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New York Times, Friday, September 25, 1959

25-Across : Laughing.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,724
Across
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Well-known name in socialism. : THOMAS
7
Well-known name in City Hall. : WAGNER
13
Public esteem. : REPUTE
14
Member of Truman Cabinet. : ACHESON
16
Where Astoria is. : OREGON
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Native of Kirkoswald. : SCOTSMAN
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Electrified particle. : ION
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Maintain. : POSSESS
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Corroded. : ATE
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German port on the Baltic. : KIEL
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Comfortable. : SNUG
27
Pungent. : ACRID
29
Musical abbreviation. : RIT
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Four: Comb. form. : TETRA
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Bakery product. : BAGEL
33
Rope. : LARIAT
34
Refugee from Red Chinese communism. : TIBETAN
37
Canvas boat. : CORACLE
38
Old-time love knot. : AMORET
39
Modern type of jazz. : BEBOP
40
Tropical fruits: Span. : PINAS
41
Rialto sign. : SRO
42
Cultivation of the soil: Poet. : TILTH
46
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
47
Quartets. : FOURS
49
Where Karl Marx lived in London. : SOHO
50
Historic fliers. : RAF
51
Opera role. : DELILAH
53
Son (of), in Hebrew names. : BEN
54
Incentive. : STIMULUS
56
Opera role. : FIGARO
58
Mineral of the amphibole group. : EDENITE
59
Literary mentor. : EDITOR
60
End of a pencil. : ERASER
61
Takes up again. : RENEWS
Down
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Khrushchev's gift vehicle. : TROIKA
2
Illustrious. : HEROIC
3
Kitchen gadget. : OPENER
4
Drinking vessel. : MUG
5
Over. : ATOP
6
Hidalgo's title. : SENOR
7
Beverage for old-time festivity. : WASSAIL
8
Speech inflection. : ACCENT
9
Type of writer. : GHOST
10
Gains. : NETS
11
Letter. : ESS
12
Starry-eyed. : ROMANTIC
15
Unadulterated. : NATURAL
18
Deny. : NEGATE
21
Factory whistle. : SIREN
24
Bounteous. : LIBERAL
26
Egyptian god of lower world. : SERAPIS
28
Palm fruits. : DATES
30
Old-time playing card. : TAROT
32
Narrow ship channel. : GAT
33
Underhand throw, in cricket. : LOB
34
Candles. : TAPERS
35
Mime. : IMITATE
36
In good faith. : BONAFIDE
37
Freeman of the lowest class in early England. : CEORL
39
Professional boxer. : BRUISER
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Substance dissolved in a mixture. : SOLUTE
43
Having rounded protuberances, as leaves. : LOBATE
44
Bridle path in London's Hyde Park: 2 wds. : THEROW
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Respects. : HONORS
47
Genus of the cat. : FELIS
48
More secure. : SAFER
51
The Danube, in Hungary. : DUNA
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Conceal. : HIDE
55
Sea: Fr. : MER
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Card game. : GIN

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

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