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New York Times, Thursday, December 19, 1957

43-Down : Yields to the control of.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,096
Across
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Garment. : SHIRT
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Most perfect. : PUREST
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Carpenter. : JOINER
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Far East statesman. : SUKARNO
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Series of notes. : OCTAVE
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Hardships. : TRAVAILS
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Becoming slower: Mus. abbr. : RIT
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All together. : ENMASSE
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Place. : PUT
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Legislative group in Eire. : DAIL
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Gift recipient. : DONEE
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Imitator. : APER
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City of Illinois on the Mississippi. : ALTON
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Extra. : ODD
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Place of conflict. : ARENA
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Poorer. : NEEDIER
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Did housework. : DUSTED
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Tennessee Senator. : GORE
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Killer: Suffix. : CIDE
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Medicated cigarettes. : CUBEBS
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Officers of a king's stable. : AVENERS
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Accustom. : INURE
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With: Prefix. : COM
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Type of seedless orange. : NAVEL
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Measures: Abbr. : GALS
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Wager again. : REBET
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Lake: Span. : LAGO
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Sharp tool. : AWL
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Place of concealment. : HIDEOUT
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Vital fluid. : SAP
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Time of need. : RAINYDAY
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Working easily and quickly. : FACILE
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Schoolbooks. : READERS
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French name of Rhineland city. : TREVES
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Garden tools. : EDGERS
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Vaults. : SAFES
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Pertaining to human relationships: Fr. : SOCIALE
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Ancient Syrian. : HITTITE
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___ spot. : INA
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Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Direction. : TREND
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Gathered into small folds. : PURSED
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Official order. : UKASE
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Talk wildly. : RAVE
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Period of time. : ERA
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Small scrap. : SNIPPET
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Coal tar derivative. : TOLUENE
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River in Palestine. : JORDAN
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Opinion, as on an issue. : STAND
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Musical instrument: Colloq. : STRAD
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Irish poet. : MOORE
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Renters. : LODGERS
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Storage building. : ARSENAL
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Legendary queen of Thebes. : NIOBE
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Poet Wystan. : AUDEN
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Major general's command: Abbr. : DIV
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Gem for a brooch. : CAMEO
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Havana. : CIGAR
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Not cognizant. : UNAWARE
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Browbeat. : BULLIED
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Tricky. : EVASIVE
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Entertains. : REGALES
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Coasting places. : SLOPES
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Evergreens. : CEDARS
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Yields to the control of. : OBEYS
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John Gilpin, for one. : RIDER
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New England college. : TUFTS
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___ Park. : HYDE
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"Gone With the Wind" locale. : TARA
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Shrew: Abbr. : NAG
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Canada's army: Abbr. : CEF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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