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New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 1951

59-Across : Siberian river to the Arctic.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 32.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 50-Across clue had "Leopoldsvill."; changed it to "Leopoldville."

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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 765
Across
1
Buyers' bonanza of June. : PRICEWAR
9
It's wonderful. : PEACE
14
Unnatural death. : HOMICIDE
15
Covered passageway. : ARCADE
17
Takes in custody. : IMPOUNDS
18
Rung on a rope ladder. : RATLIN
19
Reclined. : LAIN
20
___ and dagger. : CLOAK
22
Currently these are mostly veiling. : HATS
23
Tavern. : INN
24
The Navy mourns him. : SHERMAN
26
5-centime piece. : SOU
27
Junior bank. : PIGGY
29
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
30
Artist's yellow. : OCHRE
32
Songs of joy. : PAEANS
34
Sawlike part. : SERRA
36
Place in authority. : INSTATE
38
Rootlet. : RADICEL
42
Queen Narriman's land. : EGYPT
44
Albanian capital: Native spelling. : TIRANE
45
Ezio Pinza. : BASSO
48
Carrier for bricks or mortar. : HOD
50
Leopoldville river. : CONGO
51
Deadly routine. : RUT
52
Farmers. : GROWERS
55
Peke's bite. : NIP
56
Soaking. : ASOP
58
Make blank. : ERASE
59
Siberian river to the Arctic. : LENA
60
Talking pigeons. : STOOLS
62
Contestant in 1 Across. : RETAILER
64
A ring for sealing wax. : SIGNET
65
Babbled senselessly. : DRIVELED
66
Shortages. : NEEDS
67
Helmsmen. : STEERERS
Down
1
Where St. Paul founded a church. : PHILIPPI
2
Citizen in Mme. Pauker's land. : ROMANIAN
3
Encroaches. : IMPINGES
4
A budded shoot. : CION
5
Small shield. : ECU
6
Windlass. : WINCH
7
Makes confused. : ADDLES
8
Vacation spots. : RESORTS
9
Alaskan winter wear. : PARKA
10
Age. : ERA
11
New drug for arthritis. : ACTH
12
Two-wheeled carriage with convertible top. : CALASH
13
Manuscript buyer. : EDITOR
16
Follow. : ENSUE
21
Title for Afghan sovereign. : AMEER
24
House of worship. : SYNAGOG
25
Blonds from way back. : NORDICS
28
Revolutionary general, to whom Burgoyne surrendered, 1777. : GATES
31
Where Shepheard's Hotel is. : CAIRO
33
Place for 27 Across. : STY
35
Betrayer. : RAT
37
Magistrate in ancient Greece. : EPHOR
39
Fabric woven like bamboo stalks. : CANNELLE
40
Herbert Hoover's original calling. : ENGINEER
41
Spotted cats. : LEOPARDS
43
To. : TOWARDS
45
Army bigwigs. : BRASS
46
U. S. U. N. man. : AUSTIN
47
Henchman: Colloq. : STOOGE
49
The Mojave, for instance. : DESERT
53
Pauses to refresh. : RESTS
54
Knot again. : RETIE
57
Southern cornbread. : PONE
59
One who waits in concealment. : LIER
61
Showed the way. : LED
63
Roman greeting. : AVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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