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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1961

39-Down : Sacred ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,528
Across
1
Golf club. : SPOON
6
Hawthorne's birthplace. : SALEM
11
Light river boat. : SHALLOP
13
Back to back. : DOSADOS
15
Rhine siren. : LORELEI
16
Flag material. : ETAMINE
17
Negligible crumb. : ORT
18
Rarin' to go. : ALLSET
20
Harrow's rival. : ETON
21
Oklahoma tribe. : OTOS
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Rarely. : SELDOM
25
Here: Fr. : ICI
26
Famous Quaker family. : PENNS
28
Girl: Colloq. : SIS
29
Sea island. : ATOLL
31
Approaches furtively. : SNEAKSUP
33
Plains Indian. : PAWNEE
34
Retain. : KEEP
35
Man of mettle. : HERO
36
Disseminated. : STREWN
39
The single life. : CELIBACY
43
Transitory state. : PHASE
44
In favor of. : FOR
45
Scriptures. : BIBLE
46
West Indies liquor. : RUM
47
___ bead on (aims at). : DRAWSA
50
Oxfords. : TIES
51
Bobbles. : ERRS
53
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1093-1109. : ANSELM
55
Group of whales. : GAM
56
Letting up. : ABATING
58
Fourth Sunday in Lent. : LAETARE
60
Century units. : DECADES
61
Atom splitting. : FISSION
62
Marsh plant of India. : REREE
63
Book holder. : SHELF
Down
1
Abridge. : SHORTEN
2
Section of a book. : PARTONE
3
"Bravo!" in Barcelona. : OLE
4
Jar in Acapulco. : OLLA
5
Nativity songs. : NOELS
6
___ voce. : SOTTO
7
Quick ___ wink. : ASA
8
Poor, as an excuse. : LAME
9
A printing. : EDITION
10
Eyeglass. : MONOCLE
11
Sailboats. : SLOOPS
12
Amasses. : PILESUP
13
Legal papers. : DEEDS
14
Decrepit. : SENILE
19
Garment. : SLIP
22
Winds in and out. : SNAKES
24
Jewish evening liturgy. : MAARIB
27
Twisted. : SKEWED
30
Picayune: Colloq. : TWOBIT
32
Coin in Tokio. : SEN
33
Word element meaning "clay." : PEL
35
Reflexive pronoun. : HERSELF
36
Wing span. : SPREAD
37
"Carnival" creator. : THURBER
38
Headlong rush: Scot. : RAMRACE
39
Sacred ___. : COWS
40
John Adams' wife. : ABIGAIL
41
Steer ___ (avoid). : CLEAROF
42
Sycophants of a sort. : YESMEN
44
Serpent's teeth. : FANGS
48
Noblewoman of New Delhi. : RANEE
49
Asian mountains. : ALAIS
52
One in the limelight. : STAR
54
Entangle. : MESH
57
Carplike fish. : IDE
59
Name after Mao. : TSE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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