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New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 1957

16-Down : Faineant.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,080
Across
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Jokers. : WAGS
5
Horatian and Pindaric. : ODES
9
Restrain. : STAY
13
French dugout. : ABRI
14
Balmacaan. : COAT
15
Gateway to a Shinto temple. : TORII
17
Beginning of a famous speech. : FOURSCORE
19
Miscalculated. : ERRED
20
Name. : DUB
21
Theatrical acclaim. : CURTAINCALL
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Recipient of the above. : STAR
25
"___ Pinafore." : HMS
26
Dr. Jekyll. : HYDE
27
Amo, amas, amat. : LATIN
29
Brooms. : BESOMS
31
Style of furniture. : ADAM
32
Breakfast item. : BUN
33
Laded, as water. : BAILED
37
Escort: Colloq. : TAKEOUT
39
Where hides are processed. : TANNERY
40
Constructs. : ERECTS
41
Poetic contraction. : OER
42
Kind of plum. : GAGE
43
Greek goddess. : ATHENA
45
Rest: Fr. : REPOS
46
Wyatt of the West. : EARP
49
Uncle: Dial. : EME
50
Australian parrot. : LORY
51
Item on a campaigner's itinerary. : WHISTLESTOP
54
Poetic contraction. : EER
57
God of the winds. : EOLUS
58
Not original. : READYMADE
60
Edible fish. : SMELT
61
Stick. : GLUE
62
Jejune. : ARID
63
Optics. : EYES
64
Salamanders. : EFTS
65
Phrase used in ratios. : ISTO
Down
1
Egyptian political group. : WAFD
2
Leigh Hunt hero. : ABOU
3
Outfit a prospector. : GRUBSTAKE
4
Knight's title. : SIR
5
Come about. : OCCUR
6
Gateway. : DOOR
7
Made of clay. : EARTHEN
8
Cooks in a certain way. : STEAMS
9
British machine gun. : STEN
10
Type of entertainer. : TORCHSINGER
11
Panoply. : ARRAY
12
Concede. : YIELD
16
Faineant. : IDLE
18
Determine the rhythm of. : SCAN
22
Line on a weather map. : ISOBAR
24
Trove for future historians. : TIMECAPSULE
27
Modern. : LATE
28
Jewish month. : ADAR
29
Save. : BUT
30
Operate. : MAN
32
Four pecks. : BUSHEL
34
Calendar phenomena. : LEAPYEARS
35
Hence. : ERGO
36
Cochineal and henna. : DYES
38
Bill Terry's successor. : OTT
39
"___ For Two." : TEA
41
Reflexive pronoun. : ONESELF
44
Come out. : EMERGE
45
Stringy. : ROPY
46
Ovine animals. : EWES
47
"O give me ___ ... " : AHOME
48
William Bendix role. : RILEY
50
Comstock and others. : LODES
52
Exclamations enjoining silence. : TSTS
53
High-strung. : TAUT
55
Prepare copy. : EDIT
56
Fix a new coiffure. : REDO
59
Avril, ___, Juin. : MAI

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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