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New York Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1962

41-Across : Inside info.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 45-Across in PDF was "Philas Fogg, for one." Changed "Philas" to "Phileas."

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B
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M
E
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F
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,583
Across
1
Cooper's product: Abbr. : BBLS
5
About: Lat. abbr. : CIRC
9
Horns of the new moon. : CUSPS
14
Bring up. : REAR
15
Eurasian range. : URAL
16
Ready for use. : ONTAP
17
Retinue. : ENTOURAGE
19
Demon of Hindu myth. : ASURA
20
Month: Abbr. : DEC
21
Teen-ager. : LAD
22
Cheese dish. : RAREBIT
24
Olympics contestant. : ATHLETE
26
Goods: Abbr. : MDSE
27
I love: Lat. : AMO
28
Cough drops. : LOZENGES
32
Serenade accompaniment. : GUITAR
35
Unique thing: Colloq. : ONER
36
Stepson of Thor. : ULL
37
Narrow strip of land: Abbr. : ISTH
38
Insect. : ANT
39
Feminine title. : DAME
40
Retainer. : FEE
41
Inside info. : DOPE
43
Inept. : CLUMSY
45
Phileas Fogg, for one. : TRAVELER
47
Arctic bird. : AUK
48
Remote. : AFAR
49
General pardon. : AMNESTY
53
Ruler in Teheran. : PAHLEVI
56
Important. : BIG
57
Likewise. : TOO
58
Derived from oil. : OLEIC
59
Conversation. : TABLETALK
62
Minimum. : LEAST
63
Public hero. : IDOL
64
Hebrides isle. : SKYE
65
A suitor of Lydia Languish. : ACRES
66
The inevitable. : FATE
67
Say. : TELL
Down
1
Netherlands city. : BREDA
2
Poet of Civil War narrative. : BENET
3
Gate fastening. : LATCH
4
Broadway sign. : SRO
5
Museum director. : CURATOR
6
Sultan's edict. : IRADE
7
Kind of paper. : RAG
8
Fulton's steamboat. : CLERMONT
9
Of rougher texture. : COARSER
10
Hidden. : UNSEEN
11
Cigar end. : STUB
12
Equal: Prefix. : PARI
13
Quarrel. : SPAT
18
Body of Moslem scholars. : ULEMA
23
Axlike tool. : ADZE
25
Plaster base. : LATH
28
Very independent one. : LONER
29
American base in the Pacific. : GUAM
30
New Haven's forte. : ELMS
31
Weaver's reed. : SLEY
32
Talent. : GIFT
33
Consumer. : USER
34
Willow genus. : ITEA
38
Preprandial drink. : APERITIF
39
Noble. : DUKE
41
Forsakes a cause or party. : DEFECTS
42
Haakon's successor. : OLAV
43
Garbo role. : CAMILLE
44
Thrust in fencing. : LUNGE
46
Piece of luggage. : VALISE
49
Father Superior. : ABBOT
50
Gamble. : STAKE
51
Chemical from coal tar. : TOLYL
52
Rustic. : YOKEL
53
Yugoslav port. : POLA
54
Actor Guinness. : ALEC
55
Learn. : HEAR
60
Oklahoma city. : ADA
61
Sibilant sound. : TST

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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