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New York Times, Wednesday, November 4, 1959

12-Down : Steinbeck characters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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C
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D
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U
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K
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R
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,764
Across
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Treat as useless. : SCRAP
6
Drive away. : SHOO
10
Secluded spot. : NOOK
14
Contemporary novelist. : OHARA
15
Veteran actor. : HARDWICKE
17
Adjust again. : RESET
18
Consider. : ENTERTAIN
19
Division of a county: Abbr. : TWP
20
Gets clear (of). : RIDS
22
French city. : ARLES
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Benefits. : BOONS
25
Legal writ of arrest. : CAPIAS
27
___ it (go faster): Colloq. : STEPON
29
Perch. : ROOST
30
Island in Firth of Clyde. : ARRAN
31
City in France. : LAON
32
Old Testament book: Abbr. : ESTH
36
Candidate for the pound. : CUR
37
Went a-wooing. : SPARKED
40
Where Montevideo is: Abbr. : URU
41
Florida islands. : KEYS
43
Former N. Y. Senator. : IVES
44
Tears down. : RAZES
46
Walker. : HIKER
48
Rabbit's foot, for example. : FETISH
49
Heckler's cousin. : BAITER
51
Container. : CRATE
52
French nursemaid. : BONNE
53
Coal mine car. : TRAM
54
Got by effort, labor, etc. : WON
57
One of the Rockefellers. : ANNEMARIE
60
Run away. : ELOPE
62
Arkansas. : BEARSTATE
63
Renovate. : RENEW
64
Present ___. : ARMS
65
At the summit. : ATOP
66
Features of the Great White Way. : SIGNS
Down
1
Type. : SORT
2
Piece of gum. : CHEW
3
Prickly shrub of rose family. : RASPBERRY
4
Common verb. : ARE
5
Estate holders in early New York. : PATROONS
6
Storage structures. : SHEDS
7
Mr. Andersen. : HANS
8
Scrap. : ORT
9
Literary form. : ODE
10
Acid salt. : NITRITE
11
Florida city W. of Lake George. : OCALA
12
Steinbeck characters. : OKIES
13
Understands: Scot. : KENS
16
Clothing. : WRAPS
21
Host's house. : INN
24
World War II agency. : OPA
25
Specialists in cuisine. : COOKS
26
Excellent: Colloq. : AONE
27
Kind of coat. : SACK
28
Veracious. : TRUE
29
Less plentiful. : RARER
31
Purple seaweed. : LAVER
33
Oriental role. : SUZIEWONG
34
Three: Span. : TRES
35
Silence. : HUSH
38
Toll road. : PIKE
39
Impractical ones. : DREAMERS
42
Little fish. : SHINERS
45
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
47
News briefs. : ITEMS
48
Brother. : FRA
49
Silly blunder: Slang. : BONER
50
State in Indochina. : ANNAM
51
Move slowly. : CREEP
52
Eastern church title. : BABA
53
European Marshal. : TITO
55
Begin. : OPEN
56
Tidings. : NEWS
58
___ standstill. : ATA
59
Rodent. : RAT
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Garland. : LEI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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