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New York Times, Friday, November 18, 1955

37-Across : Don and Lena.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.2
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,334
Across
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Snatches forcibly. : WRESTS
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Italian buildings. : CASAS
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Slangy term for completeness. : WHOLEHOG
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Emissaries. : AGENTS
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Between flood and ebb. : HALFTIDE
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Ice hockey team. : SEXTET
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Where Bloomington is: Abbr. : ILL
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Handles of scythes. : SNATHES
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Projecting lug. : EAR
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Look askance. : LEER
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Adhesive. : GLUE
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Turned up. : CAME
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Fumble. : ERROR
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___ facto. : IPSO
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Dancer in "Fanny." : ATES
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Sampans. : BOATS
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Electorate. : VOTERS
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To some degree. : PRETTY
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Don and Lena. : RIVERS
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Cousin of burgundy. : CLARET
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Tree. : CEDAR
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Café au ___. : LAIT
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Part of a blind. : SLAT
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Bibless overalls. : LEVIS
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Hostels. : INNS
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Skating place. : RINK
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Pass receiver. : END
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Pearls of great luster. : ORIENTS
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Herb. : RUE
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Oil of orange flowers. : NEROLI
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Certain to win: Colloq. : SUREFIRE
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Sings a roundelay. : TROLLS
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Nautical distances. : SEAMILES
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Discourse. : SPEAK
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Tapering tops. : SPIRES
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The Pequod, for example. : WHALER
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Wheel of a caster. : ROLLER
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Brownie. : ELF
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Cools and hardens. : SETS
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Single entity. : THING
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Fellowship. : SODALITY
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N. J. Senator. : CASE
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Poetically, man has seven. : AGES
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The fair ___. : SEX
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Aardvark or echidna. : ANTEATER
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Side-wheelers. : STEAMERS
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As long as. : WHILE
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Costume ensembles. : GETUPS
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Significance. : STRESS
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Pronouns. : HES
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Novelist Kenneth. : ROBERTS
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Supplier of food. : CATERER
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By ___ (by memory alone). : ROTE
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He wrote "Amores." : OVID
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Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
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Face shape. : OVAL
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Designers. : PLANNERS
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Gift of Jupiter Pluvius. : RAINDROP
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Attendants. : RETINUES
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Customer. : CLIENT
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Tender embrace. : CARESS
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Garland of flowers. : LEI
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Manly. : VIRILE
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Gets used to. : INURES
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Snow runners. : SKEES
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Leather band. : STRAP
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Spanish cooking pot. : OLLA
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Hazard. : RISK
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Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
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Chemical suffix. : OLE
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Balsam. : FIR

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

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