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New York Times, Monday, February 22, 1971

57-Down : Roman 506

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,863
Across
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Academic lowly : FROSH
6
Papal cape : ORALE
11
Air org. : CAB
14
Capone contemporary : LEPKE
15
Spring flower : LILAC
16
Part of H.M.S. : HER
17
Mercurochrome and others : ANTISEPTICS
19
Common verb : ARE
20
Fuel : GAS
21
German admiral : SPEE
22
Mystic cards : TAROT
24
Spanish uncles : TIOS
25
Guru's relative : SWAMI
27
Crowns : TIARAS
30
Jews living outside Palestine : DIASPORA
33
___-arm : ARMIN
34
Gene or Grace : KELLY
35
Waiter's concern : TIP
36
Bore : REAM
37
Seasonal song : CAROL
38
Weather abbr. : TEMP
39
Noun suffix : ING
40
Hook features : BARBS
41
Cheese shape : WHEEL
42
Scantily : MEAGERLY
44
Frame for candles : HEARSE
45
Approaches : NEARS
46
French port : CAEN
47
Edsel, for one : LOSER
49
Food fish : CARP
50
___-relief : BAS
53
Mary Todd's husband : ABE
54
Self-reliant : INDEPENDENT
58
Dash's partner : DOT
59
Fanatic, in France : SEIDE
60
Like an egg : OVATE
61
Firm up : SET
62
Epic writer : HOMER
63
Multiplication word : TIMES
Down
1
Banner : FLAG
2
"Carpetbaggers" name : RENA
3
Chooses : OPTS
4
Specialized strip of wood : SKI
5
Mercenary : HESSIAN
6
Wine pitchers : OLPES
7
Formal act : RITE
8
Baba : ALI
9
Fond du ___ : LAC
10
Overpowering emotion : ECSTASY
11
Ben Hur, for instance : CHARIOTEER
12
Prefix for gram or naut : AERO
13
Harte : BRET
18
Certain poetry : EPOS
23
Elec. unit : AMP
24
Edge : TRIM
25
Missile sites : SILOS
26
Berlin sight : WALL
27
River of China : TARIM
28
Castle or Dunne : IRENE
29
Resort near tip of L.I. : AMAGANSETT
30
Epsom Downs event : DERBY
31
Frosts : RIMES
32
Strudel component : APPLE
34
Marx and others : KARLS
37
Vikki : CARR
38
Conjunction : THAN
40
Like the market at times : BEARISH
41
Jesus' words to widow : WEEPNOT
43
Exclamation : GEE
44
March animal : HARE
46
Prank : CAPER
47
Young ones : LADS
48
Instrument : OBOE
49
Give in : CEDE
50
Radiate : BEAM
51
Stake : ANTE
52
Jean d'Arc et al. : STES
55
Recent: Prefix : NEO
56
Kind of wit : DIM
57
Roman 506 : DVI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.

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