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New York Times, Saturday, March 2, 1957

35-Down : Cave in.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,804
Across
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Steady onward movement. : RACE
5
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
9
Fellah. : ARAB
13
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
14
Army coach. : BLAIK
15
Ballerina Kaye. : NORA
16
Best-selling author. : WILLIAMBRINKLEY
19
Time of youth and inexperience. : SALADDAYS
20
Spanish jars. : OLLAS
21
Poem by Kilmer. : TREES
22
Optimistic Frenchman of the 1920's. : COUE
24
Shibboleth. : SLOGAN
26
Place of business. : PAWNSHOP
30
Baltic port. : MEMEL
31
Spiritless people. : MOPES
32
Relative of lambda. : ELL
33
Sheep: Lat. : OVIS
34
Blanched. : PALED
35
Cabbage: Var. : CALE
36
Speed skater Henry. : KEN
37
Protection. : AEGIS
38
Andrea ___. : DORIA
39
Realm of riches. : ELDORADO
41
Wearing tartans. : KILTED
42
Sub ___. : ROSA
43
Dankly. : WETLY
44
Poets of great ability. : SWANS
47
Clyde Beatty. : LIONTAMER
51
Off-Broadway hit (with "The"). : THREEPENNYOPERA
53
Janus-faced one. : LIAR
54
Diminutive of a girl's name. : ANITA
55
Buzzed. : SANG
56
Parisian airport. : ORLY
57
Makes a profit. : NETS
58
Robert ___, : ELEE
Down
1
Types of streets. : ROWS
2
Plural suffix used in botany. : ARIA
3
Remember. : CALLTOMIND
4
Makes a blow-up. : ENLARGES
5
Namesakes of Mme. Gluck. : ALMAS
6
Pamper. : BABY
7
Part of the "open skies" plan. : AIRSCAPES
8
What langlaufers do. : SKI
9
Tarsi. : ANKLES
10
Make progress. : ROLL
11
Field. : AREA
12
Barnegat and Biscay. : BAYS
14
Its capital is Karlsruhe. : BADEN
17
Utopian. : IDEAL
18
Bell, book and candle, for example. : NOUNS
23
Was indebted. : OWED
24
Cure, as meat. : SMOKE
25
Carpenter's tool. : LEVEL
26
Concern of the March of Dimes. : POLIO
27
Soup to nuts. : HEARTYMEAL
28
Friend of Kukla. : OLLIE
29
State a case. : PLEAD
31
College at Cambridge. : MAGDALENE
34
Legumes. : PEAS
35
Cave in. : COLLAPSE
37
Started the day. : AROSE
38
Likewise. : DITTO
40
Obstinate: Dial. : ORNERY
41
Home of the Mau Maus. : KENYA
43
Habits. : WONTS
44
Town in Manche department. : STLO
45
Buzz. : WHIR
46
Sea with no outlet. : ARAL
48
Not ___ (outclassed): Slang. : INIT
49
River in Ireland. : ERNE
50
Strong emotion. : RAGE
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Skillet. : PAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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