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New York Times, Friday, August 26, 1960

44-Across : The entire range of a musical instrument or voice.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.7
David Steinberg notes:

The 49-Down clue is erroneous. A gentleman from Genoa would be "signore." Claude suggests that "Goa" may have been intended, since Goa was under Portuguese rule in 1960.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,060
Across
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Get rid of. : DUMP
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Scatter ___. : RUGS
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Pace, trot, etc. : GAITS
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Agency of the "Voice of America." : USIA
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Part of a regiment. : UNIT
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Seaweeds. : ALGAE
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Oldest of the sciences. : ASTRONOMY
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Young salmon. : SMOLT
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Fears greatly. : DREADS
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Appeases. : PLACATES
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River in Scotland. : DOON
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Come ___ (find). : UPON
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Set apart for later use. : RESERVE
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Legislative bodies. : SENATES
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Puts too much material into type. : OVERSETS
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Aroma. : SCENT
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Island in the Irish Sea. : MAN
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Equilateral parallelogram. : RHOMB
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Bustle. : ADO
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Take under one's wing. : ADOPT
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The entire range of a musical instrument or voice. : DIAPASON
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Attendants of Poseidon. : NEREIDS
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Flat, backdrops, etc. : SCENERY
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Buckthorn, for one. : TREE
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Card game. : SKAT
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Refrains, as from voting. : ABSTAINS
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Goes quickly: Colloq. : SCOOTS
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Fleet. : RAPID
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South African. : HOTTENTOT
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Humble. : ABASE
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Louisville's waterfront. : OHIO
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Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
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Products of imagination. : MYTHS
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Frolic. : ROMP
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Van der ___, Dutch painter. : MEER
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Two together. : DUAD
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Kremlin monogram. : USSR
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Very small person or thing. : MITE
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Marching man. : PARADER
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Exceeds. : RUNSOVER
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One: Lat. : UNO
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Narrow ornamental edging. : GIMP
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Phonograph needle. : STYLUS
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Natives of old French province. : GASCONS
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Reference book. : ALMANAC
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"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
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Narrative. : TALE
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See 50 Across. : SETS
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Perfumes. : ODORS
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Anthropoid. : APE
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Where The Hague is: Abbr. : NETH
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___ candle. : ROMAN
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Get away from. : EVADE
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Relative of 49 Down. : SENOR
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Provoke. : TEASE
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Home of a celebrated witch. : ENDOR
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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Sward. : SOD
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___ America. : MISS
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Ball park screen. : BACKSTOP
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Out of humor. : PETTISH
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Diatribes. : TIRADES
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"Unity, ___, and concord." : PEACE
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Word of opposite meaning. : ANTONYM
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Agnus ___. : DEI
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Gentleman from Genoa. : SENHOR
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Another name for Syria. : ARAM
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Member of the family. : BABY
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Spawn of the oyster. : SPAT
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London district. : SOHO
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Indian. : OTOE
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Disrupted. : TORE
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Silver: Abbr. : STER
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Young Cratchit. : TIM

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

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