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New York Times, Wednesday, October 11, 1961

55-Down : Inarticulate sounds.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,471
Across
1
Nut tree. : COLA
5
Diefenbaker's capital. : OTTAWA
11
Wisconsin city. : RACINE
13
Half of a library set. : BOOKEND
15
Stroke of fortune. : GODSEND
16
Theft. : LARCENY
17
Verse form. : ODE
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Destroyer of a god. : DEICIDE
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State: Abbr. : KAN
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Desires: Slang. : YENS
23
Cigar. : STOGY
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Beyond: Prefix. : META
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Soldier from down under. : ANZAC
27
Anger. : IRE
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Usages. : WONTS
29
Horse. : STALLION
31
Star of "The Truth." : BARDOT
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Celebrity. : LION
33
Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : POSS
34
Share. : RATION
37
Airship. : ZEPPELIN
41
After: Fr. : APRES
42
Climbing plant. : PEA
43
Cut thin. : SLICE
44
Meeting places for small fry. : ZOOS
45
Rouge. : PAINT
47
Large number: Colloq. : SLEW
48
Superlative suffix. : EST
49
Old master. : PICTURE
51
Soul: Fr. : AME
52
African native. : ETHIOPE
54
In name only. : TITULAR
56
Thin. : SLENDER
57
Flower part. : STAMEN
58
Gardeners' tools. : EDGERS
59
In addition. : ELSE
Down
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Ornamental flight in a concerto, aria, etc. : CADENZA
2
Military group: Abbr. : OCS
3
German song. : LIED
4
Boleyn, Hathaway, etc. : ANNES
5
Do a favor for. : OBLIGE
6
Sycophant. : TOADY
7
Ripped. : TORE
8
Dog show group: Abbr. : AKC
9
House party time. : WEEKEND
10
Yellowish-red dye. : ANNATTO
11
Beaver, for one. : RODENT
12
Late city ___. : EDITION
14
Hereditary ruler. : DYNAST
15
Certain paintings. : GOYAS
19
Farm product. : CORN
22
Quips. : SALLIES
24
Bits of food. : MORSELS
26
Muse's namesakes. : CLIOS
28
Stinging insects. : WASPS
30
Atom. : ION
31
"Way out" music. : BOP
33
The makings of a kind of butter. : PEANUTS
34
Removes the decks of (a ship). : RAZEES
35
Matthew or Mark. : APOSTLE
36
Pledged, as in marriage. : TROTHED
37
Time: Ger. : ZEIT
38
Silent film actress. : LILALEE
39
"The ___ Cometh." : ICEMAN
40
More recent. : NEWER
42
Gaited horses. : PACERS
45
Musician of a sort. : PIPER
46
Banal. : TRITE
49
Foot: Suffix. : PODE
50
Relative of etc. : ETAL
53
Noun suffix. : ING
55
Inarticulate sounds. : UMS

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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