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New York Times, Monday, February 8, 1960

Author: Unknown
Editor: Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,860
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1. Makes tired by hard work. : FAGS
5. Jesuit saint. : REGIS
10. Fritz’ fellow prankster. : HANS
14. Foreign currency. : LIRA
15. Special occasion. : EVENT
16. Give vent to. : EMIT
17. Take ___ view of. : ADIM
18. Hold public office. : SERVE
19. First-class: Colloq. : AONE
20. Las Vegas habitué. : GAMBLER
22. Piece of jewelry. : EARDROP
24. Make public. : AIR
25. Lopsided. : ASKEW
26. Ralph Bellamy role. : ROOSEVELT
30. Swedish actress. : GARBO
34. Responsibility. : ONUS
35. Type of painting. : OIL
36. Marshy inlets. : BAYOUS
37. Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
38. Members of a clan. : KINSMEN
40. Over 900 years ago. : MLI
41. Member of Alston’s team. : DODGER
43. Light brown. : TAN
44. Stipend. : WAGE
45. Cricket, for one. : SPORT
46. Labor negotiator. : BARGAINER
48. Member of Equity. : ACTOR
50. Stepson of Thor. : ULL
51. Type of hat decoration. : FEATHER
54. Part of a formal dinner service. : CRYSTAL
58. Today, in Italy. : OGGI
59. Mr. Stevenson. : ADLAI
61. Parisian airport. : ORLY
62. Farm structure. : BARN
63. Look after. : SEETO
64. Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
65. Break or tear, as in nylons. : SNAG
66. Work, in terms of heat. : ERGON
67. Nine inches. : SPAN
 1. Standard. : FLAG
2. Ethiopian princess in opera. : AIDA
3. Resolute. : GRIM
4. Train robber of the old West. : SAMBASS
5. Artificial lake. : RESERVOIR
6. At all times. : EVER
7. A language: Abbr. : GER
8. Buy bonds. : INVEST
9. American food staple. : STEAK
10. Progress. : HEADWAY
11. Cupid. : AMOR
12. Boy: Span. : NINO
13. Any of a series of acts, processes, etc. : STEP
21. Hammarskjold’s predecessor. : LIE
23. Shakespearean role. : REGAN
25. Type of ball game. : ALLSTAR
26. Safe anchorage for ships. : ROADS
27. Riding high. : ONTOP
28. Surpass. : OUTDO
29. One: Ger. : EIN
31. Type of holiday. : ROMAN
32. Battle of World War II. : BULGE
33. Basket willow. : OSIER
36. Israeli Premier. : BENGURION
38. Sailing vessel. : KETCH
39. Blemish. : MAR
42. Portcullis. : GRATING
44. White House occupants of 1913. : WILSONS
46. Frontier. : BORDER
47. Aga Khan’s father. : ALY
49. Rally. : TEASE
51. Watch pockets. : FOBS
52. Alaska’s Governor. : EGAN
53. City on the Jumna. : AGRA
54. Roman statesman. : CATO
55. De ___ (superfluous): Fr. : TROP
56. Seaweed. : ALGA
57. Silk city of France. : LYON
60. Prop. : LEG

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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