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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
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 Times No. 4,349
Across
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First with the "new look." :
DIOR 17
"New Moon," for one. :
SHOW 21
22
Province in Manchuria. :
LIAOSI 23
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25
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29
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
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46
Egyptian king, 1922–36. :
FUAD 47
Half gainer, for one. :
DIVE 48
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51
New England's pride. :
ELMS 52
Relative of a thingumajig. :
DINGBAT 55
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59
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65
Hero of 1865 juvenile. :
HANS 66
67
Prince who became Henry V. :
HAL 68
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Eagle-borne hero of Babylonian myth. :
ETANA 73
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
83
Battleground of 1346. :
CRECY 84
First-rate, new style. :
SUPER 85
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Old Italian playing card. :
TAROT 90
Theological degree. :
THD 92
River of the Old World. :
NILE 93
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Old sign-off, "Yr. obdt. ___." :
SERV 98
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"Old Wives' Tale" author. :
BENNETT 103
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Right, in jive talk. :
REET 116
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Faithful wife, in Tennyson poem. :
ENID 129
Western ___, mandate of New Zealand. :
SAMOA 131
Mountain: Comb. form. :
OREO 132
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Nothing more than. :
MERE 143
"The ___ Silas Lapham." :
RISEOF 144
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Relative of "hijacks." :
HEISTS
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Robbed, old style. :
REFT 2
___ vital (vital impulse). :
ELAN 3
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Addison's signature in the Spectator. :
CLIO 8
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Ditchdigger, for one. :
TOILER 11
River into the Missouri. :
OSAGE 12
"___ of he Ancient Mariner." :
RIME 13
Bar-le-___ (currant jam). :
DUC 14
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All, in stage directions. :
OMNES 16
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Inhabitant of old Italy. :
OSCAN 20
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Women in the British navy. :
WRENS 28
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Old Bay State: Abbr. :
MASS 41
Certain statistics: Abbr. :
AVGS 42
Plant of goosefoot family. :
ORACH 43
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Reveille drum rolls. :
DIANS 53
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Another "Old Maid" author. :
WHARTON 62
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Vinegar: Comb. form. :
ACET 74
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Like certain stables. :
AUGEAN 80
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Diminutive suffixes. :
CULES 84
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Tudor and Stuart. :
MARYS 87
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Feminine diminutives. :
ETTES 95
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What "the old woman" lived under. :
HILL 100
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"The way of a man with ___." :
AMAID 125
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Mountain gap: Span. :
ABRA 131
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Swiss-French author. :
ANET 134
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Augumentative ending. :
OON 140
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle , 14 debuted here and reused later , 19 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
Analyzing...
Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 2 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 6 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 14 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 79 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
Note: average values here are based on Shortz Era stats. Pre-Shortz puzzles didn't vary consistently by day of week.
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Scrabble Score: 1
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