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New York Times, Thursday, October 28, 1971

53-Across : Short lyrical poem

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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M
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O
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,111
Across
1
Biblical land : MOAB
5
Enclose securely : EMBAR
10
Peaked : PALE
14
Salt tree : ATLE
15
French river : MARNE
16
Old region near Dead Sea : EDOM
17
Invent : COIN
18
Engrossed in oneself : EGOCENTRIC
20
London airport : HEATHROW
22
Rage, in Italy : FURORE
23
Welcome vehicle : WAGON
24
Home of a sort : TEPEE
25
U. S. novelist : CAPOTE
28
Relieve : SPELL
31
Black: Prefix : ATRO
32
Mine shaft : STOPE
33
My, in Naples : MIO
36
East and West, sometimes : BRIDGEPOSITIONS
40
Hockey team : SIX
41
Gay : RIANT
42
City on Honshu : NARA
43
French maidservant : BONNE
44
Creator of Peter Rabbit : POTTER
46
Pacific island group : PALAU
49
Pilot : FLIER
51
Three on ___ : AMATCH
53
Short lyrical poem : RONDELET
57
Give the go-ahead : SAYTHEWORD
59
Low sound : PURR
60
Ko-Ko's weapon : SNEE
61
Divine food : MANNA
62
___ many words : INSO
63
Mill product : YARN
64
Fur animal : OTTER
65
Intense : DEEP
Down
1
Supersonic speed word : MACH
2
Siouan : OTOE
3
Inter ___ : ALIA
4
Furniture material : BENTWOOD
5
Rise : EMERGE
6
Mr. of cartoons : MAGOO
7
Type of city dwelling : BROWNSTONEFRONT
8
Of past eras: Abbr. : ANC
9
Shorten sail : REEF
10
Sea bird : PETREL
11
___ in the bucket : ADROP
12
River of France : LOIRE
13
TV host : EMCEE
19
Fruit stone : NUTLET
21
Billycock : HAT
25
Hacks : CABS
26
Italian town : ATRI
27
___ fixe : PRIX
29
Emily or parcel : POST
30
Finial ornament : EPI
32
Wing length : SPAN
33
Castle feature : MOAT
34
Concerning : INRE
35
Glacial ridges : OSAR
37
Sulky person : GROUCH
38
German article : EIN
39
Unafraid : INTREPID
43
Grow fat : BATTEN
44
Greek odist : PINDAR
45
Ref. book : OED
46
Part of Paris : PASSY
47
Iowa community : AMANA
48
Coat of paint : LAYER
50
Actor Greene : LORNE
52
Blood: Prefix : HEMO
54
Crescent : LUNE
55
Gaelic : ERSE
56
De ___ : TROP
58
Angkor ___ : WAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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