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New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1973

58-Down : Shanty

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,897
Across
1
Finn's neighbors : LAPPS
6
Gypsy's reading matter : PALM
10
Moonshiners' needs : JUGS
14
Convex moldings : OVOLI
15
"Typee" sequel : OMOO
16
By and by : ANON
17
Apricot or peach, e.g. : COLOR
18
Little Flower : LAGUARDIA
20
Inscription at Delphi : KNOWTHYSELF
22
Squid's camouflage : INK
23
Razorbacks : HOGS
24
Sprinkle with flour : DREDGE
26
Overheat : PARBOIL
30
Fortune's child : HEIR
31
Oily liquid : OLEUM
32
Chesterfields : OVERCOATS
37
Windfall : MANNA
38
Ceylon export : TEA
39
Stop on ___ : ADIME
40
Constrained : PRESSURED
42
Scene of Hercules's first labor : NEMEA
43
Oscar's cousin : EMMY
44
Abates : LESSENS
46
Be chummy with : HOBNOB
49
Deck post for cables : BITT
50
Be beholden to : OWE
51
Firework : ROMANCANDLE
57
Exactly : ONTHENOSE
59
Kind of sale : TIEIN
60
Skirt for Tallchief : TUTU
61
Arab chieftain : EMIR
62
January, in Jerez : ENERO
63
Small barracuda : SPET
64
Miller's "All My ___" : SONS
65
Refreshments : SODAS
Down
1
Canal gate : LOCK
2
Eden's earldom : AVON
3
Traveler in 13th century : POLO
4
Do farm work : PLOW
5
"Man for All Seasons" man : SIRTHOMASMORE
6
Use of many tongues : POLYGLOTRY
7
Store up : AMASS
8
Booth : LOGE
9
Crumble away: Var. : MOULDER
10
Container : JAR
11
Brought to naught : UNDID
12
In operation : GOING
13
Anaconda : SNAKE
19
Gabon, Kenya, etc. : AFRICANSTATES
21
___ polloi : HOI
25
Undermines : ERODES
26
Vainglory : POMP
27
Winged : ALAR
28
Descartes : RENE
29
Burner inventor : BUNSEN
30
Stars : HEADLINERS
33
Neckline style : VEE
34
Bien-___ (darling) : AIME
35
Feds : TMEN
36
Coral and China : SEAS
41
Bosses of shields : UMBONES
45
Useful abbreviation : ETC
46
Barn sounds : HOOTS
47
Confess : OWNUP
48
Miss Davis : BETTE
49
Landlocked harbor : BASIN
52
Owl of Guam : MOMO
53
Child, in Barcelona : NINO
54
Legal paper : DEED
55
Money in Milan : LIRA
56
Space monkey : ENOS
58
Shanty : HUT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 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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