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New York Times, Wednesday, December 27, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,548
Across
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Ishmael's mother. : HAGAR
6
Recompense. : WAGES
11
Measure of a bomb blast. : MEGATON
13
Flower clusters. : RACEMES
15
Small chapel. : ORATORY
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Component part. : ELEMENT
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Faced. : MET
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Buckingham and others. : PALACES
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French king. : ROI
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Ocean: Poet. : MAIN
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Delights in. : LOVES
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Travel: Poet. : FARE
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Money in New Delhi. : ANNAS
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Stephen Foster's "Old Uncle ___." : NED
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Ruby spinel. : BALAS
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Districts in France: Abbr. : DEPTS
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Collectors' items. : RECORDS
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Bah! : POOH
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Dickens character. : DORA
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Hits, in baseball. : TRIPLES
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More recent. : NEWER
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Great care or effort. : PAINS
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Ignited. : LIT
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Old-fashioned. : DATED
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Common heather. : LING
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Spring flower. : LILAC
50
Shade of blue. : YALE
51
High school subject: Abbr. : ALG
52
Rocky Mountain rodent. : PACKRAT
54
Colloid. : GEL
55
TNT ingredient. : TOLUENE
57
Balkan language. : SLOVENE
59
Pigtails or ponytails. : TRESSES
60
Makes known. : IMPARTS
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Proofreaders' directions. : STETS
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Locations. : SITES
Down
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___ there. : HEREAND
2
Like quartz. : AGATINE
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Narrow ship channel. : GAT
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At the very peak. : ATOP
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Dewy: Rare. : RORAL
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Where Mount Snowdon is. : WALES
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Holes in one. : ACES
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Pearl. : GEM
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Shade of green. : EMERALD
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Spanish ladies. : SENORAS
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Member of the family. : MOMMA
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Modern fabric. : NYLON
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Ebbed. : RECEDED
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Pens. : STIES
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State. : AVER
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Off one's guard. : NAPPING
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Remote. : FARAWAY
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Tuned sets of organ pipes. : STOPS
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"Chairman of the ___," by Edward Streeter. : BORED
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Coin of Peru. : SOL
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Peruse. : CON
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Spirals. : HELICES
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Savile Row gentry. : TAILORS
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Curl. : RINGLET
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Surah or samite. : SILK
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Whatnot. : ETAGERE
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Becomes milder. : RELENTS
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National Park in Oklahoma. : PLATT
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Ankle bones. : TARSI
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See 61 Across. : DELES
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Highway strips. : LANES
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Pacifies. : CALMS
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Nuisance. : PEST
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Pith helmet. : TOPI
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Worth. : USE
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Caldron. : VAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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