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New York Times, Monday, November 17, 1958

42-Across : Given.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

In 21-Across, STAR is clued as "Venus or Vega." Venus is a planet, not a star.

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,429
Across
1
Gaiters. : SPATS
6
Intimate friend: Colloq. : CHUM
10
Home plate, for one. : BASE
14
Western-type heroes. : HEMEN
15
Where Georgian Bay is. : LAKEHURON
17
Sport scene. : ARENA
18
Stage attractions. : OPERETTAS
19
Hayfield heaps. : WINDROWS
21
Venus or Vega. : STAR
22
Sea bird. : ERN
23
Tiny arachnid. : MITE
25
Desire earnestly (with "to"). : ASPIRE
29
Set back. : RECESSED
33
Natives of Smyrna. : TURKS
34
Office worker. : FILER
35
Winglike structure. : ALA
36
Banyan or baobab. : TREE
37
Sects. : CULTS
38
Contemporary novelist. : WOUK
39
Iron ___. : AGE
40
Stratagems. : RUSES
41
Actor from Nebraska. : FONDA
42
Given. : RENDERED
44
Furniture factory material. : VENEER
45
Existence: Lat. : ESSE
46
___ Juana. : TIA
47
Italian wine center. : ASTI
49
Flying ___. : FORTRESS
54
Western scenic feature. : PIKESPEAK
57
Western range. : UINTA
58
Recent Broadway drama. : ANASTASIA
59
Acetate fabric. : RAYON
60
Fictional lawyer. : TUTT
61
Australian parrot. : LORY
62
Abscond. : ELOPE
Down
1
Literary giant. : SHAW
2
Persian sprite. : PERI
3
Word of approval. : AMEN
4
Minister to. : TEND
5
Trappers. : SNARERS
6
Gobbo, for one. : CLOWN
7
Occurs by chance: Poet. : HAPS
8
Strummer's instrument. : UKE
9
Sea: Fr. : MER
10
Western heights. : BUTTES
11
Ionian Sea gulf. : ARTA
12
Synonym for 25 Across. : SOAR
13
Letters. : ENS
16
Hawthorne heroine. : HESTER
20
Bauxite. : ORE
23
Disappears gradually. : MELTS
24
Desserts. : ICES
25
Perfume. : ATTAR
26
Billow. : SURGE
27
Dress (oneself) fussily. : PREEN
28
Presidential nickname. : IKE
29
Annoyed: Colloq. : RILED
30
River through Burgundy. : SAONE
31
Avoid by cunning. : ELUDE
32
Senegal city. : DAKAR
34
Signal flare. : FUSEE
37
Canines. : CURS
38
Attained. : WON
40
Withstand. : RESIST
41
Full-length movie. : FEATURE
43
Abhor. : DETEST
44
Caesar was one. : VIR
46
Sweet wine. : TOKAY
47
Japanese primitive. : AINU
48
Card game. : SKAT
49
Weather prediction. : FAIR
50
Coin of Iran. : RIAL
51
Greek goddess of war. : ENYO
52
What "avast" means. : STOP
53
Reasonable. : SANE
54
Timely. : PAT
55
See 6 Across. : PAL
56
Within: Comb. form. : ESO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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