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New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,241
Across
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Canal Zone city. : COLON
6
Pythagoras, for example. : SAGE
10
Printed cotton cloths. : CALICOS
12
This year. : MCMLXI
14
"Old MacDonald ___ ... " : HADAFARM
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Cultural center. : MUSEUM
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Item in 33 Across. : EVENT
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Imitated. : MIMED
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High peak. : ALP
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Opinion. : MIND
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Part of the United Kingdom. : WALES
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Poker payment. : ANTE
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La ___, city in Bolivia. : PAZ
24
Decorated with tegulae. : TILED
25
Wicker basket. : CREEL
26
Fanatical. : RABID
28
Relative of the standpatter. : DIEHARD
30
United. : ONED
32
Jewish month. : ADAR
33
Course of action. : PROGRAM
36
Metric weights. : GRAMS
39
Fireplace. : GRATE
40
Meadow mice. : VOLES
42
Make a choice. : OPT
44
Pained expression. : OUCH
45
Tricks: Colloq. : DIDOS
46
Be up and about. : STIR
47
Poetic work. : ODE
48
College in Lewiston, Maine. : BATES
49
Heading. : TITLE
50
Relative of a wattle. : DEWLAP
52
Osceola's tribe. : SEMINOLE
54
Mollusks. : SNAILS
55
Walks wearily. : TRUDGES
56
Gothic, for example. : TYPE
57
Pintail ducks. : SMEES
Down
1
Musical flourish. : CADENZA
2
Baltic island SE of Sweden. : OLAND
3
A helping upward. : LIFT
4
Tuber plant. : OCA
5
Standard. : NORMAL
6
Move swiftly. : SCUD
7
Mornings. : AMS
8
Harvest field worker. : GLEANER
9
Gloried. : EXULTED
10
Sterlet delicacy. : CAVIAR
11
Looked happy. : SMILED
12
Titles of address: Abbr. : MMES
13
Urge forward. : IMPEL
14
What sacking is made of. : HEMP
18
Madison Avenue's concern. : MEDIA
21
More extensive. : WIDER
22
Macaw. : ARARA
24
Coloring. : TINGE
25
Carbonizes. : CHARS
27
Compartment in a restaurant. : BOOTH
29
Sharpens. : EDGES
31
Hoisting crane on a ship's side. : DAVIT
33
Circumspect. : PRUDENT
34
Narrow channel for water. : RACEWAY
35
Unassuming. : MODEST
37
"Excelsior," "Eureka," etc. : MOTTOES
38
Pours over. : SPILLS
39
Movable personal property. : GOODS
41
Underdogs. : LOSERS
43
Mahogany or sandalwood. : TREE
45
Skips, as a stone over water. : DAPS
46
Slight burn. : SINGE
48
Package of goods. : BALE
49
Surge. : TIDE
51
Edge of anything. : LIP
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Tongue-tied. : MUM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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