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New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 1959

7-Down : Dogmatic assertions.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,536
Across
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Way of doing something. : FORM
5
Buffalo Bill. : CODY
9
U. S. N. nuclear submarine. : SKATE
14
On the briny. : ASEA
15
Inter ___. : ALIA
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Complainer. : PULER
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Majority Leader in the House. : MCCORMACK
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Fruit of the Quercus. : ACORN
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Dine. : EAT
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Weight: Colloq. : HEFT
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One of the oldest cities in the world. : ATHENS
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Stroke oar. : ROWER
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Discuss. : ARGUE
27
Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Minority Leader in the House. : HALLECK
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Card game. : WHIST
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Miss Doolittle. : ELIZA
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Undersized animal. : RUNT
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Ship of mutiny. : CAINE
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Young herring. : BRIT
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Near East republic: Abbr. : ISR
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Operatic voice. : BASSO
44
Squally. : GUSTY
45
"The nearer ___, the sweeter the meat." : THEBONE
47
Do crystal gazing. : SCRY
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With imperfect utterance. : ALISP
51
Grain coverings. : HUSKS
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Medals. : AWARDS
57
Do nothing. : LOAF
59
Finial of a roof. : EPI
61
Orleans' river. : LOIRE
62
Majority Whip in the Senate. : MANSFIELD
64
Customs. : MODES
65
Part of the U. S. motto. : UNUM
66
Indigo. : ANIL
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Personal opinion: Colloq. : SLANT
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Jumble. : MESS
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Measure. : METE
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Honor. : FAME
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Golden statuette, so named in 1931. : OSCAR
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Right-hand page. : RECTO
4
Red China official. : MAO
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Margaret Bourke-White's specialty. : CAMERA
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Patron saint of Norway. : OLAF
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Dogmatic assertions. : DICTA
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Animal of Tibet. : YAK
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Palette knife. : SPATULA
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Minority Whip of the Senate. : KUCHEL
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Century plant. : ALOE
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Seafowl. : TERN
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Hero of "Gone With the Wind." : RHETT
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Looking with eagerness. : AGAZE
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Zephyr's home. : WEST
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Safari's big game. : RHINOS
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Real estate papers. : LEASES
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Spikes of maize. : EARS
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Pert, saucy girl. : CHIT
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The "only g-g-girl that I adore." : KATY
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Legal paper. : WRIT
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Be silent. : HUSH
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Concerning. : INRE
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Fleur-de-___. : LIS
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___ Major, constellation of the Dog Star. : CANIS
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Exchanges for money. : BUYS
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Most daring. : BOLDEST
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Bearish. : GRUFF
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Unproductive. : BARREN
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Deep gorges. : CHASMS
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Carpenter's tool. : PLANE
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New Hampshire city. : KEENE
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Burst. : SPLIT
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Benefaction. : ALMS
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Vicuna's pride. : WOOL
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Verdi heroine. : AIDA
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Burden. : ONUS
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Futile. : IDLE
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Silent. : MUM
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Hour past midnight. : IAM

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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