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New York Times, Tuesday, March 11, 1958

12-Down : Displease.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { C Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,178
Across
1
Space Cadet of a sort. : LAIKA
6
Young lady. : MISS
10
Brazilian state. : PARA
14
City north of Salt Lake City. : OGDEN
15
Relative of a Sooner. : OKIE
16
College in N. C. : ELON
17
So-called master race. : ARYAN
18
Build. : REAR
19
Drizzle. : RAIN
20
Hesitates in purpose. : FALTERS
22
Jupiter, for instance. : MISSILE
24
Alternate. : OTHER
26
Eroded. : ATE
27
Pitcairn islander's ship. : BOUNTY
30
Ozzie Nelson's Harriet. : HILLIARD
35
Sun or moon. : ORB
36
Ash. : EMBER
38
Less natural. : ODDER
39
Streams south of the border. : RIOS
41
Comedian Kovacs. : ERNIE
43
East Indian palm. : SAGO
44
Destinations. : GOALS
46
Soissons' river. : AISNE
48
___ on horseback. : MAN
49
Gives a right to. : ENTITLES
51
Tug of war. : TUSSLE
53
Sound from the byre. : MOO
54
Presidential first name. : HARRY
56
Lumberman's problems. : LOGJAMS
60
Astronomer's concept as aid in calculating time. : MEANSUN
64
Et ___. : ALII
65
One of Cairo's rivers. : OHIO
67
The March King. : SOUSA
68
Beauty parlor item: Slang. : PERM
69
When the sun is high. : NOON
70
That is: Lat. : IDEST
71
Seedcases. : PODS
72
Actor Fairbanks. : DOUG
73
Of the starts: Comb. form. : ASTRO
Down
1
Cake baked in one piece. : LOAF
2
Site of Akbar's tomb. : AGRA
3
Poem consisting of a "little picture." : IDYL
4
Comedian Buster. : KEATON
5
Diminutive of 13 Down. : ANNETTE
6
Legislator from Eugene. : MORSE
7
Presidential nickname. : IKE
8
Gulf arm of the South China Sea. : SIAM
9
Soap opera format. : SERIAL
10
Shooting stars appearing in August. : PERSEIDS
11
Jai ___. : ALAI
12
Displease. : ROIL
13
Girl's name. : ANNE
21
Poem. : RHYME
23
Normandy town. : STLO
25
Pertaining to the Lorelei's abode. : RHENISH
27
Victor of the piano. : BORGE
28
Sirius' celestial master. : ORION
29
Menace of 1917. : UBOAT
31
Blue flag. : IRIS
32
Mount ___, peak in the Cascades. : ADAMS
33
Majestic. : REGAL
34
Pilotless plane. : DRONE
37
Slope near 50 Down. : BRAE
40
Lean and lank persons: Colloq. : SLIMJIMS
42
Among: Fr. : ENTRE
45
Portico. : STOA
47
Part of the globe. : EURASIA
50
Beautiful Scottish lake. : LOMOND
52
Church councils. : SYNODS
55
Included with. : AMONG
56
Northern European. : LAPP
57
Kitchen staple. : OLEO
58
Hem in. : GIRD
59
Scat! : SHOO
61
Tallow. : SUET
62
Part of the globe. : USSR
63
Adm. Wright's concern. : NATO
66
Relative of a chit. : IOU

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

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