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New York Times, Friday, November 3, 1961

45-Down : Explosion.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Y Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,494
Across
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Yemen, for example. : IMAMATE
8
Evergreen tree. : JUNIPER
15
Fails to follow suit. : RENEGES
16
Silly. : ASININE
17
Replies. : ANSWERS
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Well supplied. : REPLETE
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Sine ___ non. : QUA
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Lighthorse Harry. : LEE
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Trimmed away. : PARED
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Tittles. : JOTS
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Part of the face. : CHIN
25
Garden flower. : LUPINE
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Wave menacingly. : BRANDISH
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Lengthwise. : ALONG
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Sound of the trolley. : CLANG
34
Unit of conductance. : MHO
35
Soup thickener. : ROUX
36
Welladay. : ALACK
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On top of. : UPON
38
Tennis racket strings. : GUT
39
Wind and turn. : CRANK
40
Move furtively. : SNEAK
41
Of an Irish hero. : OSSIANIC
43
Comforters. : QUILTS
44
Plant axis. : STEM
45
Sacrifice hit. : BUNT
46
Queen of spades, in solo. : BASTA
49
Short for a workshop. : LAB
50
Fitting. : APT
53
Coincide in part (with). : OVERLAP
56
Interstices: Bot. : AREOLAE
58
Trusting. : RELIANT
59
Alarm suddenly. : STARTLE
60
Cays. : ISLANDS
61
Drums. : TOMTOMS
Down
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Where Basra is. : IRAQ
2
Food list. : MENU
3
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
4
Sea gull. : MEW
5
Endless. : AGELONG
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Cylindrical and tapering. : TERETE
7
Letters. : ESSES
8
Container. : JAR
9
Practice or habit. : USE
10
Biting. : NIPPING
11
Away from the shore. : INLAND
12
Landing place. : PIER
13
Heraldic term. : ENTE
14
Marsh grass. : REED
22
Hoodoo: Slang. : JINX
23
First-rate: Colloq. : CRACK
24
Skein. : HANK
25
Handel's forte. : LARGO
26
Tending to: Suffix. : ULOUS
27
Sulks. : POUTS
28
Mont ___. : BLANC
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Urge forward. : IMPEL
30
Young pig. : SHOAT
31
Goose sounds. : HONKS
33
Maintain. : CLAIM
36
18th cen. composer. : ARNE
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Distinct part. : UNIT
39
Spaniard. : CATALAN
40
Ray. : SUNBEAM
42
Peninsula of NE Italy. : ISTRIA
43
Page size. : QUARTO
45
Explosion. : BLAST
46
Former Met. diva. : BORI
47
Salutations. : AVES
48
Market. : SELL
50
Voice part. : ALTO
51
Victory symbol. : PALM
52
English river. : TEES
54
Connective. : AND
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Parts of qts. : PTS
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Food scrap: Dial. : ORT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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