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New York Times, Thursday, April 20, 1961

25-Across : Japanese coins.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { B F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,297
Across
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Humble abode. : SHACK
6
Swaying motion. : ROLL
10
Embankment. : DIKE
14
Table beverage. : COCOA
15
Wheeling's waterfront. : OHIORIVER
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Plant of the lily family. : ONION
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Citizens of Billings. : MONTANANS
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Mated. : WED
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Belgian city. : SPA
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Popular punster-comedian. : DURANTE
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Châlons' river. : MARNE
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Japanese coins. : SEN
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Certain language specialists. : LATINISTS
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Insignia. : STARS
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"O, for ___ with wings!" : AHORSE
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Direction. : EAST
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Modern Pooh-Bah. : VIP
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Peel. : PARE
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Lively, noisy frolic. : SPREE
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Russian river. : NEVA
42
Perch. : SIT
43
Astound. : STUN
44
More fruitless. : VAINER
46
Put together. : ERECT
48
Mongol conqueror. : TAMERLANE
50
Household god. : LAR
52
Peter of Hollywood. : LORRE
53
Israelite tribesmen. : DANITES
57
___ culpa (my fault): Lat. : MEA
58
Thus. : SIC
61
Contemporary times. : ATOMICAGE
63
Crude fellow. : YAHOO
65
Nero Wolfe's forte. : DETECTION
66
African animal. : ELAND
67
Certain persons. : ONES
68
Negative verbal contraction. : ISNT
69
American library pioneer. : DEWEY
Down
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Freight boat. : SCOW
2
Sharpen. : HONE
3
Sharp. : ACID
4
Bird call. : COO
5
Midwesterners. : KANSANS
6
New Testament book. : ROMANS
7
Exclamation. : OHO
8
Swedish "songbird." : LIND
9
Emblem of Egypt. : LOTUS
10
Town on the Meuse. : DINANT
11
Feodor's father. : IVAN
12
Where Canterbury is. : KENT
13
Gaelic. : ERSE
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Most excellent. : RAREST
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Father. : PRIEST
23
Slush. : MIRE
24
Unchangeable. : ETERNAL
26
Slight error. : LAPSE
27
Not turn ___ (stay calm and unruffled). : AHAIR
28
Fancy German cake. : TORTE
29
Engineers' group: Abbr. : SAE
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Genus of oats. : AVENA
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Split apart. : RIVEN
33
Bowling score. : SPARE
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Extremely plain in style. : SEVERE
40
Place. : PUT
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Where 9 Down grows. : NILE
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Inactive. : STATIC
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Placed in order. : ARRAYED
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Regions: Poet. : CLIMES
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Importance. : MOMENT
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Straight: Comb. form. : RECTI
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Wall part. : DADO
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Egyptian solar disk. : ATEN
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Communication. : NOTE
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Je ne ___ quoi. : SAIS
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Name adopted by T. E. Lawrence. : SHAW
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Girl's name. : IONE
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Buffalo Bill's name. : CODY
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Combining form used with tetra, penta, etc. : GON
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Pub order. : ALE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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