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New York Times, Thursday, January 6, 1955

46-Down : Belgrade's river.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 32.5
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,018
Across
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Women in general. : DISTAFF
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Mark Twain character, Tom Canty. : PAUPER
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Part of a telephone. : RECEIVER
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Slow to understand. : OBTUSE
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A quality in music. : OVERTONE
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Extension of a building. : LEANTO
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Ray's friend. : BOB
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Ready for service: Colloq. : ONDECK
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Yesterday: French. : HIER
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Japanese names. : ITOS
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Secy. Benson and others. : EZRAS
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Husing or Mack. : TED
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Adjoining. : NEXT
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Loblolly. : TREE
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Utter rhythmically. : CHIME
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Football yell. : RAH
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Shreveport's waterfront. : REDRIVER
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Woodrow Wilson's first name. : THOMAS
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Lent. : LOANED
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Mystery story (coined by Donald Gordon). : WHODUNIT
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Shelved controversial bill. : UMT
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Start of a toast. : HERES
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Fashion. : MOLD
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Border. : EDGE
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Greek goddess of dawn. : EOS
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Behave theatrically. : EMOTE
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Javelin. : DART
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Scottish river near St. Andrews. : EDEN
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Song of praise or joy. : ANTHEM
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Filbert, for instance. : NUT
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Lake of Scotland. : LOMOND
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"God with us." : IMMANUEL
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Part of a pencil. : ERASER
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Memorable: Var. : NAMEABLE
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Go back on a promise: Colloq. : RENEGE
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Grinds together. : GNASHES
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Consecrate. : DEVOTE
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Predecessor of 7 Down. : ICEBOX
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Set of volumes: Abbr. : SER
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European President. : TITO
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English river. : AVON
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Part of an automobile. : FENDER
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Modern household appliance. : FREEZER
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Vivacious dance. : POLKA
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Man's nickname. : ABE
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Where Provo is. : UTAH
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Concerned with penalties. : PUNITIVE
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Prized. : ESTEEMED
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First sign of a best seller. : REORDER
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Symbol of spring. : ROBIN
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Fisherman's basket. : CREEL
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Walked with long steps. : STRODE
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Go away: Slang. : SCRAM
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Conjunction. : THAN
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Intimated. : HINTED
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Entertain. : AMUSE
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Senator Green of Rhode Island. : THEODORE
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Paul Revere, for instance. : HORSEMAN
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Nursery rhyme character. : SIMON
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___ Field, U. S. air base at Oahu. : WHEELER
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Adding up figures. : TOTTING
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Democratic Senator. : LEHMAN
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Belgrade's river. : DANUBE
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Subjects to intense strain. : GRUELS
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Try: Dial. : ETTLE
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Parent in Madrid. : MADRE
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Sniff. : NOSE
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Novel of 1816. : EMMA
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Miss West and others. : MAES
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Photographic film: Abbr. : NEG
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One way of saying "no." : NAH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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