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New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 1971

54-Across : Greek letter

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 37.9 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,817
Across
1
Reveals : BARES
6
Fable author : AESOP
11
Marriageable : NUBILE
12
Milwaukee player : BREWER
14
Sugar-cane residue : BAGASSE
15
Lists of things to be done : AGENDAS
17
F.D.R. agency : OPA
18
Apparition : EIDOLON
20
Seventh-century date : DCL
21
Research rooms : LABS
23
Byzantine image : EIKON
24
Et ___ : ALII
25
Tending to: Suffix : ULOUS
27
Bard's nightfall : EEN
28
As regards : ANENT
29
Stifle : SMOTHER
31
Fleers : EMIGRES
33
Unit of weight : TON
34
Earthbound bird : EMU
35
Insults : OFFENDS
39
Earhart et al. : AMELIAS
43
TV's Mary Tyler : MOORE
44
System : ISM
46
Old $10 coin : EAGLE
47
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
48
Where the girls are : HAREM
50
What pigs do : ROOT
51
Destroy by fire : GUT
52
Of the thigh : FEMORAL
54
Greek letter : RHO
55
Hypodermic feeder : AMPOULE
57
Boise resident : IDAHOAN
59
Chef's specialties : SAUCES
60
Entire ranges : GAMUTS
61
Girl's name : DIANE
62
Auguries : OMENS
Down
1
Imaginary terror : BUGABOO
2
Camel's-hair fabric : ABA
3
Singer Stevens : RISE
4
Bovine name : ELSIE
5
More shabbily dressed : SEEDIER
6
Mother-of-pearl mollusk : ABALONE
7
Work-heat measure : ERGON
8
Perceived : SEEN
9
Acknowledge : OWN
10
Pushcart salesman : PEDDLER
11
Flame-thrower adjunct : NAPALM
13
French dramatist : RACINE
14
Pill for animals : BOLUS
16
Narrow openings : SLITS
19
Turkish weight : OKE
22
Mill where gold was discovered : SUTTERS
24
Gaunt : ANGULAR
26
Was eminent : SHONE
28
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
30
Boundary : END
32
Hebrew letter : MEM
35
Alpha and ___ : OMEGA
36
Discussion meetings : FORUMS
37
Highwayman : FOOTPAD
38
Chang and Eng : SIAMESE
39
Vespucci : AMERIGO
40
Luzon natives : IGOROTS
41
Hawaiian greetings : ALOHAS
42
U.S. nature writer : SETON
45
Impresario's favorite sign : SRO
48
Wife of Menelaus : HELEN
49
Word in a palindrome : MADAM
52
Juan de ___ Strait : FUCA
53
Ineffectual : LAME
56
Parisian assent : OUI
58
Attila was one : HUN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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