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New York Times, Tuesday, April 4, 1961

35-Down : Check for fit.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 4, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,281
Across
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New republic, member of 40 Across. : SENEGAL
8
Spanish devil. : DIABLO
14
Extreme eagerness. : AVIDITY
15
FBI file item. : DOSSIER
16
Family name in Jan Struther novel. : MINIVER
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Craftsman. : ARTISAN
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Book illustration. : PLATE
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City in "Exodus." : ACRE
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Prefix in flight terms. : AERO
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Sphere. : ORB
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"This one is ___." : ONME
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Bryn ___. : MAWR
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Slender bristle on barley and oats. : AWN
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Begin or undertake. : INCEPT
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Musical instrument, for short. : UKE
37
Level or floor. : STAGE
39
Type of energy. : SOLAR
40
Grouping of new nations. : FRENCHCOMMUNITY
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Post for new Ambassador Reischauer. : TOKYO
44
Source of oil. : OLIVE
45
In addition. : TOO
46
Introduce. : INSERT
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Actor Wallach. : ELI
49
Sen. Gore's state: Abbr. : TENN
50
Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
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Adjective suffix. : INE
54
New republic, member of 40 Across. : CHAD
58
Scope. : AREA
60
Of the mind or spirit. : INNER
64
Be happy. : REJOICE
66
Charm. : BEGUILE
68
Persons of great knowledge. : ORACLES
69
Put into action. : EXERTED
70
Double-___. : PARKED
71
Tributaries. : STREAMS
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Coarse hominy. : SAMP
2
Diablerie. : EVIL
3
Historic caravel. : NINA
4
Newspaper employe. : EDITOR
5
Contributor. : GIVER
6
Supped. : ATE
7
Northern constellation. : LYRA
8
Current Broadway attraction. : DOREMI
9
Is: Ger. : IST
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Global area. : ASIA
11
Cold wind from the Swiss Alps. : BISE
12
Cordelia's father. : LEAR
13
Whether ___ (in any case). : ORNO
15
Mended place. : DARN
20
People of new republic, in 40 Across. : CONGOLESE
23
Household fixture. : BATH
25
Come as a consequence. : ENSUE
26
Civilian clothes. : MUFTI
27
City in Ohio. : AKRON
28
Time periods. : WEEKS
30
City in Texas. : WACO
32
Study carefully. : CON
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The select few. : ELITE
34
Spokesman for South Africa. : PATON
35
Check for fit. : TRYON
37
Achieve, as a success. : SCORE
38
Man's name. : EMIL
41
Former Labor leader Bevan. : NYE
42
11th century date. : MVII
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Followed. : TRACED
49
Conditions of possession. : TENURE
51
Magnetite and siderite. : ORES
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New republic, member of 40 Across. : NIGER
54
Farm output. : CROP
55
Greek goddess. : HERA
56
Open. : AJAR
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Wharf. : DOCK
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Sec. Ribicoff and namesakes. : ABES
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Girl in a Spanish song. : NITA
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Certain chessmen. : REDS
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___ de la Cité. : ILE
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Additional: Abbr. : EXT

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

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