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New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 1968

24-Down : Humdinger.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,716
Across
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Pro's antonym. : ANTI
5
Native of Mosul. : IRAQI
10
Yum-Yum, for one. : MAID
14
Biographer Edel. : LEON
15
Classical second name. : NOMEN
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Son of Adhem. : ABOU
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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For ___ (permanently). : GOODANDALL
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Fruit trees. : ORCHARD
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Sweater. : JERSEY
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Lacunae. : HOLES
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Throngs. : SWARMS
27
Preserving the original dimensions. : LIFESIZE
31
Inklings. : HINTS
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Devours. : WOLFS
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___ at all. : NOT
34
Append. : ADD
35
Convivial. : JOLLY
36
Brace. : TWO
37
Weather word. : FOG
38
Stout. : BURLY
39
City on the Po. : TURIN
41
Practically nothing. : TWOCENTS
43
Recipients. : DONEES
44
Apiece. : EACH
45
Organize. : SETUP
46
Man of learning. : SAVANT
49
A yielding, as of rights. : CESSION
52
Deceiving: Slang. : CROSSINGUP
55
N. Caucasian language. : UDIC
56
Quondam. : ONCE
57
___ sides. : ONALL
58
Further. : ALSO
59
Parts of feet. : TOES
60
Helen's cousin. : NELLY
61
Caustic solutions. : LYES
Down
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Voice. : ALTO
2
Closely akin. : NEAR
3
Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
4
Briefly. : INSHORT
5
French painter, pupil of David. : INGRES
6
Land measures. : ROODS
7
I love: Lat. : AMO
8
Abbreviation in geometry. : QED
9
Promptly: Colloq. : INAJIFFY
10
City of India. : MADRAS
11
Bedouins' garb. : ABAS
12
Eurytus's daughter. : IOLE
13
Properly. : DULY
19
Firns. : NEVES
21
Things given as charity. : ALMS
24
Humdinger. : DILLY
25
Obelisk. : SHAFT
26
Bereaved one. : WIDOW
27
Dangles. : LOLLS
28
Fearlessly. : INTREPIDLY
29
Cartoon exclamation. : ZOWIE
30
Boys' jackets. : ETONS
32
Usefulness. : WORTH
35
Intersection. : JUNCTION
38
Snap and lima. : BEANS
39
Small fry. : TOTS
40
Exceptional. : UNUSUAL
42
Leaves off. : CEASES
43
Profoundly. : DEEPLY
45
Oar. : SCULL
46
Glengarry man. : SCOT
47
Pisa's river. : ARNO
48
Viva ___. : VOCE
50
Seine tributary. : OISE
51
Sgts. : NCOS
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Wind direction. : NNE
54
Four qts. : GAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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