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New York Times, Tuesday, October 25, 1960

47-Down : Parts of poems.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,120
Across
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Large package. : BALE
5
Vexed: Colloq. : RILED
10
Expression of doubt. : UMPH
14
Neat as ___. : APIN
15
Like a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
16
Casa room. : SALA
17
Square enclosure. : RING
18
Musical get-together. : JAMSESSION
20
White House occupants, 1809-17. : MADISONS
22
Contents of a certain book. : SCRAPS
23
Man's nickname. : ERNIE
24
Black or Red. : SEA
25
Sinew. : TENDON
27
Keeps a ship steady. : BALLASTS
32
Magician's item. : HAT
33
Species of pepper. : BETEL
35
Flow off gradually. : DRAIN
36
Imaginary being. : OGRE
38
Place to eat. : DINER
40
Raw silk color. : ECRU
41
Metal spools. : REELS
43
Fictional uncle. : REMUS
45
Defraud. : ROB
46
Introductions. : PREFACES
48
Parts of the calyx. : SEPALS
50
Defective. : BAD
51
Power: Colloq. : STEAM
52
Tether. : FASTEN
56
Most refreshing. : BALMIEST
59
Weave. : INTERTWINE
61
TV screen disturbance. : SNOW
62
G. I.'s. : JOES
63
Machinist's helper. : OILER
64
Husband of Gudrun. : ATLI
65
Dwellings of a kind. : INNS
66
Seventh sons. : SEERS
67
1200 hours. : NOON
Down
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Yeast. : BARM
2
Seaport on Upolu island. : APIA
3
Basswood. : LINDENTREE
4
Surround. : ENGIRD
5
Came again into the company of. : REJOINED
6
Empty. : INANE
7
Flees from the law: Slang. : LAMS
8
Units of measurement in printing. : EMS
9
Internal-combustion engine. : DIESEL
10
Initials in U. N. : USSR
11
Loveliest of the Pleiades. : MAIA
12
Sound of a flat dive. : PLOP
13
Young Brinker. : HANS
19
Heat short of the boiling point. : SCALD
21
Uppity one. : SNOB
24
Pacific coast state capital. : SALEM
25
Small town: Archaic. : THORP
26
Descriptive of beavers. : EAGER
27
Czechoslovakian hero. : BENES
28
Common verb. : ARE
29
Pacific coast state capital. : SACRAMENTO
30
Alpine region. : TIROL
31
Treats disdainfully. : SNUBS
34
Spent. : TIRED
37
Eleven, in Germany. : ELF
39
Cattleman's problem. : RUSTLERS
42
Cavalryman's gear. : SABER
44
Appear to be. : SEEM
47
Parts of poems. : CANTOS
49
Italian countryman. : PAISAN
51
Of better judgment. : SANER
52
South Pacific island group. : FIJI
53
Straightaway. : ANON
54
Type of gun. : STEN
55
Hardy heroine. : TESS
56
Ill temper. : BILE
57
Performed alone. : SOLO
58
Romulus to Remus. : TWIN
60
How: Ger. : WIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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