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New York Times, Tuesday, September 23, 1958

25-Across : Play the banjo.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { B J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 57.2
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,374
Across
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Delicately fronded algae. : SEAMOSS
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Kind of clam. : QUAHOG
14
Writer-flier St. Exupéry. : ANTOINE
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Mr. Tilley of "The New Yorker." : EUSTACE
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Not so noisy. : STILLER
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Football player. : LINEMAN
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Courage to go on. : HOPE
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Devoured. : EATEN
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Architectural feature. : APSE
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Dale and Andrew. : CARNEGIES
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Play the banjo. : STRUM
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Happy-faced ones. : GRINNERS
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Girl's name meaning "dark as night." : LEILA
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Lass. : MAID
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Wide shoe size. : EEE
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Drummer's reports. : EXPENSEACCOUNTS
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Member of the family: Abbr. : DAU
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Saucer-shaped bell. : GONG
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Inscribe. : WRITE
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Highway regulation. : SPEEDLAW
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Moth. : EGGER
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Vin ___, cheap French claret. : ORDINAIRE
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Wall Street gamble, for short. : SPEC
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Ether compound. : ESTER
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Part of the neck. : NAPE
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Vivid show. : PAGEANT
58
Humorist: Fr. : FARCEUR
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Exacts punishment for. : AVENGES
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Proclaimer. : UTTERER
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Study twice. : REREAD
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Landlords. : LESSORS
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Ornamental band. : SASH
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Within: Comb. form. : ENTO
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"Take ___ from me." : ATIP
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Particle of matter. : MOLECULE
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The wealth of Arabia. : OIL
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Look of contempt. : SNEER
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East Indian skipper. : SERANG
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Kind of acid from a malaria antidote. : QUININIC
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Navy letters. : USN
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Relaxed. : ATEASE
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Where Smith College is: Colloq. : HAMP
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Tropical tubers. : OCAS
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Actor Autry. : GENE
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Like Thomas Gray's finest work. : ELEGIAC
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Fishwife. : TERMAGANT
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Salle ___ (dining room): Fr. : AMANGER
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University's best friend. : ENDOWER
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Coaster. : SLED
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Bluebonnet state. : TEXAS
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Destroy. : RIPUP
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Break a promise: Colloq. : RENIG
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Seven: Ital. : SETTE
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Small Danish weights. : ESER
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Soaked through. : SODDENED
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Joins up. : ENLISTS
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Great needs. : URGENCES
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Geological epoch. : EOCENE
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Sad: Scot. : WAEFUL
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Incensed. : IRATE
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Boom. : SPAR
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Lay asphalt. : PAVE
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The "Rome of Hungary." : EGER
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Prefix in aviation. : AERO
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Boy: Lat. : PUER
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Makes slips. : ERRS
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Turkish title. : AGA
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Privileges: Abbr. : RTS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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