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New York Times, Thursday, December 10, 1959

58-Across : Brief, witty verse.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,800
Across
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Marked out a trail. : BLAZED
7
Where Gov. Hatfield works. : SALEM
12
Utah's symbol. : BEEHIVE
13
Fine Spanish swords. : TOLEDOS
15
Poem by Shelley, 1816. : ALASTOR
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Stubborn and stupid. : ASININE
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Author Yutang. : LIN
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With elbow turned outward. : AKIMBO
20
School Shelley attended. : ETON
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Lithuanian's relative. : LETT
23
"___ is wrought by want of thought ... " : EVIL
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Suffix for certain sciences. : ICS
25
Give a wide berth to. : AVOID
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City of ancient Greece. : ELIS
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Give sparingly. : DOLE
30
Autocrat. : DESPOT
32
Wound together. : ENTWINED
34
Canvas cover, for short. : TARP
36
Make progress. : GAIN
37
"Nay" voters. : OPPOSERS
41
Angry looks. : GLARES
45
Money in Milan. : LIRE
46
Affirmatives. : YEAS
48
Rialto offering. : DRAMA
49
Inhabitant of: Suffix. : ITE
50
Relative of camera. : SALA
52
Duck adept at diving. : SMEW
53
Decorative container. : VASE
55
Princess kidnapped by Zeus. : EUROPA
57
Lever. : PRY
58
Brief, witty verse. : EPIGRAM
60
Haughtily aloof: Colloq. : UPSTAGE
62
Shine forth. : RADIATE
63
Spot remover. : CLEANER
64
Dry runs. : TESTS
65
Card game. : HEARTS
Down
1
Suppose. : BELIEVE
2
Sheds. : LEANTOS
3
Cries of surprise. : AHS
4
Last Empress of Austria. : ZITA
5
Call forth. : EVOKE
6
Gather by inference. : DERIVE
7
Mediocre. : SOSO
8
Arabian name. : ALI
9
Smooth, in phonetics. : LENE
10
A printing. : EDITION
11
Eyeglass. : MONOCLE
12
Song or poem. : BALLAD
13
Postponing indefinitely, as a motion. : TABLING
14
Became aware of. : SENSED
19
About twenty city blocks. : MILE
22
Step lightly. : TIPTOE
26
"___ I say ... " : DOAS
28
Forest animal. : STAG
29
Money in Iraq. : DINARS
31
Playing card. : TREY
33
Stormy. : WILD
35
Take for granted. : PRESUME
37
Dickens' poor-but-honest boy. : OLIVER
38
In a flutter. : PITAPAT
39
Act as chairman. : PRESIDE
40
River into the Moselle. : SAAR
42
Unchecked. : RAMPANT
43
Comes forth. : EMERGES
44
Finn's friend. : SAWYER
47
Droop, as a hat brim. : SLOUCH
51
Pippin. : APPLE
54
Shield; protection. : EGIS
55
Grub. : EATS
56
Voyaging. : ASEA
59
Hamster's relative. : RAT
61
Black-top. : TAR

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

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