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New York Times, Saturday, July 19, 1958

60-Down : Greek letter.

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: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 25.8
David Steinberg notes:

Original 58-Across had comma outside end quote; put it inside. Original 29-Down was missing underscore; added it.

1
K
2
N
3
E
4
W
5
A
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M
7
B
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I
9
T
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C
11
A
12
P
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S
14
I
O
T
A
15
L
A
I
K
A
16
A
L
U
M
17
E
L
O
N
18
T
O
N
E
R
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N
I
K
E
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V
A
N
G
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U
A
R
D
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A
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L
A
S
K
A
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L
V
I
I
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T
W
O
S
T
A
R
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S
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T
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R
E
A
M
29
G
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N
T
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C
H
A
D
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T
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I
L
L
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G
A
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M
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U
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T
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O
A
F
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E
S
T
A
D
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O
S
40
A
R
A
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T
I
T
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A
N
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A
R
E
A
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I
A
G
O
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V
E
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S
L
E
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K
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A
N
S
A
S
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S
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T
51
R
E
A
K
Y
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G
R
I
D
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H
O
A
R
S
E
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P
H
I
L
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P
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I
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I
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A
R
T
E
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T
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R
E
A
D
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A
L
M
S
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K
I
E
L
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C
H
A
N
G
64
N
E
I
L
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S
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L
L
66
H
O
R
A
E
67
S
A
T
E
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,308
Across
1
Was skilled in. : KNEW
5
Circuit. : AMBIT
10
Surpasses. : CAPS
14
Jot. : IOTA
15
Sputnik passenger. : LAIKA
16
Common sulphate. : ALUM
17
College in North Carolina. : ELON
18
Harmonizer. : TONER
19
U. S. Army missile. : NIKE
20
Troops in front of army. : VANGUARD
22
Gov. Stepovich's home. : ALASKA
24
A year in Nero's reign. : LVII
25
Designating a certain newspaper edition. : TWOSTAR
26
Course. : STREAM
29
San Francisco player. : GIANT
30
Lake of Equatorial Africa. : CHAD
31
Cash box. : TILL
33
The major scale. : GAMUT
37
Dolt. : OAF
38
Oaxaca and Sonora, for instance. : ESTADOS
40
Constellation. : ARA
41
U. S. A. F. missile. : TITAN
43
Scope. : AREA
44
Shakespearean villain. : IAGO
45
Aisne River tributary. : VESLE
47
State in a "South Pacific" song. : KANSAS
49
Mottled. : STREAKY
52
Network. : GRID
53
Discordant. : HOARSE
54
Spanish king who sent Armada against England. : PHILIPII
58
"Vissi d'___," Tosca aria. : ARTE
59
Set foot. : TREAD
61
Charitable gifts. : ALMS
62
Major Baltic seaport. : KIEL
63
Chinese family name. : CHANG
64
Sec. McElroy. : NEIL
65
Part of a doorway. : SILL
66
Goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
67
Cloy. : SATE
Down
1
Ukraine metropolis. : KIEV
2
Popular accordion piece. : NOLA
3
Harrow's rival. : ETON
4
Resorted to indirect methods: Colloq. : WANGLED
5
Range found on a map of Siberia. : ALTAIMTS
6
New Zealand aborigine. : MAORI
7
Encompass. : BIND
8
D. D. E. : IKE
9
Pacific battle scene, 1943. : TARAWA
10
Card game. : CANASTA
11
Inclined to one side: Naut. : ALIST
12
Genuine, in Anglo-Indian parlance. : PUKKA
13
Bedaub. : SMEAR
21
Grape: Lat. : UVA
23
Wishes earnestly. : LONGS
25
Spanish pronunciation mark. : TILDE
26
Glaswegian. : SCOT
27
People of Asia. : THAI
28
Float. : RAFT
29
"And the rocket's red ___ ... " : GLARE
32
Enrico Fermi's native land. : ITALY
34
Bleats. : MAAS
35
Former name of Mongolian capital. : URGA
36
Town near Santa Fe. : TAOS
38
Trojan hero: Var. : ENEAS
39
The first atomic city. : OAKRIDGE
42
Gov. Harriman's middle name. : AVERELL
44
Certain Clevelanders. : INDIANS
46
Playlet. : SKETCH
48
Be indisposed. : AIL
49
Great name in literature: Abbr. : SHAKS
50
Shinto temple gateway. : TORII
51
Burrowing animal, like a badger. : RATEL
52
The newest republic. : GHANA
54
Orchard product. : PEAR
55
Entreaty. : PLEA
56
Not real: Abbr. : IMIT
57
Wight, for example. : ISLE
60
Greek letter. : RHO

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

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