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New York Times, Thursday, November 17, 1960

36-Down : Spanish cheer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Steinberg notes:

Number and part of 29-Across clue came between 1- and 5-Across clues; moved the number and part down to where the 29-Across clue was supposed to be. All that was there in the original was the remainder of the 29-Across clue, with no number. Fixed everything.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,143
Across
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1964-65 project for New York. : FAIR
5
Boss of a shield. : UMBO
9
Remnant. : SCRAP
14
Famous cathedral town near Toulouse. : ALBI
15
A counting. : POLL
16
Pin for an oar. : THOLE
17
Sent away. : DISMISSED
19
Prey or plunder. : RAVIN
20
"The ___ of St. Agnes." : EVE
21
Overlook. : MISS
22
Marks used in writing. : CARETS
23
Part of D. D. S. : DENTAL
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Not full. : SCANT
27
"___ Plenty o' Nuttin'." : IGOT
29
Very sheer, stiff cotton goods. : ORGANDY
33
Batu Khan's armies of 1237. : GOLDENHORDE
37
Motorist's group. : AAA
38
Treaty port of 1842. : AMOY
39
See 8 Down. : ELD
40
Whirring sound. : BIRR
41
System of beliefs: Abbr. : REL
42
Fate of some legislative bills. : PIGEONHOLED
46
Dorothy's hen, in the "Oz" books. : BILLINA
48
High time. : NOON
49
Celtic language. : IRISH
51
Give tender loving care. : CUDDLE
55
Publisher's concern. : FORMAT
58
Time cycle. : YEAR
60
Kuwait's specialty. : OIL
61
Take up. : ADOPT
62
Pentagon name. : LEMNITZER
64
Civil War figure. : RELEE
65
Camelot lady. : ENID
66
City on the Truckee. : RENO
67
Brewer's concern. : MALTS
68
Edible root. : TARO
69
Part of Paris. : ISSY
Down
1
Lacking luster. : FADED
2
Look ___! (hurry). : ALIVE
3
He wrote "When We Dead Awaken." : IBSEN
4
Margin. : RIM
5
Greek letter. : UPSILON
6
Very small green plant. : MOSS
7
Wish well to. : BLESS
8
Time long past. : OLD
9
Novel. : STRANGE
10
Magna ___. : CHARTA
11
Take a stroll. : ROVE
12
Hit the ground. : ALIT
13
Folds. : PENS
18
Figure. : IMAGE
22
King or queen. : CARD
24
Shipshape. : TIDY
26
___ Bleu. : CORDON
28
Step on ___. : THEGAS
30
Relative of a staple. : NAIL
31
Brave. : DARE
32
Support for a sail. : YARD
33
Costume. : GARB
34
Sacred mountain in China. : OMEI
35
Take it easy. : LOLL
36
Spanish cheer. : OLE
40
Paper for letterheads. : BOND
42
The Pride of Pittsburgh. : PIRATES
43
Part of a monogram: Abbr. : INIT
44
Slangy phrase of refusal. : NOCANDO
45
Nymph of Mohammedan paradise. : HOURI
47
Relative of a barnacle. : LIMPET
50
Carnivorous mammal. : HYENA
52
Sleeps fitfully. : DOZES
53
Claims on another's property. : LIENS
54
Man's name meaning "royal." : ELROY
55
Place in the country. : FARM
56
Old-time music halls. : ODEA
57
Brioche. : ROLL
59
Eastern dignitary. : EMIR
62
Diminutive suffix. : LET
63
Every third: Prefix. : TRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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