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New York Times, Monday, October 12, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,741
Across
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Tool sets. : KITS
5
Agreeable. : BLAND
10
Italian island. : ELBA
14
Robert ___. : ELEE
15
Kitchen utensil. : RICER
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Circus performer. : SEAL
17
Theory in physics. : RELATIVITY
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Charge for service. : TOLL
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Antagonist. : FOE
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Having retired. : ABED
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Ill-tempered. : CRANKY
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One of Santa's reindeer. : VIXEN
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Dismounted. : ALIT
27
Flows smoothly. : GLIDES
29
Officials. : PREFECTS
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American Beauties. : ROSES
34
Seaport in Morocco. : RABAT
35
Exclamation. : HAH
36
Song. : ARIA
37
Honeydew. : MELON
38
Note. : MEMO
39
Army man. : NCO
40
Texture of something. : FIBER
41
"A sadder and a ___ man." : WISER
42
King doomed to hunger and thirst. : TANTALUS
44
Covered way or avenue. : ARCADE
45
Makes angry. : IRES
46
Nap. : SLEEP
47
Part of the foot. : INSTEP
50
Available. : OPEN
51
Poetic contraction. : EER
54
Author of "Two Years Before the Mast." : DANA
55
Goal of astronauts. : OUTERSPACE
58
Vingt-___. : ETUN
59
Restrict. : STINT
60
Edible pods. : OKRA
61
Crowds. : MOBS
62
School events. : TESTS
63
Fear: Fr. : PEUR
Down
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Cut made by an ax, saw, etc. : KERF
2
Of the hipbone: Comb. form. : ILEO
3
Home entertainment. : TELEVISION
4
___ of Tranquility, on the moon. : SEA
5
Hush-money. : BRIBES
6
Cheer (up). : LIVEN
7
Tart. : ACID
8
Gain. : NET
9
Refresh fabrics. : DRYCLEAN
10
Landed property. : ESTATE
11
City in Spain. : LEON
12
Pitcher's blunder. : BALK
13
Associate. : ALLY
18
One of the "certain" things, according to Ben Franklin. : TAXES
23
Fissure. : RIFT
25
Plan of action. : IDEA
26
Latticed structure. : ARBOR
27
18th President. : GRANT
28
City in Spain. : LORCA
29
Pickets. : PALES
30
Baltimore's bay. : CHESAPEAKE
31
Made docile. : TAMED
32
Coast. : SHORE
34
Picture puzzle. : REBUS
37
Road marker. : MILEPOST
38
Nibblers. : MICE
40
Food. : FARE
41
Birds. : WRENS
43
Men of great power. : TITANS
44
Puts on guard. : ALERTS
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Exhausted. : SPENT
47
The same. : IDEM
48
Defense alliance. : NATO
49
Affront. : SNUB
50
American patriot. : OTIS
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Color. : ECRU
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___ admiral. : REAR
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Indian. : UTE
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Explosive sound. : POP

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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