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New York Times, Wednesday, June 21, 1961

29-Down : City in Brazil.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,359
Across
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Bismarck. : OTTO
5
Gem. : OPAL
9
Award never won by Garbo. : OSCAR
14
High time. : NOON
15
___ avis. : RARA
16
Dwarf. : STUNT
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Stake. : ANTE
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Governor in Juneau. : EGAN
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Coast S of Campobello. : MAINE
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"The ___," Julie Harris vehicle. : YOUNGANDFAIR
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Worker. : PEON
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Author of "Buddenbrooks." : MANN
25
Flower part. : STAMEN
28
Czechoslovakian spa. : CARLSBAD
32
Mountain nymph. : OREAD
33
Welsh ___, Princess Anne's pet dog. : CORGI
34
Season for the Riviera. : ETE
35
Sadie Thompson's saga. : RAIN
36
Swindle: Colloq. : BUNKO
37
Type of machine. : SLOT
38
Within: Comb. form. : ESO
39
Hounds' prey. : HARES
40
Movie take. : SCENE
41
Heated arguments, in baseball lingo. : RHUBARBS
43
Window. : DORMER
44
Arranges deceptively. : RIGS
45
El ___. : PASO
46
She played "The Farmer's Daughter." : LORETTAYOUNG
50
Hair net. : SNOOD
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Oven. : OAST
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Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
55
Recent winner of 2 Down (first name). : TAMMY
56
Defense alliance. : NATO
57
Cheerful expression. : GRIN
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Waterfowl. : GEESE
59
Ardor. : ELAN
60
Television award. : EMMY
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___ shoestring. : ONA
2
Theatre award. : TONY
3
Italian comedian. : TOTO
4
Type of "ship" by Stephen Potter. : ONEUPMAN
5
Where Corvallis is. : OREGON
6
Heathen. : PAGAN
7
Irish island group. : ARAN
8
Events which mark turning points in a period. : LANDMARKS
9
Turk. : OSMANLI
10
Pigments. : STAINS
11
Leather: Fr. : CUIR
12
Actress Sheridan. : ANN
13
Map abbreviation. : RTE
21
Lack. : NEED
22
City in North Dakota. : FARGO
25
More distressed. : SORER
26
Nonsense. : TRASH
27
Vowels. : AEIOU
28
Geometric solids. : CONES
29
City in Brazil. : BELEM
30
Agreed. : ATONE
31
Hinder. : DETER
33
Part of the sidewalk scene. : CURBSTONE
36
Large pleasure boat. : BARGE
37
Cadge or sponge. : SCROUNGE
39
Beauty parlor best seller. : HAIRDYE
40
Fair. : SOSO
42
Sweeps. : BROOMS
43
City in Ohio. : DAYTON
45
Italian staple. : PASTA
46
Capital of Togoland. : LOME
47
Afrikaans. : TAAL
48
Standard. : NORM
49
Resolute. : GRIM
50
Kind of silver: Abbr. : STG
51
Scot's negative. : NAE
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One or all. : ANY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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