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New York Times, Thursday, November 26, 1959

58-Across : Mountain: Comb. form.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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C
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,786
Across
1
Dessert. : CAKE
5
Bobwhite. : COLIN
10
Out of harmony. : AJAR
14
Old Greek coin. : OBOL
15
Musical study. : ETUDE
16
Specially prepared. : MADE
17
Dance circa 1910. : TURKEYTROT
19
South American country: Abbr. : ECUA
20
Economic agency, 1950-53. : ESA
21
Nautical direction. : ALEE
22
Stroller. : WALKER
24
Byrd or Bartlett. : SENATOR
26
Theme. : MOTIF
27
Hour. : TEN
28
Plastered. : MORTARED
31
Protective covering. : ARMOR
34
Play ___. : HOOKY
35
Pray: Lat. : ORA
36
The sea: Poet. : FOAM
37
Outer garments. : GOWNS
38
Attention-getting sound. : PSST
39
Rob ___, Scottish outlaw. : ROY
40
Children. : BABES
41
"Cosi Fan ___." : TUTTE
42
Below standard. : OFFCOLOR
44
Offspring. : SON
45
Droops. : LOLLS
46
___ cousins. : KISSING
50
Quick: Span. : PRONTO
52
Condiment. : SALT
53
Impair. : MAR
54
De ___, in "Green Pastures." : LAWD
55
Dessert. : PUMPKINPIE
58
Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
59
Slip away. : ELOPE
60
Field of granular snow. : NEVE
61
Baron De La ___, colonial governor of Virginia. : WARR
62
Cordelia's sister. : REGAN
63
Singer bird. : WREN
Down
1
Birds' homes. : COTES
2
Mistreatment. : ABUSE
3
Sacred book. : KORAN
4
Wapiti. : ELK
5
Where Colombo is. : CEYLON
6
Fur-bearing mammal. : OTTER
7
Attraction. : LURE
8
Witnesses' words. : IDO
9
Systems of interlacing channels. : NETWORKS
10
Model wife in Fielding novel. : AMELIA
11
Cold weather, in person. : JACKFROST
12
Together: Mus. : ADUE
13
Rise high. : REAR
18
Jack Sprat, for instance. : EATER
23
Man of Law: Abbr. : ATTY
25
Particle. : ATOM
26
Heavenly bodies. : MOONS
28
Gardener's machine. : MOWER
29
Formerly: Archaic. : ERST
30
1620, for example. : DATE
31
Combining form for a continent. : AFRO
32
Summit. : ROOF
33
Trailing arbutus. : MAYFLOWER
34
Travelers of a sort. : HOBOS
37
Fast steed. : GALLOPER
38
Quips of a sort. : PUNS
40
Dart. : BOLT
41
Composer Francesco Paolo ___. : TOSTI
43
Large bird of the Andes. : CONDOR
44
Luxurious. : SILKEN
46
Greek letter. : KAPPA
47
Grammatical mood: Abbr. : IMPER
48
Simple. : NAIVE
49
Snowless. : GREEN
50
Till. : PLOW
51
___ avis. : RARA
52
Atmospheric problem. : SMOG
56
Noun suffix. : ULE
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Compass point. : NNW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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