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New York Times, Saturday, November 14, 1959

50-Down : Salamanders.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,774
Across
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Ancient music halls. : ODEA
5
Gourd. : PEPO
9
Rival of Sparta and Athens. : ARGOS
14
Veteran sportscaster. : REDBARBER
16
Mexican type of transportation. : BURRO
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Polygamous uxorcide. : BLUEBEARD
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Magic akin to voodoo. : OBEAH
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More of the same: Abbr. : ETC
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Broody one. : HEN
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Southern: Span. : SURENO
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Man's guardian spirit. : DAEMON
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Striking hard. : SMITING
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Storage place of a kind. : ARSENAL
28
Work team. : CREW
30
Anything unfathomable. : ABYSS
33
Historic place in Ireland. : TARA
34
Cockney's dwelling. : OME
35
Angers. : IRES
36
Classifies. : SORTS
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Slicker. : COAT
38
Relative of $. : DOL
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Large amount: Colloq. : PILE
40
What one does "with faint praise." : DAMNS
41
Pointed tools. : AWLS
43
City famed for lace. : ALENCON
45
Cut nicks for scoring. : NOTCHED
47
Won the race. : OUTRAN
51
Between: Dial. : ATWEEN
52
Quick curtsy. : BOB
53
Exist. : ARE
54
Bailed. : LADED
55
"I'd rather see than be one!" : PURPLECOW
58
"Twelfth Night" role. : VIOLA
59
Dinner table choice. : WHITEMEAT
60
U. S. writer (1834-99). : ALGER
61
Contents of 26 Across. : ARMS
62
Sound effects on a cold day. : BRRS
Down
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Rounded. : ORBED
2
Airplane wing shape. : DELTA
3
Elicit. : EDUCE
4
Father of Tad. : ABE
5
Pretties up. : PREENS
6
Israeli notable. : EBAN
7
By. : PER
8
Civil War general. : ORD
9
All around. : ABOUT
10
Heading, possibly in red. : RUBRIC
11
Theatric meeting place. : GREENROOM
12
North-of-Ireland-er. : ORANGEMAN
13
Off-Piccadilly. : SOHO
15
Hates. : ABHORS
21
Wegg in "Our Mutual Friend." : SILAS
23
Kind of meeting. : MASS
24
Became knotted. : SNARLED
25
Fur. : MARTEN
27
Arc de Triomphe de l'___. : ETOILE
29
Foes of Prohibition. : WETS
30
Big night at the Met. : AIDA
31
Tussock moth. : BROWNTAIL
32
Kind of labor contract, now illegal: Slang. : YELLOWDOG
36
Warren of baseball. : SPAHN
37
Jargon. : CANT
40
Counterpart. : DOUBLE
42
Addison's colleague. : STEELE
44
Chooses as a fellow member. : COOPTS
46
Durable wood. : CEDAR
48
Track man. : RACER
49
Howling. : AROAR
50
Salamanders. : NEWTS
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
52
Edge. : BRIM
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New Deal agency. : PWA
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Clock: Ger. : UHR
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Prohibition of trade: Abbr. : EMB

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

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