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New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 1960

41-Across : Room or hall in ancient Rome.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.8
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,066
Across
1
Locality. : SPOT
5
Talented. : ABLE
9
Ill-mannered fellows. : CADS
13
City in Turkey. : URFA
14
Indians, for example. : TEAM
15
Coalesce. : UNITE
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Degree. : DOCTORATE
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"Sound of Music" star. : BIKEL
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Love: Lat. : AMO
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Multiform. : DIVERSE
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Opposite of Rep. : DEM
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Subjects of sentences. : NOUNS
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Scandinavian name. : ERIC
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Kind of floor. : TILE
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Role of Interstate Commerce Commission. : RATEMAKER
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Type of stanza. : SESTET
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See 42 Down. : LUNAR
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Fictional Utopia. : EREWHON
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Capable of being cut. : SECTILE
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Room or hall in ancient Rome. : OECUS
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Crew. : SEAMEN
44
Coated. : INCRUSTED
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Key ___. : RING
49
Stool pigeon, in Britain. : NARK
50
Emerald ___. : ISLE
51
Up. : ASTIR
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For shame! : FIE
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Belonged, as an attribute. : INHERED
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___ standstill. : ATA
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Swedish island. : OLAND
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Inexplicable. : ENIGMATIC
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Bind again. : RETIE
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Resort near Venice. : LIDO
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Small bay. : COVE
63
Candidate of sixty years ago. : DEBS
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Uhlans' weapons: Abbr. : LCES
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Uno, dos, ___. : TRES
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Africans. : SUDANESE
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Business man. : PROMOTER
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Naturally. : OFCOURSE
4
Gunny cloth. : TAT
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Town in Italy. : ATRI
6
Symbol of Oregon. : BEAVER
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Gridiron pass. : LATERAL
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Retired from active duty. : EMERITUS
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Third power. : CUBE
10
Cuckoo. : ANI
11
Small African antelope. : DIKDIK
12
British dramatist (1672—1729). : STEELE
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Burt Lancaster role. : ELMER
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Army togs: Colloq. : ODS
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Pictures. : SCENES
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Crisscross fabric. : NETWORK
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Formidable opponents. : TARTARS
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Aromatic spice. : MACE
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Alas: Lat. : EHEU
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Alarm bell. : TOCSIN
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In a ___ (in a few words). : NUTSHELL
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One who renders sincerest flattery. : IMITATOR
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Soothing. : LENITIVE
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Lends charm to. : ENGRACES
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Of the moon. : SELENIC
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Have it ___ (hold a grudge against). : INFOR
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Fastened firmly. : NAILED
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Fashion. : CREATE
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Mock. : DERIDE
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Navy title: Abbr. : ADM
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Fateful day for Caesar. : IDES
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Self-centered traits. : EGOS
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Pen point. : NIB
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Simulate. : ACT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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