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New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 1961

54-Across : Breakfast dish.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 11.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
David Steinberg notes:

The original clues for 18-Down and 55-Down were unclear. 18-Down looked like it could have been "Company for a Donut"; made it that. 55-Down seemed to have "&" as the first word, plus one letter after that. Made it "&c."—a clue for "Etc." in the 1/1/61 puzzle.

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,257
Across
1
Dampens. : WETS
5
Footnote term. : IBID
9
Dissembler. : ACTOR
14
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
15
Thick tresses. : MANE
16
Nantes' river. : LOIRE
17
Breakfast dish. : FLAPJACKS
19
City near Rotterdam. : BREDA
20
Third word of "America." : TIS
21
Relatives of ids. : EGOS
22
Authority on heredity. : MENDEL
23
Filched. : STOLEN
25
London hairdresser item. : PERM
26
Stevenson. : RLS
27
Breakfast foods, for instance. : VICTUALS
31
Where Kuala Lumpur is. : MALAY
34
Breakfast item. : HOTCOFFEE
35
Word of agreement. : AMEN
36
Turn: Mus. : VOLTA
37
Temple: Poet. : FANE
38
Former symbol of manhood. : LONGPANTS
40
Cardinals and orioles. : BIRDS
41
Young M.D.'s. : INTERNES
42
Against. : CON
43
Pal of fiction. : JOEY
44
Man's special features. : SENSES
47
Yells. : SHOUTS
50
Remedy. : CURE
51
Miller's river. : DEE
53
Uncanny. : EERIE
54
Breakfast dish. : FRIEDEGGS
56
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
57
Pro ___. : RATA
58
Firm. : TAUT
59
Napery. : LINEN
60
Man's name. : ABEL
61
Indian. : CREE
Down
1
Blow gently. : WAFT
2
___ Island. : ELLIS
3
Breakfast food. : TOAST
4
Species: Abbr. : SPP
5
Visualizations. : IMAGES
6
Breakfast food. : BACON
7
Colorings. : INKS
8
Of the: Fr. : DES
9
Author Moravia. : ALBERTO
10
Breakfast food. : CORNMUFFINS
11
Joined. : TIED
12
Gen. Wingate. : ORDE
13
Not imagined. : REAL
18
Company for a Donut. : JELLY
22
Place of pilgrimage. : MECCA
24
Breakfast item. : ORANGEJUICE
25
Actress famed for comedy roles. : PITTS
27
Electrical units. : VOLTS
28
From a distance. : AFAR
29
Grant. : LEND
30
Visualizes. : SEES
31
New African country. : MALI
32
A king of Judah. : AMON
33
Spring season. : LENT
34
Breakfast spread. : HONEY
36
Weathercocks. : VANES
39
Substance in the diet. : PROTEIN
40
Studied hard: Slang. : BONED
42
Breakfast food. : CEREAL
44
Musical composition. : SUITE
45
___ Lee Masters. : EDGAR
46
Perform what follows: Mus. : SEGUE
47
Pledge. : SEAL
48
Half: Prefix. : HEMI
49
Character in "Mourning Becomes Electra." : ORIN
50
Horseshoe ___. : CRAB
52
Villa d'___. : ESTE
54
Church title. : FRA
55
&c. : ETC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 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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