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New York Times, Friday, September 30, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

In 5-Down clue, original accent over the second "e" in "Mendès" was acute instead of grave; corrected it.

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,285
Across
1
Spring time. : APRIL
6
Bird of another time. : DODO
10
Acquire. : HAVE
14
A variant of Mary. : MAURA
15
Former Met star. : ALDA
16
Big moment at the Met. : ARIA
17
City in Priam's time. : ILION
18
MM, for example. : YEAR
19
"___ Richard's Almanac." : POOR
20
Comedian and singer. : DENNISDAY
22
Substitute for a match. : SPILL
23
Be deeply moved. : YEARN
24
Event of the week. : PAYDAY
25
Ordinal suffix. : ETH
28
Relative situation of a golf ball. : LIE
29
Describing wintertime. : COLD
30
Housetop. : ROOF
32
Stop work. : CALLITADAY
37
Fevers. : AGUES
39
___ West. : MAE
40
Levantine land. : SYRIA
41
Ardent Giant fan. : LARAINEDAY
44
One of the Channel Islands. : SARK
45
Innuendo. : SLUR
46
Leaping mammal: Colloq. : ROO
48
Author's papers. : MSS
49
City in Ohio. : DAYTON
52
"The little man who ___ there." : WASNT
54
Sudden attacks. : RAIDS
55
Recent time. : YESTERDAY
59
"Picnic ___ Ahead." : AREA
60
Action. : DEED
61
Blackmore's Lorna. : DOONE
62
Herb of Homer's time. : MOLY
63
Panelist Chase. : ILKA
64
Housewife's garb. : APRON
65
Ampersands. : ANDS
66
"___-daisy!" : UPSY
67
Brings forth young, as sheep or goats. : YEANS
Down
1
Surrounded by. : AMID
2
Faint. : PALE
3
Dilapidated house. : RUIN
4
Swift's forte. : IRONY
5
Premier before Mendès-France. : LANIEL
6
Builder of castles in the air. : DAYDREAMER
7
City in N. Y. : OLEAN
8
June 6, 1944. : DDAY
9
Crewman. : OAR
10
Popular toast. : HAPPYDAYS
11
Plant of the arum family. : AROID
12
Tenor violin. : VIOLA
13
Pitcher Wynn. : EARLY
21
Mediterranean vessel. : SAIC
22
Seamen. : SALTS
24
Hawaiian food. : POI
25
Of an epoch. : ERAL
26
Garb of Cicero's time. : TOGA
27
"Their Finest ___." : HOUR
29
Easy to understand. : CLEARASDAY
31
Christmas, Easter, etc. : FEASTDAYS
33
Teen-ager. : LAD
34
60 grains. : DRAM
35
Affected manners. : AIRS
36
Long-haired animals. : YAKS
38
Barnyard towers. : SILOS
42
Sister. : NUN
43
Eddie ___ of baseball. : YOST
47
Familiar phrase in stories. : ONEDAY
49
O'Neill's forte. : DRAMA
50
Leader in Biblical days. : AARON
51
Lose the day. : YIELD
52
Secretary of Commerce. : WEEKS
53
What 4 Down is. : TROPE
55
Shrill bark. : YELP
56
Mrs. Copperfield. : DORA
57
Soon. : ANON
58
Deep longings: Colloq. : YENS
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Seaport in Portuguese India. : DIU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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