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New York Times, Thursday, November 24, 1960

65-Across : American composer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,150
Across
1
Singer. : BASS
5
Frenchman. : GAUL
9
Family men. : PAPAS
14
Harlequin or cacholong. : OPAL
15
Attract. : LURE
16
Seaport of Israel. : ELATH
17
Legal authorizations for delay in payments. : MORATORIA
19
Wife of Balder. : NANNA
20
Florid passage in music. : BRAVURA
21
Passes along. : HANDSON
23
Thorn letter. : ETH
24
Brook. : RILL
26
Climbing vine. : IVY
27
Slangy word of agreement. : OKE
28
Annexes. : ADDS
30
Poke. : JAB
33
Plunder. : DEPREDATE
37
Fortaleza, city in Brazil. : CEARA
39
Black. : EBONY
40
Money in Bucharest. : LEU
41
Flavoring agent. : ONION
42
Co-owner of the ship in "Moby Dick." : PELEG
43
Descriptive of the Monitor. : ARMORCLAD
45
Experiment with. : TRY
46
Mountain in Greece. : OSSA
48
French pronoun. : UNE
49
Browning's "___ Vogler." : ABT
50
Distinction. : NOTE
52
Rabbit's foot. : PAW
55
The last word. : GOODBYE
59
___ high (the highest ever). : ALLTIME
61
Springtime in Paris. : AVRIL
62
"Peyton Place" author. : METALIOUS
64
___ du Louvre. : MUSEE
65
American composer. : IVES
66
Memorable actress. : DUSE
67
___-propre. : AMOUR
68
Touchstone. : TEST
69
Belgian river. : YSER
Down
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Mold filled with ice cream: Fr. : BOMBE
2
To the helmsman's left. : APORT
3
Mother of Isaac. : SARAH
4
Joseph Conrad was one. : SLAV
5
Exulted. : GLORIED
6
Of the ear. : AURAL
7
Swiss canton. : URI
8
Wife of Jacob. : LEAH
9
Thanksgiving Day spectacle. : PENNVSCORNELL
10
"The liner she's ___ ... " : ALADY
11
Broad, shallow containers. : PANS
12
___ cost (gratis). : ATNO
13
___ State, part of Burma. : SHAN
18
Holiday symbol. : TURKEYGOBBLER
22
Further. : AID
25
Cathedral church in Rome. : LATERAN
27
Caen's river. : ORNE
29
Te ___. : DEUM
30
Lockup. : JAIL
31
Coppermine town near Caracas. : AROA
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Musical group. : BAND
33
Branch of a business. Abbr. : DEPT
34
Eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews. : EBER
35
More than one: Prefix. : POLY
36
Word of sorrow. : ALAS
38
Noun suffix. : ENCE
44
Survive. : OUTLAST
47
Pen. : STY
49
See 55 Across. : ADIEU
51
English conspirator of 1678. : OATES
52
Devout. : PIOUS
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Entertain. : AMUSE
54
The Pied Piper's river. : WESER
55
Explorer da ___. : GAMA
56
Egg: Lat. : OVUM
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More or less. : ORSO
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Throw off. : EMIT
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Orderly. : TIDY
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Time before. : EVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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