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New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 1957

60-Across : Old as the hills.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,077
Across
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House of refuge of a religious order. : HOSPICE
8
Bidder. : OFFERER
15
Visual. : OPTICAL
16
Provincial governor, in Slavic countries. : VOIVODE
17
Glancing quickly. : PEEKING
18
Stephen, in Spain. : ESTEBAN
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Useful Latin phrase. : INRE
20
Rows. : TIERS
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Captain under the sea. : NEMO
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Nonsense. : MOONSHINE
26
Not yet a citizen. : ALIEN
29
Charm. : TALISMAN
33
Family of the Keystone State. : PENNS
34
Nonfiction. : TRUESTORY
35
Eroded. : ATE
36
Announces. : HERALDS
38
Cymbals, in India. : TAL
39
Shoes of a certain leather. : CORDOVANS
41
January: Span. : ENERO
43
Starting upon. : ENTERING
44
Lloyd of stage and screen. : NOLAN
45
Idiotic. : SENSELESS
48
Upon. : ATOP
51
Fragrant wood. : CEDAR
52
Ambush. : TRAP
56
Relative of 45 Across. : MORONIC
58
In proportion. : PRORATA
60
Old as the hills. : ANCIENT
61
More compact. : SOLIDER
62
Ability to walk the deck. : SEALEGS
63
Where the Boyne flows. : IRELAND
Down
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Shoshone. : HOPI
2
Frank. : OPEN
3
Made of silver: Abbr. : STER
4
Old type of soldiers. : PIKEMEN
5
Here: Fr. : ICI
6
Part of a long poem. : CANTO
7
Marble works from the Parthenon. : ELGIN
8
Fixes from top to bottom. : OVERHAULS
9
Turned into an archaeological remnant. : FOSSILED
10
Healthy. : FIT
11
Most level. : EVENEST
12
Cloak. : ROBE
13
Cheese city. : EDAM
14
Nevada city. : RENO
21
Friends no more. : ESTRANGED
24
Landward. : ONSHORE
25
Quonsets in England. : NISSENS
26
Without delay. : APACE
27
Reveal. : LETON
28
Moveless. : INERT
30
Modern stopover. : MOTEL
31
Macaw. : ARARA
32
Material from coal, water and air. : NYLON
34
Cuts across. : TRANSECTS
37
Displaying. : EVINCING
40
Pillage. : DESPOIL
42
Breathing opening. : NOSTRIL
46
Mistakes: Lat. : LAPSI
47
Lapse. : ERROR
48
Wine vessels. : AMAS
49
Distinctive style. : TONE
50
Killer whale. : ORCA
53
Ukrainian country. : RADA
54
Egyptian symbol. : ATEN
55
Western pal. : PARD
57
Born: Fr. : NEE
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Norse name. : OLE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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