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New York Times, Wednesday, November 22, 1961

35-Across : Yuletide word.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,513
Across
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Begone! : AWAY
5
Two-faced god. : JANUS
10
Panorama. : VIEW
14
Forbidden. : TABU
15
La Scala production. : OPERA
16
Biblical king. : OMRI
17
Spruce. : TRIG
18
Turn, as a barrel. : UPEND
19
Philippine tree. : IPIL
20
Politically independent. : UNBOSSED
22
Extract the flavor of by boiling. : DECOCT
24
Rama's spouse. : SITA
25
Boring tool. : AUGER
26
Barker's confederate: Slang. : SHILL
29
Academy award winner. : LANCASTER
33
Mental condition. : MORALE
35
Yuletide word. : NOEL
36
Hoosier author. : ADE
37
Tel ___. : AVIV
38
Tea cake. : SCONE
40
Comfortable. : SNUG
41
"Neither ___ nor dead." : RED
42
Be scattered over. : STUD
43
Wall plaster. : STUCCO
45
Monographs. : TREATISES
48
Winter precipitation. : SLEET
49
Rogue. : SCAMP
50
Free from grief. : HEAL
52
Gap. : LACUNA
54
Very bad: Colloq. : TERRIBLE
58
Concept. : IDEA
59
Obscure. : BLEAR
61
Stratum. : VEIN
62
Tante. : AUNT
63
Permission. : LEAVE
64
Ancient Egyptian god. : AMON
65
Nerve network. : RETE
66
Comforted. : EASED
67
Zola title. : NANA
Down
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Aleutian island. : ATTU
2
Admonish. : WARN
3
Hebrew month, Nisan. : ABIB
4
Tito, for one. : YUGOSLAV
5
Tilt. : JOUST
6
Attraction. : APPEAL
7
Requirement. : NEED
8
Jardiniere. : URN
9
Jewish sect members. : SADDUCEES
10
Choir components. : VOICES
11
Consequence. : IMPORTANCE
12
Norse name. : ERIC
13
Droop. : WILT
21
Door piece. : SILL
23
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
25
Forthwith. : ANON
26
Capable. : SMART
27
Linger about. : HOVER
28
Displaying rainbowlike colors. : IRIDESCENT
30
Part of a battery. : ANODE
31
Draw forth. : EDUCE
32
Acquired again. : REGOT
34
Worthy of respect. : ESTIMABLE
39
Crescent point. : CUSP
40
Savoyard's favorite composer. : SULLIVAN
42
Hero of "Streetcar." : STAN
44
Monarch. : TSAR
46
Having a sharp point. : ACUATE
47
Gather into a bundle, as grain. : SHEAVE
51
Miscalculated. : ERRED
52
Two-faced one. : LIAR
53
Together: Mus. : ADUE
54
Social affairs. : TEAS
55
Speaker's platform in anc. Greece. : BEMA
56
Androcles' playmate. : LION
57
Sicilian city. : ENNA
60
Grassland. : LEA

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

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