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New York Times, Saturday, June 3, 1961

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,341
Across
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Unit of power, in physics. : WATT
5
Counterfeit. : SHAM
9
Projecting rock. : CRAG
13
Great Lakes port. : ERIE
14
Asphalted. : PAVED
16
People. : RACE
17
Deck post: Naut. : BITT
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Irregular. : EROSE
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Ancient kingdom S of the Dead Sea. : EDOM
20
Mennen Williams' concern. : AFRICANAFFAIRS
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Desert area. : OASIS
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Sea of southern California. : SALTON
25
Shake up. : JAR
27
Throng. : MASS
29
Fourth year of Trojan's reign. : CII
30
Poetic verb form. : ART
31
Insincerity. : LIPSERVICE
36
Supermarket purchases. : MEATS
39
Profit. : NET
40
General meaning. : TENOR
41
Swim item. : BATHINGCAP
44
Exhaust. : FAG
45
Spanish cheer. : OLE
46
Activity. : STIR
48
Outside: Prefix. : EXO
49
Constitutional. : STROLL
52
Eastern ruler. : EMEER
54
Irene Dunne and others. : AMBASSADRESSES
57
Dear: Ger. : LIEB
58
"___ a Grecian Urn." : ODEON
59
Handle. : KNOB
61
Slanting type: Abbr. : ITAL
62
Egyptian. : NILOT
63
Beige color. : ECRU
64
Plaintive cry. : AHME
65
Captain of the Nautilus. : NEMO
66
Foretell (the future). : READ
Down
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Entanglement. : WEB
2
Solo number. : ARIA
3
Retaliation in kind. : TITFORTAT
4
Relative of penta-. : TETRA
5
Extraordinary. : SPECIAL
6
Wearying by importunities. : HARASSING
7
Bristol's river. : AVON
8
Western scenery. : MESAS
9
Productive (of). : CREATIVE
10
The networks. : RADIO
11
Tree fruit. : ACORN
12
Briolettes. : GEMS
15
Spoil the appearance of. : DEFACE
21
Belief. : ISM
22
Coquet. : FLIRT
25
Door frame. : JAMB
26
Bay ___ of San Francisco. : AREA
28
Eyeglasses, for short. : SPECS
32
Place for a bon voyage party. : STATEROOM
33
Deduction. : INFERENCE
34
Persuade. : COAX
35
Hence. : ERGO
37
Air Force missile. : THORABLE
38
Farm structures. : SILOS
42
Gubernatorial first name. : NELSON
43
Allspice. : PIMENTO
47
Phone book abbreviation. : RES
49
Women's college. : SMITH
50
Steel bar. : TBEAM
51
Dialect spoken in the Tyrol. : LADIN
53
Glacial ridge. : ESKER
54
Inter ___. : ALIA
55
Cancel, in printing. : DELE
56
Wading bird. : SORA
60
Sprout. : BUD

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

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