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New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1961

15-Across : One of the missiles.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,361
Across
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Hunting horn. : BUGLE
6
Fractional currency. : SCRIP
11
Brightest star in Gemini. : POLLUX
12
Bordeaux wine. : CLARET
14
Old-fashioned photo. : TINTYPE
15
One of the missiles. : REGULUS
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Soldier of 1862: Colloq. : REB
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Historic city of Asia Minor. : NICAEA
20
Tall farm structure. : SILO
21
Winged figure in art. : AMOR
23
Number: Fr. : NUMERO
25
Mortarboard. : CAP
26
Waterway. : CANAL
28
Product from cassiterite. : TIN
29
Grand. : PIANO
31
Caught in a web. : ENSNARED
33
Subject for pulpit eloquence. : SINNER
34
Highway intersection. : CROSSROAD
36
Court star Gibson. : ALTHEA
39
Warlike Indians of the early West. : HOSTILES
43
East Indian violin. : SAROD
44
British colony and fortress: Abbr. : GIB
45
Headless, in heraldry. : ETETE
46
Prompter's reminder. : CUE
47
Rowboat's thole. : OARPIN
50
Old-time oath. : EGAD
51
Parisian air field. : ORLY
53
Hollywood name. : DISNEY
55
Siamang. : APE
56
Israel's largest city. : TELAVIV
58
Sign of the Atomic Age. : SHELTER
60
Measure of printed matter. : LINAGE
61
Speaks from the "soapbox." : ORATES
62
Form of trapshooting. : SKEET
63
Sister Kenny. : NURSE
Down
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Colorful candy. : BONBONS
2
In the preceding month: Abbr. : ULT
3
Author of "Three Weeks." : GLYN
4
Leblanc's sleuth. : LUPIN
5
Carries out. : EXECUTES
6
Partition, of a sort. : SCREEN
7
Weather forecast. : CLEAR
8
Duster. : RAG
9
Beggar struck by Ulysses. : IRUS
10
Bird with a large bill. : PELICAN
11
Vendor of nursery rhyme. : PIEMAN
13
New Orleans university. : TULANE
14
Copy in outline. : TRACE
16
Comalike sleep. : SOPOR
19
In a certain area, nautically speaking. : AMIDSHIPS
22
Farm of a sort. : RANCHO
24
Strong sedative. : OPIATE
27
Texas border city. : LAREDO
30
Compose. : INDITE
32
Cuban spokesman at the U. N. : ROA
33
Distress signal. : SOS
35
Famous Jack. : ROBINSON
36
English race track. : ASCOT
37
Crown of victory. : LAUREL
38
Vine-covered bower. : TRELLIS
40
Heir. : LEGATEE
41
Public storehouses, from the French. : ETAPES
42
Feast of the Passover. : SEDER
44
Green monkey. : GRIVET
48
Verona's river. : ADIGE
49
VIP in Asia. : NEHRU
52
G. I. abroad. : YANK
54
Twelvemonth. : YEAR
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___ victus (woe to the conquered): Lat. : VAE
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Army officers: Abbr. : LTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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