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New York Times, Saturday, October 21, 1961

48-Down : Plane at Orly.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,481
Across
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Blast or gale. : BLOW
5
Garments. : WRAPS
10
Flaps. : TABS
14
Italian beach resort. : LIDO
15
Exclamation of surprise. : HELLO
16
Fail to perform. : OMIT
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Noble in Islam. : AMIR
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Narcotic. : OPIUM
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Unless, in law. : NISI
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Exits in a certain way. : BACKSOUT
22
Guiding light. : BEACON
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Levant or Orient. : EAST
25
Apportioning. : DEALING
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Make a defensive stand. : HOLDTHEFORT
30
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
31
Rises again. : RESURGES
36
Tedium. : ENNUI
38
Certain degrees. : BAS
39
French soldier. : POILU
40
Check. : RESTRAIN
42
Thor's stepson. : ULLR
43
Due to. : ONACCOUNTOF
47
Skins. : PARINGS
51
School: Abbr. : ACAD
52
Reluctant. : AVERSE
53
Protracts. : DRAWSOUT
57
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
58
___-garous (werewolves): Fr. : LOUPS
60
Whether ___. : ORNO
61
Look sullen. : POUT
62
Have insight. : INSEE
63
Toss, as a coin. : FLIP
64
England's princess. : ANNE
65
Spiteful. : CATTY
66
Celebration. : FETE
Down
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Let the cat out of the bag. : BLAB
2
Kind of bean. : LIMA
3
Of a poem. : ODIC
4
Solved. : WORKEDOUT
5
Exclamation of surprise. : WHOOSH
6
Fame. : REPUTE
7
Descended. : ALIT
8
More than one: Abbr. : PLU
9
Depresses. : SOMBERS
10
Of sound. : TONAL
11
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
12
Plains animal. : BISON
13
Pain keenly. : STING
21
Held a meeting. : SAT
23
Devour. : EATUP
25
Finishes. : DOES
26
Garden worker. : HOER
27
River of Normandy. : ORNE
28
Camera part. : LENS
29
European coin. : FRANC
32
Adds finishing touches. : ROUNDSOFF
33
Thin layer of gold. : GILT
34
Cockney's 15 Across. : ELLO
35
Breaking waves. : SURF
37
Golf clubs. : IRONS
38
Partiality. : BIAS
41
Heavenly. : ANGELIC
44
Wall-to-wall item. : CARPET
45
Irish dramatist. : OCASEY
46
Auto workers' union. : UAW
47
Treeless plain: Sp. : PAMPA
48
Plane at Orly. : AVION
49
TV item. : RERUN
50
Incensed. : IRATE
53
Gold ___. : DUST
54
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
55
Single entity. : UNIT
56
European shark. : TOPE
59
___ shoestring. : ONA

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

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