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New York Times, Friday, September 27, 1963

59-Across : Brief pauses in reading.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,171
Across
1
Co-star in forthcoming film version of "Becket." : OTOOLE
7
See 1 Across. : PETER
12
See 55 Across. : OFARABIA
14
Half of a comedy team. : LAUREL
16
Stealing, in a way. : PIRATING
17
1844 opera. : ERNANI
18
Famous: Abbr. : CEL
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One adjective for Rome. : ETERNAL
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Jose or Juan. : SAN
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Golfer's concern. : IRONS
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Fit. : MEET
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Refusing to plead: Law. : MUTE
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Cast (an actor) repeatedly in the same kind of role. : TYPE
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First, for one. : BASE
28
Type of nylon hosiery. : NORUN
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"Say ___." : WHEN
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Layette necessity. : DIAPERS
33
Assail. : SETON
35
Grove of small trees. : COPSE
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___ age. : ACTONES
38
Man's nickname. : MOSE
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Resembling: Suffix. : PHANE
40
___ marché (cheap): Fr. : ABON
42
White House name. : TAFT
46
Parts of theaters. : PITS
47
Dutch ___. : OVEN
48
With reference to. : ASFOR
49
Actor Wallach. : ELI
50
Suffer from the heat. : SWELTER
52
Where Altdorf is. : URI
53
Region in the Vosges mountains. : ALSACE
55
Another role for 1 Across. : LAWRENCE
57
Star of "Irma La Douce." : LEMMON
58
One kind of income. : UNEARNED
59
Brief pauses in reading. : RESTS
60
Leading man in "She Loves Me." : MASSEY
Down
1
Rabbit with right-angled ears. : OARLOP
2
Musical syllable. : TRA
3
Plotter of 1678. : OATES
4
Newspaper term. : OBIT
5
Football player. : LINEMAN
6
Tidal waves in an estuary. : EAGRES
7
Box ___. : PLEAT
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One of the Warrens. : EARL
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Wine cask. : TUN
10
Deletions. : ERASURES
11
Restore, as a certain type of alcohol. : RENATURE
12
In the work quoted: Lat. abbr. : OPCIT
13
Like Hotspur. : FIERY
15
Wardrobe items. : LINENS
20
Obligation. : NEED
23
___ law of motion. : NEWTONS
25
Children. : MOPPETS
27
Good, in Italy. : BENE
28
Ancient Greek temple. : NAOS
30
Sharpen. : HONE
32
Monumental portrait statue. : ICON
33
Great poet and dramatist. : SCHILLER
34
State socialism, in France. : ETATISME
36
Attraction. : APPEAL
37
Except. : SAVE
38
Where Glacier National Park is. : MONTANA
41
War: Lat. : BELLUM
43
"___ Thing Happened," etc. : AFUNNY
44
Effectiveness. : FORCE
45
True's partner. : TRIED
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Famous American track star. : OWENS
48
Screen of tapestry. : ARRAS
50
Macbeth, for one. : SCOT
51
Farm animals. : EWES
54
Times of day, for short. : AMS
56
Poetic conjunction. : ERE

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

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