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New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 1965

58-Across : "To be or not to be," for example.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,946
Across
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Lost one's temper: Colloq. : BLEWUP
7
Arrived: Slang. : BLEWIN
13
Weather conditions. : CLIMATE
14
Rosie, for one. : RIVETER
16
Hero of a Farrell trilogy. : LONIGAN
17
Mean. : AVERAGE
18
Pitcher. : EWER
19
Depend (on). : HINGE
21
Girl's name. : ELLA
22
___ yong, Chinese dish. : FOO
23
Useful boat. : TUG
24
Comparative ending. : IER
25
Large containers. : TUNS
27
Thick. : DENSE
29
Boots for lumbermen. : PACS
30
Certain members of the family. : STEPSONS
32
Fish. : GRUNT
34
Chloe or Polly. : AUNT
35
Bread, in Berlin. : BROT
36
Site of a European spa. : BADEN
38
Ceased to be talked about. : BLEWOVER
42
His ___, oldtime VIP. : NIBS
43
Portion out. : ALLOT
45
Nine, in Genoa. : NOVE
46
River into the Volga. : OKA
47
Moo. : LOW
48
Tennis term. : LET
49
Deck post for nautical ropes. : BITT
51
Carpenter's machine. : LATHE
53
Angler's concern. : LURE
54
Meantime. : INTERIM
56
Indeclinable nouns. : APTOTES
58
"To be or not to be," for example. : DILEMMA
59
Adjective for one end of the spectrum. : REDDEST
60
Feels intuitively. : SENSES
61
Stop. : DESIST
Down
1
Extinguish. : BLOWOUT
2
Start of a typewritten page. : LINEONE
3
Eastern title. : EMIR
4
Funny fellow. : WAG
5
State. : UTAH
6
Contrite. : PENITENT
7
Father and son Nobelists in Physics, 1915. : BRAGGS
8
Not recorded or filmed. : LIVE
9
On the ___ of (on the brink of) : EVE
10
Used to be. : WERE
11
Nationality. : ITALIAN
12
Disregard. : NEGLECT
13
Crevices. : CLEFTS
15
Brings up. : REARS
20
Cloistered ones. : NUNS
26
Miner's nails. : SPADS
27
Feminine title. : DONNA
28
Plumed bird. : EGRET
29
Stage (a play). : PUTON
31
Petition. : SUE
33
Go boating. : ROW
35
Braggart: Slang. : BLOWHARD
36
Beach garb. : BIKINIS
37
What Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have. : ABATTLE
38
Unsightly thing. : BLOT
39
Spiral conformations. : VOLUTES
40
Challenge to climbers. : EVEREST
41
Do a chemist's job. : RETEST
42
Bridge term. : NOBID
44
Beasts of burden. : LLAMAS
50
Suffix on numbers. : TEEN
51
Fruit tree. : LIME
52
Fencing weapon. : EPEE
53
Lombardy city. : LODI
55
Abbreviation seen in the ads. : RMS
57
Scores in a game. : TDS

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

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