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New York Times, Tuesday, May 16, 1961

61-Across : A far cry from 17 Across.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 31.9
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,323
Across
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Fast driver. : JEHU
5
Vilna dweller. : BALT
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More secure. : SAFER
14
Bath's river. : AVON
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Infirm. : ANILE
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Reverie of a sort. : PIPEDREAM
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Reynard's mate. : VIXEN
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Before noon. : ELEVEN
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According to. : ALA
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Banking abbreviation. : INT
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Time period: Abbr. : CEN
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Orchestral compositions having several movements. : SERENATAS
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German highway. : BAHN
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Large body of water: Abbr. : ATL
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Tabard ___. : INN
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Diminutive ending. : ULE
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French institution. : ECOLE
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___ as butter. : ASFAT
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Edifices on cloud nine. : CASTLESINTHEAIR
42
Members of the hawk family. : KITES
43
Blemishes. : SCARS
44
Wife of Athamas. : INO
45
Not active: Abbr. : RET
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Period. : ERA
48
Wine designation, dry. : BRUT
49
"Nothing so bad but it might have ___." : BEENWORSE
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Herb seasoning. : BAY
54
Pest in the Great Lakes. : EEL
55
Tool for mixing mortar. : HOE
56
Bird of the Everglades. : CURLEW
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Take for ___. : ARIDE
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A far cry from 17 Across. : NIGHTMARE
64
Machine for surfacing timbers. : SIZER
65
Familiar pen name. : ELIA
66
"Yo-ho-ho, ___ bottle of rum!" : ANDA
67
Twit. : TEASE
68
Meander. : WEND
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Where Bismarck is: Abbr. : NDAK
Down
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Make fun of. : JAPE
2
Wrong. : EVIL
3
Symbol of a maiden's dream. : HOPECHEST
4
Lopsided. : UNEVEN
5
Singe. : BURN
6
Hail! : AVE
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Grazing land. : LEA
8
David's daughter. : TAMAR
9
Treeless plains. : SAVANNAHS
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Raven-colored bird. : ANI
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Little Miss ___. : FIXIT
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Former queen of Italy. : ELENA
13
Certain income. : RENTS
18
Home of a sort. : DEN
22
Wreath. : LEI
25
Side of a hill, in geology. : STOSS
26
South Pacific islands. : ELLICES
27
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
28
Dog hero of "Call of the Wild." : BUCK
29
Mountain range in Kirghiz. : ALAI
30
Top. : ACE
33
What "alibi" means. : ELSEWHERE
34
Lake SW of Petsamo. : ENARE
36
Children's paradise. : FAIRYLAND
37
Primitive Oriental. : AINU
38
Amble along. : TROT
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Sea bird. : TERN
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Musical syllable. : TRA
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In addition. : TOO
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Pub employe. : BARMAN
49
Barn occupant. : BEAST
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Uncanny. : EERIE
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Shaw character. : ELIZA
52
Start again. : RENEW
53
Conjunction. : BUT
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African lake. : CHAD
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Earth goddess in opera. : ERDA
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Frail. : WEAK
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From the: Fr. : DES
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___ de la Cité. : ILE
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Card game, for short. : GIN

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

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