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New York Times, Wednesday, December 28, 1960

3-Down : Animals resembling guinea pigs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
David Steinberg notes:

No end quote in original clue for 46-Down; added it.

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,184
Across
1
Reindeer herdsman. : LAPP
5
Thick slice. : SLAB
9
Part of a step. : TREAD
14
Word element meaning "one's own." : IDIO
15
Starchy root. : TARO
16
Proportional relation. : RATIO
17
Flatters, in order to become friendly with. : MAKESUPTO
19
Blue. : AZURE
20
Duckbills. : PLATYPI
21
Australian Prime Minister. : MENZIES
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His: Fr. : SES
24
Bosh! : NONSENSE
26
Executive. Abbr. : MGR
27
Aesthetic workmanship. : ARTISTRY
31
Man of the cloth. : PADRE
34
Sudden, involuntary jerk. : START
35
French "yes." : OUI
36
Responsibility. : ONUS
37
Cactuslike. : SPINY
38
Medical center: Abbr. : HOSP
39
Opposite of "hiver." : ETE
40
Not the Queen's English. : SLANG
41
Conferences. : TALKS
42
Bestow (one's trust) unwisely. : MISPLACE
44
Oriental sauce. : SOY
45
Source of the Blue Nile. : LAKETANA
47
Researcher's room. : LAB
50
Big name in baseball. : PIRATES
53
Small kangaroo. : WALLABY
55
Expect. : AWAIT
56
Very thin stripes. : HAIRLINES
58
Belgian marble. : RANCE
59
Not occupied. : IDLE
60
Lion's pride. : MANE
61
Made request. : ASKED
62
Water lily leaves. : PADS
63
Opera role. : AIDA
Down
1
Walks jerkily. : LIMPS
2
Allan of Sherwood Forest. : ADALE
3
Animals resembling guinea pigs. : PIKAS
4
Parnassian. : POET
5
Lethargy. : STUPOR
6
Fur. : LAPIN
7
Poetic verb form. : ART
8
A scheme that backfires. : BOOMERANG
9
Passage from one place to another. : TRANSIT
10
Teases: Slang. : RAZZES
11
Needle case. : ETUI
12
Yorkshire river. : AIRE
13
Suffices. : DOES
18
Irish poet and dramatist. : SYNGE
22
Vestibule. : ENTRY
25
Glossy cloth. : SATINET
26
___ Grundy. : MRS
28
Hammer or sickle. : TOOL
29
Important Kennedy appointee. : RUSK
30
Puppy's barks. : YIPS
31
Triolet. : POEM
32
One of the opposition. : ANTI
33
Contributions of a sort. : DUES
34
Type of conveyance, perhaps obsolete. : SPACESHIP
37
Quench. : SLAKE
38
Secretary of State (1898-1905). : HAY
40
Composed of horizontal laths. : SLATTED
41
___ intents and purpose. : TOALL
43
European food fish. : PLAICE
44
Entraps. : SNARES
46
"To ___ Rose." : AWILD
47
Hawaiian island. : LANAI
48
Evening: Ger. : ABEND
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"One if by land and two if ___ ... " : BYSEA
50
State in Brazil. : PARA
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"When ___ a lad ... " : IWAS
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Degree of quality. : RANK
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City founded by Pizarro. : LIMA
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Political group. : ADA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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