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New York Times, Thursday, June 27, 1963

56-Across : Sleep like ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,079
Across
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Memory book. : ALBUM
6
Clerical title. : ABBE
10
Kind of school. : PREP
14
Gorki's river. : VOLGA
15
Chirp. : PEEP
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Where Via Corso is. : ROMA
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Kind of squash. : ACORN
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Change the décor. : REDO
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Chief god of the Eddas. : ODIN
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Rebounded. : RICOCHETED
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Lots of dough. : PILE
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Army. : HOST
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Greek avenging spirit. : ERINYS
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Occupy (time). : TAKEUP
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Caucasus native. : OSSET
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___ Bator. : ULAN
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Body of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
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Printers' measures. : PICAS
39
Italian statesman. : FANFANI
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Illinois city. : LASALLE
43
Neighbor of East Pakistan. : ASSAM
44
Town NW of Rheims. : LAON
46
Like a beanpole. : TALL
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Retreats. : NOOKS
49
Have ___ (require). : NEEDOF
51
Joan of Arc, for example. : MARTYR
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Dutch cheese. : EDAM
56
Sleep like ___. : ALOG
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Emperor of Mexico, 1864–67. : MAXIMILIAN
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Bean plant. : SOYA
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Flowering plant. : ARUM
65
Word element meaning French. : GALLO
66
In ___ (because). : THAT
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Fervor. : ZEAL
68
Brioches. : ROLLS
69
Part of a fair. : SALE
70
Name on TV. : DALY
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Magazine piece. : ESSAY
Down
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Caucasian language. : AVAR
2
Places. : LOCI
3
Political group. : BLOC
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___ Altaic. : UGRO
5
Ch'ing dynasty. : MANCHU
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After: Fr. : APRES
7
Part of a vegetable. : BEETTOP
8
Fictional Adam. : BEDE
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Lyric poems. : EPODES
10
Pacify. : PROPITIATE
11
Auguste of France. : RODIN
12
"Our Town" heroine. : EMILY
13
Star facets. : PANES
21
Invitation to a hitch-hiker. : HOPIN
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Tie fabrics. : REPS
26
Porous limestone. : TUFA
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State: Abbr. : ALAS
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State: Abbr. : KANS
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Spoiled child: Fr. : ENFANTGATE
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Storage place. : SILO
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Coconut product. : MILK
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Habited. : CLAD
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To the: It. : ALLO
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Common prefix. : SELF
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Chinese port. : AMOY
42
Part of Vietnam. : ANNAM
45
Type of reproduction, as by fission : ASEXUAL
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Supreme deity of anc. Persia. : ORMAZD
50
Fugitive of a sort. : EMIGRE
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Marina sights. : MASTS
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Word of greeting. : ALOHA
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Shade of blue. : ROYAL
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Faintly. : DIMLY
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Region. : AREA
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Neighbor of Burma. : LAOS
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Busybodyish. : NOSY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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