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New York Times, Monday, March 7, 1966

47-Across : Culmination.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,050
Across
1
Youth group, British style. : MODS
5
Large size of drawing paper. : ATLAS
10
Not in harmony. : AJAR
14
Got down. : ALIT
15
Devon, for one. : SHIRE
16
Mousseline de ___. : SOIE
17
Substitutes. : MAKESHIFTS
19
Parisian miss. : MLLE
20
Always. : EVERMORE
21
Departed. : SAILED
23
Master. : LORD
24
Arthur Miller role. : WILLY
25
Something easy to give, hard to take. : ADVICE
28
Mended casks. : COOPERED
31
Trick. : PRANK
32
Admonishes. : WARNS
33
Eggs: Lat. : OVA
34
Sleigh. : PUNG
35
Puts under contract. : BINDS
36
Maturing agent. : AGER
37
Prefix with cure or center. : EPI
38
Like a fish. : FINNY
39
Broker. : AGENT
40
Indifference. : LETHARGY
42
Passes around. : SKIRTS
43
Railroad centers. : YARDS
44
Type of song. : DUET
45
Landed a fish. : GAFFED
47
Culmination. : PINNACLE
51
Scientific subject: Abbr. : ANAT
52
One way to spread the news. : OPENLETTER
54
An Adams. : EDIE
55
Adorned: Fr. : GARNI
56
Inner: Prefix. : ENTO
57
Enrich, as a roast. : LARD
58
Hard work. : SWEAT
59
Decorations. : DSOS
Down
1
Rosalind Russell role. : MAME
2
Norse name. : OLAV
3
Levee. : DIKE
4
Currency. : STERLING
5
On the beach. : ASHORE
6
Fraction. : THIRD
7
Biography. : LIFE
8
Creativeness. : ART
9
American composer. : SESSIONS
10
"Let ___ be your umbrella ... " : ASMILE
11
Teach's ensign. : JOLLYROGER
12
Wing: Fr. : AILE
13
Famed U.S. Army surgeon. : REED
18
Painter's garb. : SMOCK
22
Mountain system. : ALPS
24
Definitely not terse. : WORDY
25
New president of AMA. : APPEL
26
Apricot or cherry. : DRUPE
27
A "Novel without a Hero." : VANITYFAIR
28
Cautious. : CANNY
29
Outcome. : EVENT
30
Pub game. : DARTS
32
USAF insignia. : WINGS
35
Pointers. : BIRDDOGS
36
Flustered. : AGITATED
38
Happen. : FARE
39
Small dry fruit: Var. : AKENE
41
Fitted with a hilt. : HAFTED
42
Bright as day. : SUNLIT
44
Scot's negative. : DINNA
45
Scot. : GAEL
46
"___ right good captain too." : ANDA
47
Father of 19 Across. : PERE
48
Containers: Abbr. : CTNS
49
Mother of Artemis. : LETO
50
Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
53
Scrape with a hoof. : PAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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