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New York Times, Friday, March 3, 1972

38-Across : Illusive

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,238
Across
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Vex : MIFF
5
Town crier's word : ALLS
9
Row of cut grass : SWATH
14
Willow genus : ITEA
15
Salad-green plant : BEET
16
Reporter's question : WHERE
17
Grape residue : MARC
18
"___ boy!" : ATTA
19
Mountain nest : AERIE
20
Bantu tribesmen : ILAS
21
Timber tree : BUTTONWOOD
23
Infant ailment : COLIC
25
Mideast ruler : SHEIK
26
Swab : MOP
28
Pass-catcher : END
29
Each: Sp. : CADA
33
Metric unit of volume: Fr. : DECILITRE
37
Greek-column order : IONIC
38
Illusive : WILLOTHEWISPISH
40
More exact : TRUER
41
Become like last year's auto : OBSOLESCE
42
Envisions : SEES
43
Relative of Sra. : MME
44
Cairo initials : UAR
45
Down-under marsupial : KOALA
47
Muse of memory : MNEME
51
Occasional kitchen shelf : WINDOWSILL
56
Mideast nation : IRAN
57
Become frosty : ICEUP
58
Snow house: Var. : IGLU
59
Chanel : COCO
60
Garner's middle name : NANCE
61
U.S. missile : THOR
62
Land holding in old England : UDAL
63
Streamlined : SLEEK
64
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
65
Saves nine : SEWS
Down
1
Marceau, e.g. : MIMIC
2
Flier Balbo : ITALO
3
Savage : FERAL
4
Copies : FACSIMILES
5
Rhyme scheme : ABAB
6
"___ be gay" : LETUS
7
Famous first words : LETTHEREBELIGHT
8
Part of the 11 P.M. telecast : STATENEWS
9
Elegance : SWANK
10
Expression of relief : WHEW
11
Prefix with sol or space : AERO
12
The butcher, etc. : TRIO
13
Obey : HEED
22
Resembling: Suffix : OID
24
Artist's concern : COLOR
27
Place to buy wheat : PIT
29
Astronomy's father : COPERNICUS
30
Cuckoos : ANIS
31
Kind of jockey : DISC
32
Yearn : ACHE
33
Tanker weights: Abbr. : DWTS
34
Land of De Valera : EIRE
35
Detective's tool : CLUE
36
Christadelphian : THOMASITE
37
Eastern faith : ISLAM
39
Chit : IOU
43
Cut grass : MOW
45
Ruble component : KOPEK
46
Apportion : ALLOT
48
Destroy slowly : ERODE
49
Parrot : MACAW
50
Organic compounds : ENOLS
51
Succeeds : WINS
52
Adjective suffix : ICAL
53
Hawaiian goose : NENE
54
Führer's ally : DUCE
55
Enticement : LURE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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