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New York Times, Saturday, October 3, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.76)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 31.5
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,732
Across
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Armenia, Georgia, Moldavia, etc. : USSR
5
New Russian word. : OKAY
9
Supplies for use. : FEEDS
14
Sixth Greek letter. : ZETA
15
Iceland, Portugal, Turkey, etc. : NATO
16
Mass of metal. : INGOT
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Where East and West meet. : BRANDENBURGGATE
20
Size of coal. : EGG
21
Hollywood first name. : RITA
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In the middle of. : AMIDST
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Detain after hours at school. : KEEPIN
25
Affiliated member of the UAR. : YEMEN
27
Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
29
Fermented wine. : VINEGAR
33
Breakfast beverage. : JUICE
36
In the air. : ALOFT
38
Eggs: Lat. : OVA
39
Part of A. D. : ANNO
40
Adjective for cairngorm quartz. : SMOKY
41
G. I. ___. : JOES
42
Peruke. : WIG
43
Continued armed pressure. : SIEGE
44
Repast. : LUNCH
45
Debater Douglas. : STEPHEN
47
Did the crawl. : SWAM
49
Shoemaker's items. : LASTS
51
Attach. : APPEND
55
Wilderness. : DESERT
58
Hour: Lat. : HORA
60
___ Grande. : RIO
61
Divisions in post-war Berlin. : OCCUPATIONZONES
64
Frighten. : SCARE
65
Eleven: Fr. : ONZE
66
Ingredient in creole cookery. : RICE
67
General drift, as of thought. : TENOR
68
Remove (with "out"). : WEED
69
Insects. : BEES
Down
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Part of 1 Across. : UZBEK
2
Twilled fabric. : SERGE
3
Platform. : STAGE
4
Operated. : RAN
5
"___ million." : ONEINA
6
German philosopher. : KANT
7
With escape cut off. : ATBAY
8
Personal pronoun. : YOU
9
Something imagined. : FIGMENT
10
Internal combustion machine. : ENGINE
11
Minced oath. : EGAD
12
Morse code clicks. : DOTS
13
Term in printing. : STET
18
Fund-raising campaign. : DRIVE
19
Branch out. : RAMIFY
24
A little: Ital. : POCO
26
Summons forth. : EVOKES
28
Sorrow over. : LAMENT
30
Continue. : GOON
31
With: Fr. : AVEC
32
Too hasty. : RASH
33
Parts of facial anatomy. : JAWS
34
Military group. : UNIT
35
Author of "A Loss of Roses." : INGE
37
Part of the woodpile. : LOG
40
Afternoon hiatus in Latin countries. : SIESTA
41
Sudden transition. : JUMP
43
More pungent. : SHARPER
44
South American capital. : LAPAZ
46
Combining form denoting relation to a side. : PLEURO
48
Alerted. : WARNED
50
Partner of rise. : SHINE
52
Bilko. : ERNIE
53
Relative. : NIECE
54
Prescribed quantities. : DOSES
55
Biblical verb. : DOST
56
Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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Look at closely. : SCAN
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Seep. : OOZE
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Facility for skiers. : TOW
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Planet. : ORB

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