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New York Times, Tuesday, April 9, 1963

52-Down : Gambol.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,000
Across
1
Diamond men. : UMPS
5
Squawfish or hornyhead. : CHUB
9
Scrape. : RASP
13
Ancient seafarer. : NOAH
14
Value. : RATE
15
Mme. Bovary et al. : EMMAS
17
"The Bell of ___." : ATRI
18
Norwegian name. : OLAF
19
Kind of porridge. : PEASE
20
Communications system. : SHIPTOSHORE
23
Highway: Abbr. : RTE
24
Wood. : OAK
25
Atomic pile. : REACTOR
27
Sooty-brown bird. : SWIFT
30
Character in "Streetcar." : STELLA
32
Exclamation of disdain. : POOF
33
Luau food. : POI
34
Certain actors' lines. : ASIDES
38
Florence's river. : ARNO
39
At a distance: Scot. : OUTBY
41
Felix Arndt tune. : NOLA
42
Popular place. : RESORT
44
Bohemian reformer. : HUS
45
Star in Pegasus. : ENIF
46
Baking powder, for one. : LEAVEN
48
Atmospheric condition, new style. : SMAZE
49
Beat. : PULSATE
52
Fire: Fr. : FEU
53
Service group. : USO
54
British film comedy, starring Dirk Bogarde. : DOCTORATSEA
60
Academy award winner Rainer. : LUISE
62
French comedian. : TATI
63
"When ___ a lad ... " : IWAS
64
Baseball term. : ERROR
65
Kimono sashes. : OBIS
66
Riviera resort. : NICE
67
Longings: Colloq. : YENS
68
Famous Dean. : RUSK
69
Youth group. : YMHA
Down
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Ones, in Italy. : UNAS
2
Cecropia. : MOTH
3
Equal: Prefix. : PARI
4
Current bestseller. : SHIPOFFOOLS
5
Shepherd's staff. : CROOK
6
Haarlem painter. : HALS
7
Beehive State. : UTAH
8
___ the mast. : BEFORE
9
Abrogates. : REPEALS
10
Soul: Fr. : AME
11
Well dressed. : SMART
12
Meal, in Italy. : PASTO
16
Crystalgazer. : SEER
21
Make a kind of lace. : TAT
22
Races. : RELAYS
26
Bestseller of 1951. : CAINEMUTINY
27
Sail support. : SPAR
28
Had on. : WORE
29
Certain atoms. : IONS
30
Small coin. : SOU
31
Tenth part. : TITHE
33
Vegetable. : POTATO
35
Title in Madrid. : DONA
36
Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
37
Vault. : SAFE
40
Hair-do. : BUN
43
Publishers' aides. : READERS
47
Mathematical term. : VECTOR
48
Bering, for one. : SEA
49
Whimper. : PULE
50
Shylock's forte. : USURY
51
French river. : LOIRE
52
Gambol. : FRISK
55
Forbidden. : TABU
56
Elevator man. : OTIS
57
In the ___. : SWIM
58
Every. : EACH
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Scene of 4 Down and 26 Down. : ASEA
61
Heir. : SON

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