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Threba Johnson
Threba Johnson

Old and New

New York Times, Sunday, June 11, 1961

Author:
Threba Johnson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 654 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 19, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20, Grid flow: 39.8
Threba Johnson has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original number and clue for 51-Down were buried in the middle of the 73-Down clue.

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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,349
Across
1
Old treasures. : RELICS
7
Star in Gemini. : CASTOR
13
First with the "new look." : DIOR
17
"New Moon," for one. : SHOW
21
Prophet of 875 B. C. : ELISHA
22
Province in Manchuria. : LIAOSI
23
West Point. : USMA
24
Old ___. : ROSE
25
"You are old, ___ ... " : FATHERWILLIAM
27
"Old Wives' Tale" character. : CONSTANCE
29
Explosive. : TNT
30
Black: Comb. form. : ATRO
31
Boys' favorite author, 19th cen. : ALGER
33
Egyptian king, c. 2500 B. C. : PEPI
34
Material of a certain old bucket. : OAK
35
1.0567 liquid quarts. : LITRE
37
Captain Hook's henchman. : SMEE
38
Book of the Old Testament. : AMOS
40
Mends. : DARNS
42
Generous. : OPEN
44
Hold in affection. : ENDEAR
46
Egyptian king, 1922—36. : FUAD
47
Half gainer, for one. : DIVE
48
Raja's wife. : RANEE
50
Look at closely. : SCAN
51
New England's pride. : ELMS
52
Relative of a thingumajig. : DINGBAT
55
Glance: Fr. : APERCU
57
Chemical compound. : IODIDE
59
Cutting implements. : SWINGSAWS
61
Education's goal. : CULTURE
63
Boston's ball park. : FENWAY
65
Hero of 1865 juvenile. : HANS
66
Garland. : LEI
67
Prince who became Henry V. : HAL
68
Old. : AGED
70
Creek: Geog. : RIA
71
Eagle-borne hero of Babylonian myth. : ETANA
73
Muezzin's call. : AZAN
74
Namesakes of an Astaire. : ADELES
76
Word-of-mouth betters: Racing slang. : ORALERS
78
Have ___ (be cautious). : ACARE
79
Old American family. : ASTOR
81
What the old guard does. : STANDSPAT
83
Battleground of 1346. : CRECY
84
First-rate, new style. : SUPER
85
Durrell character. : MELISSA
86
Hardy. : ROBUST
88
Writer James ___. : AGEE
89
Old Italian playing card. : TAROT
90
Theological degree. : THD
92
River of the Old World. : NILE
93
"What is it?" : YES
96
Quill. : PEN
97
Old sign-off, "Yr. obdt. ___." : SERV
98
Blacksmiths. : SHOERS
101
"Old Wives' Tale" author. : BENNETT
103
Trite. : HACKNEYED
106
Creeks. : INLETS
108
Old Spanish custom. : SIESTA
109
Unity. : ONENESS
110
Jeune fille. : ELLE
112
Soaks. : SOPS
114
More shrewd. : CUTER
115
Right, in jive talk. : REET
116
Old-time armor. : MAIL
117
Obliquely. : ASLANT
119
Caesura. : REST
120
Vary. : ALTER
122
Uttered. : TOLD
123
Soprano Gluck. : ALMA
124
Bower. : ARBOR
126
Conjunction. : NOR
127
Faithful wife, in Tennyson poem. : ENID
129
Western ___, mandate of New Zealand. : SAMOA
131
Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
132
Large tree of P.I. : DAO
135
Old ladies. : GRANDAMES
138
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. : BANKOFENGLAND
141
Strange: Scot. : UNCO
142
Nothing more than. : MERE
143
"The ___ Silas Lapham." : RISEOF
144
Filled to excess. : CLOYED
145
Recites. : SAYS
146
Sea bird. : ERNE
147
Beautifies. : ADORNS
148
Relative of "hijacks." : HEISTS
Down
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Robbed, old style. : REFT
2
___ vital (vital impulse). : ELAN
3
"Old Curiosity Shop" character. : LITTLENELL
4
Somewhat: Suffix. : ISH
5
Foil. : CHEAT
6
"No Exit" author. : SARTRE
7
Addison's signature in the Spectator. : CLIO
8
Be ill. : AIL
9
Animal fabled to live in fire. : SALAMANDER
10
Ditchdigger, for one. : TOILER
11
River into the Missouri. : OSAGE
12
"___ of the Ancient Mariner." : RIME
13
Bar-le-___ (currant jam). : DUC
14
Crustacean. : ISOPOD
15
All, in stage directions. : OMNES
16
Grate. : RASP
17
Feminine title. : SRA
18
"The Old Maid" author (with "de"). : HONOREBALZAC
19
Inhabitant of old Italy. : OSCAN
20
"Three ___." : WEEKS
26
Women in the British navy. : WRENS
28
News. : TIDINGS
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Space: Ger. : RAUM
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Passive. : INERT
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___ Marmara. : SEAOF
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Old Bay State: Abbr. : MASS
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Certain statistics: Abbr. : AVGS
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Plant of goosefoot family. : ORACH
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New Guinea. : PAPUA
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7th cen. date. : DCI
46
___ Market. : FLEA
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Don't: Scot. : DINNA
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Its capital is Quito. : ECUADOR
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New Delhi embassy architect. : EDWARDSTONE
52
Reveille drum rolls. : DIANS
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Bored, old style. : AWEARY
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Malay wild ox. : TSINE
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Exhorter. : URGER
58
Skull bulges. : INIONS
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Another "Old Maid" author. : WHARTON
62
Fish. : EEL
64
Sharp cry. : YELP
69
Merit. : DESERVE
72
Rent. : TEAR
73
Vinegar: Comb. form. : ACET
74
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
75
French town. : STLO
77
David's nephew. : ASAHEL
78
"___ and Old Lace." : ARSENIC
79
Like certain stables. : AUGEAN
80
"The Old Man and the Sea" star. : SPENCERTRACY
82
Islets. : AITS
83
Diminutive suffixes. : CULES
84
Daudet novel. : SAPHO
85
Tudor and Stuart. : MARYS
87
Apron part. : BIB
89
Small anvil. : TEEST
91
Sewer of new clothes. : DRESSMAKER
93
Old times. : YESTERDAYS
94
Feminine diminutives. : ETTES
95
Move suddenly. : START
97
Flouted. : SNEERED
99
What "the old woman" lived under. : HILL
100
Old Roman dress. : STOLA
102
Nerve: Prefix. : NEURO
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Joint. : KNEE
105
New ___. : DEAL
107
Royat or Dax. : SPA
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Box tops. : LIDS
113
Kind of drum. : SNARE
116
New. : MODERN
117
Shakespearean king. : ALONSO
118
Ditch. : TRENCH
120
Breed of cattle. : ANGUS
121
1869 heroine. : LORNA
122
Old-___. : TIMER
123
"The way of a man with ___." : AMAID
125
Goblin: Scot. : BOGLE
128
Cognomen. : NAME
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Mountain gap: Span. : ABRA
131
Ons and ___. : OFFS
133
Swiss-French author. : ANET
134
Advantage. : ODDS
136
Our: Fr. : NOS
137
Live through. : SEE
139
Augumentative ending. : OON
140
Law: Fr. : LOI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 18 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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