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New York Times, Tuesday, May 16, 1961

9-Across : More secure.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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J
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E
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H
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U
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B
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A
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L
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T
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S
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A
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F
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E
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R
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A
V
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U
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A
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L
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P
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P
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D
R
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M
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V
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X
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N
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E
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A
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L
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T
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C
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S
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R
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A
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B
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A
H
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A
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U
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E
C
O
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E
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F
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A
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T
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C
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T
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T
H
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R
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K
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S
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S
C
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O
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R
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T
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E
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B
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B
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E
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O
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R
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B
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Y
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E
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H
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C
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E
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W
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D
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N
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G
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S
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T
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W
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D
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N
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K
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,323
Across
1
Fast driver. : JEHU
5
Vilna dweller. : BALT
9
More secure. : SAFER
14
Bath's river. : AVON
15
Part of the eye. : UVEA
16
Infirm. : ANILE
17
Reverie of a sort. : PIPEDREAM
19
Reynard's mate. : VIXEN
20
Before noon. : ELEVEN
21
According to. : ALA
23
Banking abbreviation. : INT
24
Time period: Abbr. : CEN
25
Orchestral compositions having several movements. : SERENATAS
28
German highway. : BAHN
30
Large body of water: Abbr. : ATL
31
Tabard ___. : INN
32
Diminutive ending. : ULE
33
French institution. : ECOLE
35
___ as butter. : ASFAT
39
Edifices on cloud nine. : CASTLESINTHEAIR
42
Members of the hawk family. : KITES
43
Blemishes. : SCARS
44
Wife of Athamas. : INO
45
Not active: Abbr. : RET
47
Period. : ERA
48
Wine designation, dry. : BRUT
49
"Nothing so bad but it might have ___." : BEENWORSE
53
Herb seasoning. : BAY
54
Pest in the Great Lakes. : EEL
55
Tool for mixing mortar. : HOE
56
Bird of the Everglades. : CURLEW
59
Take for ___. : ARIDE
61
A far cry from 17 Across. : NIGHTMARE
64
Machine for surfacing timbers. : SIZER
65
Familiar pen name. : ELIA
66
"Yo-ho-ho, ___ bottle of rum!" : ANDA
67
Twit. : TEASE
68
Meander. : WEND
69
Where Bismarck is: Abbr. : NDAK
Down
1
Make fun of. : JAPE
2
Wrong. : EVIL
3
Symbol of a maiden's dream. : HOPECHEST
4
Lopsided. : UNEVEN
5
Singe. : BURN
6
Hail! : AVE
7
Grazing land. : LEA
8
David's daughter. : TAMAR
9
Treeless plains. : SAVANNAHS
10
Raven-colored bird. : ANI
11
Little Miss ___. : FIXIT
12
Former queen of Italy. : ELENA
13
Certain income. : RENTS
18
Home of a sort. : DEN
22
Wreath. : LEI
25
Side of a hill, in geology. : STOSS
26
South Pacific islands. : ELLICES
27
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
28
Dog hero of "Call of the Wild." : BUCK
29
Mountain range in Kirghiz. : ALAI
30
Top. : ACE
33
What "alibi" means. : ELSEWHERE
34
Lake SW of Petsamo. : ENARE
36
Children's paradise. : FAIRYLAND
37
Primitive Oriental. : AINU
38
Amble along. : TROT
40
Sea bird. : TERN
41
Musical syllable. : TRA
46
In addition. : TOO
48
Pub employe. : BARMAN
49
Barn occupant. : BEAST
50
Uncanny. : EERIE
51
Shaw character. : ELIZA
52
Start again. : RENEW
53
Conjunction. : BUT
56
African lake. : CHAD
57
Earth goddess in opera. : ERDA
58
Frail. : WEAK
60
From the: Fr. : DES
62
___ de la Cité. : ILE
63
Card game, for short. : GIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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