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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 1956

59-Across : Self-centered one.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

No underscore in original 9-Down clue after "Cyrano de"; added one.

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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,562
Across
1
Eternity. : TIME
5
Metric weight. : GRAM
9
Type of airship. : BLIMP
14
Seaweed substance. : AGAR
15
Wait: Archaic. : BIDE
16
Kind of duck. : EIDER
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Former Secretary of the Navy. : FORRESTAL
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Queen: Fr. : REINE
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Singing groups. : TRIOS
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Vague. : AMBIGUOUS
23
Swedish title. : GRAF
25
Umpire's signal. : SAFE
26
Important papers. : MSS
27
"My Fair Lady" sign. : SRO
29
Heavenly Bear. : URSA
31
Oriental title. : SRI
33
Tiller. : HELM
35
One: Ger. : EINS
37
Words of wisdom. : ADAGE
41
Tomorrow. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
44
A puzzle. : POSER
45
Town near Padua. : ESTE
46
Assert. : AVER
47
Boxer. : DOG
49
Sentry's command. : HALT
51
Beverage. : ALE
52
Help! : SOS
55
Be apathetic. : MOPE
57
Forsaken. : LORN
59
Self-centered one. : INTROVERT
62
Brazilian port. : NATAL
65
Part of O. M. : MERIT
66
Library of Congress treasures. : AMERICANA
68
Lessen. : ABATE
69
Sen. Hayden. : CARL
70
Parts of psyches. : EGOS
71
Golf's ___ Cup. : RYDER
72
River into the Danube. : ENNS
73
Schism. : RENT
Down
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Secretary of War, 1904. : TAFT
2
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
3
Summer flowers. : MARIGOLDS
4
Lapse. : ERROR
5
Well-known author. : GBS
6
Actress Gam. : RITA
7
Two signers of the Declaration. : ADAMSANDSHERMAN
8
Former noted soprano. : MELBA
9
Cyrano de ___. : BERGERAC
10
Stead. : LIEU
11
Dialect. : IDIOM
12
Cartes. : MENUS
13
___ conference. : PRESS
18
Isaac's son. : ESAU
22
Suppositions. : IFS
24
Autonomous. : FREE
27
___ of state. : SHIP
28
Land of the freed. : RENO
30
Without: Lat. : SINE
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A precept. : IDEA
34
Reward: Poet. : MEED
36
Bristle. : SETA
38
Slight edge. : ADVANTAGE
39
Scotsman. : GAEL
40
Salt Lake in Australia. : EYRE
42
Type of businessman. : PROMOTER
43
Miss Trent. : NELL
48
Knight's position: Abbr. : GOV
50
Songbird Arden. : TONI
52
Loose robe for women. : SIMAR
53
"It was ___ the village clock ... " : ONEBY
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Violin: Colloq. : STRAD
56
Treaty to end war. : PEACE
58
Needles. : RACER
60
Baptism, for example. : RITE
61
Sea bird. : TERN
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Shortly. : ANON
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Shoe form. : LAST
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Well-known author. : RLS

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

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