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New York Times, Friday, May 3, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 43.8
David Steinberg notes:

In 69-Across, ANNE was clued as "Gusti Huber's role." Huber's role in The Diary of Anne Frank wasn't Anne but Anne's mother, Edith.

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,866
Across
1
T V actress. : COCA
5
Egyptian Nationalist party. : WAFD
9
Garden worker. : HOER
13
Arab. : OMANI
15
Plane designer Sikorsky. : IGOR
16
Caen's river. : ORNE
17
King of Bulgaria, 1918–43. : BORIS
18
Colloquial negative. : NARY
19
Calcutta garment. : SARI
20
Specialist of the 1920's. : BOOTLEGGER
22
Town near London. : ETON
23
Rodent. : RAT
24
Certain horses. : SORRELS
26
Musical with Latin-American setting. : PANAMAHATTIE
31
___ de la Paix. : RUE
32
Tree of the apple family. : SORB
33
Tibet's southern neighbor. : NEPAL
37
Aqaba natives. : ARABS
40
Fish dish. : ROE
41
Marines' emblem. : GLOBE
42
Tree. : MAPLE
43
Where señor dines. : SALA
45
Caucho. : ULE
46
British conductor-composer. : ALBERTCOATES
50
The Scriptures. : ORACLES
53
Mild rebuke. : TUT
54
Dip while dining. : DUNK
55
British poet-humorist of 19th C. : THOMASHOOD
61
Newsman Sevareid. : ERIC
62
Gov. Loveless' state. : IOWA
63
___ cotta. : TERRA
64
Londoner's "so-long." : TATA
65
Wooded glen. : DELL
66
Poky person. : SNAIL
67
Cuff. : SLAP
68
To be: Lat. : ESSE
69
Gusti Huber's role. : ANNE
Down
1
Humorist Irvin. : COBB
2
Melville novel. : OMOO
3
"___ Nome," Gilda's aria. : CARO
4
Peer Gynt's enchantress. : ANITRA
5
Unit of military aircraft. : WING
6
King spared by Saul. : AGAG
7
Timberland. : FORESTBELT
8
Scourge of 7 Down. : DRYROT
9
Firemen's apparatus. : HOSEREEL
10
Speak pompously. : ORATE
11
Record. : ENROL
12
Checks. : REINS
14
Moslem lands. : ISLAM
21
Greek vowels. : ETAS
25
Circus area. : RING
26
Baby buggy. : PRAM
27
Distinctive air. : AURA
28
___ tides. : NEAP
29
Game like quoits. : HORSESHOES
30
Tumultuous. : AROAR
34
Look sullen. : POUT
35
Talented. : ABLE
36
Grounds. : LEES
38
Chickadee. : BLACKCAP
39
Market. : SELL
44
Court minutes. : ACTA
47
Happen. : BETIDE
48
Turns out. : OUSTS
49
Greek goddess. : ATHENA
50
Well-known playwright. : ODETS
51
Part of R. E. A. : RURAL
52
Spanish girl's name. : ANITA
56
Birds. : OWLS
57
Virile. : MALE
58
North African port. : ORAN
59
O'Neill character. : ORIN
60
"Over hill, over ___ ... " : DALE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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