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New York Times, Tuesday, November 18, 1958

2-Down : A continent: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,430
Across
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Statutes. : LAWS
5
Capital of East Pakistan. : DACCA
10
Caper: Colloq. : DIDO
14
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
15
Near. : ABOUT
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Thump. : DRUB
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Ungrammatical negative. : AINT
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Pay attention. : TAKENOTICE
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Lessen. : REDUCE
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Genus of pike, pickerel, etc. : ESOX
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Declare. : SAY
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Western friends: Slang. : PARDS
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Thespian garment. : TIGHTS
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Self-reproach. : REMORSE
31
Broad. : WIDE
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Grammatical negative. : ARENT
33
Not guilty. : BLAMELESS
38
Dessert. : PIE
39
Chatter. : PRATE
40
Miss Lillie. : BEA
41
Discards. : SETSASIDE
44
Winning. : AHEAD
46
Turkish officers. : AGAS
47
Meet. : RUNINTO
49
Human. : MORTAL
52
Questioned. : ASKED
53
Spanish cheer. : OLE
54
Chemical compound. : IMID
56
Nautical term. : AWEIGH
60
Gods. : DIVINITIES
63
Mrs. Charlie Chaplin. : OONA
64
Equitable. : EVEN
65
Spectacle. : SCENE
66
Western state. : UTAH
67
One's identity. : SELF
68
Dull sounds. : THUDS
69
Tot's "farewell." : TATA
Down
1
Double-talker. : LIAR
2
A continent: Fr. : ASIE
3
Proceed: Poet. : WEND
4
Attack. : SETUPON
5
Post office implements. : DATERS
6
Arab's robe. : ABA
7
Industrial fuels. : COKES
8
Hints. : CUES
9
Never. : ATNOTIME
10
Insecticide. : DDT
11
From Dublin. : IRISH
12
Coin for Shylock. : DUCAT
13
Follows orders. : OBEYS
19
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
21
Vehicle. : CART
25
Rubbish. : DEBRIS
27
Jellify. : GEL
28
Seance sounds. : RAPS
29
Ashtabula's waterfront. : ERIE
30
Sports gathering. : MEET
31
"Stormy Weather" singer. : WATERS
34
Boy. : LAD
35
One of the Holdens. : EBEN
36
Membership. : SEAT
37
Japanese island. : SADO
39
Composer of certain songs. : PSALMIST
42
Was in session. : SAT
43
Besides. : AGAIN
44
Afresh. : ANEW
45
Den. : HIDEOUT
48
Official decrees. : UKASES
49
Prevailing popular customs. : MODES
50
Color. : OLIVE
51
Merrymaking. : REVEL
52
French farewell. : ADIEU
55
Have a hankering. : ITCH
57
Particle. : IOTA
58
Two-winged insect. : GNAT
59
Sound of laughter. : HAHA
61
Verb form: Abbr. : INF
62
Goal. : END

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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