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New York Times, Saturday, September 16, 1961

16-Across : Set off by contrast.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,446
Across
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Capital of Washington. : OLYMPIA
8
Coffer. : CASHBOX
15
Carpentry skill. : REAMING
16
Set off by contrast. : RELIEVE
17
Pleasing scent. : INCENSE
18
Ancient Syrian. : ARAMEAN
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Ordinal suffix. : ETH
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Israeli port. : TELAVIV
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151. : CLI
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Negotiable paper. : NOTE
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Relative of a wickiup. : TEPEE
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Stop! : WHOA
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Layers. : TIERS
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Byrd or Bush: Abbr. : SEN
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Put heels out. : TOEIN
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Old Irish priests. : DRUIDS
33
Corner man. : SECOND
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P. G. A. member. : PRO
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Rove idly. : GAD
37
Prolong. : EXTEND
40
Prim; stiff. : FORMAL
43
Martin Van ___. : BUREN
44
Night ___. : OWL
46
Puts a strain on. : TAXES
48
Minced oath. : EGAD
49
Top N. L. batter of 1960. : GROAT
51
See 58 Across. : NINE
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Hello there! : HEY
53
Separated. : REMOVED
55
Be mendacious. : LIE
56
Bring to life. : ANIMATE
58
Memorial Stadium team. : ORIOLES
60
Salad condiment. : VINEGAR
61
Beaming. : RADIANT
62
Aquiline fledglings. : EAGLETS
63
City NE of Rome. : SPOLETO
Down
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Turn to the east. : ORIENT
2
Lens-shaped. : LENTOID
3
Sailor of a sort. : YACHTER
4
Feminine title. : MME
5
Two cups. : PINT
6
Something placed inside. : INSET
7
Eternal. : AGELESS
8
Cowards. : CRAVENS
9
Home for 62 Across. : AERIE
10
European. : SLAV
11
Pronoun. : HIM
12
Made of a certain wood. : BEECHEN
13
Nearly elliptical. : OVALOID
14
Pertaining to hospitality. : XENIAN
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Simian. : APE
24
Burst forth. : ERUPTED
26
Character in "Oz" tales. : WOODMAN
28
Femme fatale. : SIREN
30
Open, two-seated wagon. : TCART
32
Put on. : DON
34
Freudian topic. : EGO
37
Girl's name. : EUGENIA
38
Modern medical skill. : XRAYING
39
Roof windows. : DORMERS
40
Vanilla, pistachio, etc. : FLAVORS
41
Armpits: Anat. : AXILLAE
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Merciful. : LENIENT
43
Act. : BEHAVE
45
Sue. : WOO
47
Takes care of. : SEESTO
49
Gain access to. : GETAT
50
Tall Malayan tree. : TERAP
53
Wrath. : RAGE
54
Queen of Carthage. : DIDO
57
Pharmacy honey. : MEL
59
Shipment from Kuwait. : OIL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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