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New York Times, Thursday, December 1, 1955

18-Across : Taking the future into consideration.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 46.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jim Horne notes:

25-Across: Jane Ace: was a highly popular radio comedian in the 1930s and 1940s, famous as the star of the sitcom Easy Aces (which she performed with her husband, Goodman Ace). She was famous for her hilarious malapropisms.

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,347
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Potatoes: Colloq. : SPUDS
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Up to it. : ABLE
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Tangled mass. : SHAG
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Role in "I Pagliacci." : TONIO
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Secluded valley. : GLEN
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Number of votes recorded. : POLL
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Tocsin. : ALARM
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Taking the future into consideration. : LONGRANGE
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Use a straw. : SIP
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Magic door opener. : ELECTRICEYE
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Practical joke. : HOTFOOT
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Jane and Goodman. : ACES
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Boniface's establishment. : INN
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Lively versions of minuets. : GAVOTTES
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Furlough. : LEAVE
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Gronchi's capital. : ROME
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Lake city. : ERIE
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Post Office device. : DATER
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Warwick's river. : AVON
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Northern France. : NORD
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Dark. : EBON
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Drying compartments. : OVENS
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John Wilkes Booth. : ASSASSIN
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Adequate. : DUE
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Roman or boldface. : TYPE
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Informal meal. : POTLUCK
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Chuck Conerly specialty. : FORWARDPASS
54
Scotch refusal. : NAE
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Rugs. : ORIENTALS
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Menon's country. : INDIA
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Greek wine pitcher. : OLPE
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Miss Saint and others. : EVAS
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Dishearten. : DAUNT
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Secretary. : DESK
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M. Coty. : RENE
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Fleurets. : EPEES
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Hide away: Slang. : STASH
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March of Dimes concern. : POLIO
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Maladroit. : UNAPT
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Adm. : DIR
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Person of importance. : SOMEONE
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Shoelace tip. : AGLET
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Political group. : BLOC
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Season the French call carême. : LENT
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Albrecht Dürer was one. : ENGRAVER
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Feature of the future. : SPACETRAVEL
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Epithet for a possible candidate. : HONESTAVE
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Swinburne to his friends. : ALGY
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Singing group. : GLEE
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Puerto ___. : RICO
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Certain working conditions. : FIVEDAYWEEK
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Boarded. : GOTON
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Sobeit. : AMEN
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Town on the Thames. : ETON
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Without: Poet. : SANS
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Yakutsk's river. : LENA
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Mythical marksman. : EROS
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Landing fields. : AIRSTRIPS
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Nobel Prize physicist. : RABI
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Turncoat. : DESERTER
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Absolute limit (with "the"). : OUTSIDE
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Nine inches. : SPAN
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Solfeggio syllables. : DOS
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Archaic. : PASSE
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Inordinate. : UNDUE
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A certain high-speed minesweeper. : CAINE
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English odist. : KEATS
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Good cheer. : FOOD
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Heraldic field. : ORLE
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TV's Garroway. : DAVE
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Schedule. : PLAN
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Forty winks. : NAP

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2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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