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New York Times, Monday, September 19, 1960

16-Across : Supporter of: Comb. form.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 30-Across had "Rimsky Korsakov"; corrected this to "Rimsky-Korsakov."

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,084
Across
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Section of Great Britain. : WALES
6
Boot. : SHOE
10
Offspring. : SONS
14
Priestly garment. : AMICE
15
In shreds. : TORN
16
Supporter of: Comb. form. : CRAT
17
Manila hemp. : ABACA
18
City statute. : ORDINANCE
20
Give previous notice. : FOREWARN
22
In abundance. : GALORE
23
Biblical vessel. : ARK
24
Instrument for measuring electric current. : AMMETER
25
Of long standing. : AGEOLD
29
Fail to keep a secret. : BLAB
30
Subject of popular Rimsky-Korsakov piece. : BUMBLEBEE
32
Meeting place of 1945. : YALTA
37
___ mater. : ALMA
38
Small donkey. : BURRO
40
Feature of Kansas in August. : CORN
41
Sections of bridges. : SPANS
43
"Singin' ___." : INTHERAIN
45
Shield border. : ORLE
47
Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
48
Newspaper. : TABLOID
52
Smeltery material. : ORE
53
Distributes. : ALLOTS
54
Inventor of a stove. : FRANKLIN
59
Irving Berlin song. : BLUESKIES
61
Three ___. : INONE
62
Francis Lightfoot and Light-Horse Harry. : LEES
63
Diminutive of a girl's name. : ELLA
64
Tyrants. : NEROS
65
Conclusions. : ENDS
66
TV newsman and M. C. : DALY
67
Namesakes of Actress Verdon. : GWENS
Down
1
Woman in British Air Force. : WAAF
2
Pulpit in early churches. : AMBO
3
Specialist in double-talk. : LIAR
4
Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
5
Levee. : SEAWALL
6
Nursery bird. : STORK
7
Brass wind instrument. : HORN
8
Civil War general. : ORD
9
Puzzle. : ENIGMA
10
Sequence of tones. : SCALE
11
Whether ___. : ORNOT
12
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
13
Range animal. : STEER
19
___-pamby. : NAMBY
21
Egyptian measure, varying from 4 qts. to 8 bu. : ARDEB
24
Ready for action. : ALERT
25
Arabs' sleeveless garments. : ABAS
26
Swallow greedily. : GULP
27
Jane Austen novel. : EMMA
28
Scottish seaside resort. : OBAN
29
Swiss canton. : BERNE
31
Establish. : BUILD
33
City of Palestine. : ACRE
34
Permission to use. : LOAN
35
Shipshape. : TRIG
36
Prince Andrew's sister. : ANNE
39
Kim's last name. : OHARA
42
Covers with carbon. : SOOTS
44
Time of Hesperus. : EVENING
46
Took chances. : RISKED
48
Food served. : TABLE
49
One of the Dulleses. : ALLEN
50
Turned indigo. : BLUED
51
Fertile soil. : LOESS
52
Quai d'___, Paris landmark. : ORSAY
54
Cut down. : FELL
55
Was aware of. : KNEW
56
Knowledge. : LORE
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Look ___ (pay a short visit to). : INON
58
State of: Suffix. : NESS
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Longshoreman's union. : ILA

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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