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New York Times, Friday, September 15, 1961

5-Down : Intact.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,445
Across
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Portend. : BODE
5
Exhort. : URGE
9
Bitter. : ACRID
14
Plot of land. : ACRE
15
Time of day. : NOON
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Bull: Prefix. : TAURO
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Pitman or Gregg. : SHORTHAND
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What "to err" is. : HUMAN
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Hesitant sounds. : ERS
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Trick. : RUSE
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Peter Stuyvesant, for one. : PEGLEG
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Shortcake. : DESSERT
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Eastern ruler. : SHAH
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Bonnet. : HAT
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Hires. : CHARTERS
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Religious title. : ABBOT
34
Baseball player. : SHORTSTOP
35
Shift. : VEER
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Prince Charles' school. : CHEAM
37
Type of dance. : HULA
38
Region of U. S. : EASTCOAST
40
Mr. ___, end man. : BONES
41
Stop abruptly. : CUTSHORT
42
Through. : PER
43
Sea fish. : HAKE
44
Lords. : MASTERS
48
Bespangled. : STARRY
51
___ bag. : TOTE
52
Born. : NEE
53
Student. : PUPIL
54
Stock market item. : SHORTSALE
56
What ___! : ALIFE
57
Flying prefix. : AERO
58
Surrounded by. : AMID
59
Irritable. : TESTY
60
French city. : CAEN
61
Sympathy. : PITY
Down
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Founded. : BASED
2
Pigment. : OCHRE
3
Slag. : DROSS
4
Suffix used with profit. : EER
5
Intact. : UNHURT
6
Main dish. : ROAST
7
Disappeared. : GONE
8
Goal. : END
9
Fundamentally. : ATHEART
10
Found wanting. : CAUGHTSHORT
11
Father of the pay-as-you-go tax. : RUML
12
Dies ___. : IRAE
13
Bell sound. : DONG
18
Handle. : TREAT
22
Drugstore: Abbr. : PHARM
24
Little or no mercy. : SHORTSHRIFT
25
Young pig. : SHOAT
27
Money box. : CHEST
28
Vingt-___. : ETUN
29
Part in a play. : ROLE
30
Mineral springs. : SPAS
31
With: Fr. : AVEC
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Boy friend. : BEAU
33
Utmost. : BEST
34
Portion. : SHARE
36
Gingersnap. : COOKY
39
Man with a well-known aunt. : CHARLEY
40
Surrounded. : BESET
42
Sponsor. : PATRON
44
Irish poet. : MOORE
45
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
46
Ignited again. : RELIT
47
Threadbare. : SEEDY
48
Quarrel. : SPAT
49
Bulrush. : TULE
50
Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
51
Tea plant. : THEA
54
Indian. : SAC
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Vital fluid. : SAP

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

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