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New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 1961

25-Across : City in Syria.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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S
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,537
Across
1
Young oyster. : SPAT
5
Try: Colloq. : STAB
9
___ fro. : TOAND
14
Seaweed. : ALGA
15
Sussex river. : OUSE
16
Proportion. : RATIO
17
Sign of spring. : KEEPOFFTHEGRASS
20
Sink. : EBB
21
Married woman. : MATRON
22
Position of a golf ball. : LIE
23
Short jacket. : REEFER
25
City in Syria. : ALEPPO
28
Strike out. : FAN
29
Four-poster. : BED
30
German poet and novelist. : HESSE
33
___ my word. : UPON
35
Sine ___ non. : QUA
36
Name in show business. : DORSEY
37
Advanced. : MARCHED
39
Evergreen. : CONIFER
40
Daughter of Atlas. : PLEIAD
41
Wooden pin. : NOG
42
Aroused. : WOKE
43
City in Utah. : HEBER
44
Bewitch: Colloq. : HEX
45
See 39 Across. : FIR
46
Before: Poet. : ERENOW
48
Home of the brave. : WIGWAM
51
Asia Minor peak. : IDA
53
City on the Delaware. : EASTON
55
Wartime agency. : OPA
56
Certain expedients. : COUNTERMEASURES
60
Rubinstein. : ARTUR
61
Ship or mail. : SEND
62
State: Abbr. : SDAK
63
Philippine island. : LEYTE
64
Linemen. : ENDS
65
Queries. : ASKS
Down
1
Old World falcon. : SAKER
2
U. S. N. A. freshman. : PLEBE
3
Mot apropos precedence. : AGEBEFOREBEAUTY
4
On ___. : TAP
5
Until now. : SOFAR
6
Tassel. : TUFT
7
Goddess of justice. : ASTRAEA
8
Look at. : BEHOLD
9
Instruction: Abbr. : TRG
10
Sweep. : OAR
11
Speechless. : ATALOSSFORWORDS
12
Decree ___. : NISI
13
Tonic amount. : DOSE
18
Sign. : OMEN
19
Compass point. : ENE
24
More whimsical. : FANCIER
26
Sound: Prefix. : PHON
27
Peruke. : PERIWIG
29
Rose to be. : BUD
31
Ask for. : SEEK
32
Judges' circuit. : EYRE
33
Sound of doubt. : UMPH
34
Faint. : PALE
35
Useful Latin abbreviation. : QED
36
Retriever. : DOG
38
Rodent. : HARE
39
Democratic candidate, 1920. : COX
41
Reporters. : NEWSMEN
44
Raucous. : HOARSE
45
Airfoils. : FINS
47
Born. : NEE
48
Blue dye plants. : WOADS
49
Almost vertical: Naut. : APEAK
50
Disguises. : MASKS
51
Compound suffix. : ICAL
52
French artist. : DORE
54
Watch over. : TEND
57
Kernel. : NUT
58
Three: It. : TRE
59
America. : USA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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