deed. : TURN
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See 16 Across. : POSTMASTER
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___ entendu (well understood): Fr. : BIEN
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Willow shrub. : ITEA
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Ethereal. : AERY
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Caliph's name. : OMAR
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Go: Lat. : VADE
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Music halls of ancient times. : ODEA
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Building plots. : SITES
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Map maker's abbreviation. : ISLS
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Start of a horse race. : POSTTIME
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Heroine of Conrad's "Victory." : LENA
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Velvetlike material. : PANNE
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Island group in Galway Bay. : ARANS
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American thrush. : VEERY
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Character of a people. : ETHOS
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Filled with strong emotion, à la Beatnik. : SHOOK
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Undersized: Colloq. : TEENY
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Ideology. : ISM
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Wave motion. : CHOP
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Predicament: Colloq. : HOLE
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Counting house. : BANK
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Caribbean inlet. : RIA
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Tome: Abbr. : VOL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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