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New York Times, Friday, March 31, 1961

12-Down : Eastern name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,277
Across
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Year when Dante was 35. : MCCC
5
Pet sounds. : MEOWS
10
Oriental nurse. : AMAH
14
Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
15
Storage spot. : ATTIC
16
Asiatic desert. : GOBI
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Important region of Europe. : SAAR
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Zero Mostel vehicle. : RHINOCEROS
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A seaboard. : ATLANTIC
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Came to an end. : RANOUT
23
Secular. : LAIC
24
Zone. : BELT
25
Vaunt. : BOAST
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Moderates. : SLACKSOFF
33
To be sure. : INDEED
35
Slayer of Castor. : IDAS
36
College in Cedar Rapids. : COE
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Arizona river. : GILA
38
Lazy one. : IDLER
40
Rodent of South America. : PACA
41
Where Panjim is. : GOA
42
Eurasian border river. : URAL
43
Polk's Vice President. : DALLAS
45
Giggled. : SNICKERED
48
Began a new hand. : DEALT
49
Coach for hire. : HACK
50
Former P. M., M. P. : EDEN
52
Box score item. : ASSIST
55
Fastidiously. : DAINTILY
59
Best seller by Lampedusa. : THELEOPARD
61
Hipbones. : ILIA
62
Invalid. : NULL
63
Ballet by Agnes de Mille. : RODEO
64
Esau's father-in-law. : ELON
65
But. : ONLY
66
Threescore and ten, perhaps. : YEARS
67
Subsided. : SANK
Down
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Picturesque tableland. : MESA
2
Suffix used with auto, demo, etc. : CRAT
3
Bituminous ___. : COAL
4
Arm of the Pacific, E. of Australia. : CORALSEA
5
Cuban poet and patriot (1853-95). : MARTI
6
Subject in philosophy. : ETHICS
7
Connected with the ear. : OTIC
8
Acquire. : WIN
9
Yankee Stadium item. : SCORECARD
10
Certain business men. : AGENTS
11
Filipino. : MORO
12
Eastern name. : ABOU
13
Listen! : HIST
19
Uses oakum. : CALKS
21
Man's nickname. : NATE
24
Commanded. : BADE
25
Noted English-American organist. : BIGGS
26
Flavoring in soubise sauce. : ONION
27
U. N. name. : ADLAI
29
French textile city. : LILLE
30
Florida citrus city. : OCALA
31
Kind of point. : FOCAL
32
Famine's antithesis. : FEAST
34
Book with numbers of numbers. : DIRECTORY
39
New Giant skipper. : DARK
40
Supplies in abundance. : PLENTIES
42
Decree. : UKASE
44
Part of Arabia. : ADEN
46
A bit cool. : CHILLY
47
More esteemed. : DEARER
51
Pranks: Colloq. : DIDOS
52
Hydrogen's is 1: Abbr. : ATNO
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Avoid consistently. : SHUN
54
Persuade: Colloq. : SELL
55
Tot's word. : DADA
56
"Dies irae, dies ___ ... " : ILLA
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Winged animal of Venice. : LION
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Nickname for a G. I. : YANK
60
He wrote "Israfel." : POE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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