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New York Times, Thursday, February 4, 1954

31-Down : Dress up in finery.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Down clue had no umlaut over e in Brontës; added one.

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,682
Across
1
Democrats. : OUTS
5
What Actaeon was changed into. : STAG
9
Berry. : GRAPE
14
Small annoyer. : BRAT
15
One of the Hebrides islands. : IONA
16
Splendid. : REGAL
17
Where 4 Down meets. : OSLO
18
Dacron, orlon, nylon. : SYNTHETICS
20
National sport of Canada. : LACROSSE
22
Indolent. : OTIOSE
23
Minnesota Senator. : THYE
24
Operatives. : GMEN
25
Gateway to a Shinto temple. : TORII
28
Ambassador Donovan's post. : THAILAND
32
Novelist Glyn. : ELINOR
34
Taconite and magnetite. : ORES
35
Use a peep sight. : AIM
37
Telephone call. : RING
38
Fringes. : EDGES
40
Jumbo or colossal. : SIZE
41
Jan., Feb., Mar. : MOS
42
Brazil's rubber center. : PARA
43
Educational activity. : TRAVEL
45
Macaroni ingredient. : SEMOLINA
48
Official. : AGENT
49
On tiptoe. : ATIP
50
Carpus or radius. : BONE
52
Old sayings. : ADAGES
55
Upright partition on ship or plane. : BULKHEAD
59
America's Dodge, England's Butler. : BUDGETEERS
61
Exile island. : ELBA
62
___ trust. : BRAIN
63
Bouquet holder. : VASE
64
Average. : NORM
65
Island where Aesop lived. : SAMOS
66
Business abbr. : ATTN
67
Small piece. : SNIP
Down
1
Greek coin. : OBOL
2
Name of two constellations. : URSA
3
Ingredient in soap. : TALC
4
Parliament of Norway. : STORTING
5
Cousin of a mollycoddle. : SISSY
6
Item in Santa's bag. : TOYSET
7
One of the Brontës. : ANNE
8
Triggerman's weapon. : GAT
9
Girls named after Grimm heroine. : GRETELS
10
Part of the eye. : RETINA
11
Money exchange fee. : AGIO
12
Lumberman's moccasins. : PACS
13
In addition. : ELSE
19
Most comfy. : HOMIEST
21
Louisville's river. : OHIO
24
Station, in Paris. : GARE
25
Word or phrase. : TERM
26
Spicy stews. : OLIOS
27
Lave. : RINSE
29
King of the links, 1953. : HOGAN
30
Not worldly wise. : NAIVE
31
Dress up in finery. : DIZEN
33
Practical man. : REALIST
36
Disintegrate. : MELT
39
Cornice part. : DRIP
40
Inhabitants of Nevada. : SAGEHENS
42
Products of illicit stills in Ireland. : POTEENS
44
High degree. : RANK
46
Sinatra's role. : MAGGIO
47
Full to the point of breaking open. : ABURST
51
Comedian Ole. : OLSEN
52
Warp yarns. : ABBS
53
Brain membrane. : DURA
54
Man's name. : ADAM
55
Vibrate. : BEAT
56
Biblical name. : ELON
57
French shelter. : ABRI
58
Humid. : DAMP
60
Girl's name. : EVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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