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New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1959

51-Down : Small green plant.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 52.7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,812
Across
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A brief witty writing. : SQUIB
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Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
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Gudrun's husband. : ATLI
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Teacher. : TUTOR
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Olive tree genus. : OLEA
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Booted. : SHOD
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A looking back. : RETROSPECT
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Mesdames: Span. abbr. : SRAS
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Common verb. : ARE
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Rubber trees. : ULES
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The Knave of Hearts, for one. : THIEF
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Substance produced by heat, in chemistry. : PYROGEN
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A long time: Colloq. : SIEGE
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Archaic form of "your." : THY
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Very large. : GIGANTIC
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Photograph. : SHOOT
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Auxiliary verb expressing duty. : OUGHT
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In song, she's sweet. : IDA
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Profit by. : TAKEADVANTAGEOF
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Fuel. : OIL
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People of South Africa. : BOERS
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TV entertainer. : BERLE
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Squads. : PLATOONS
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___ matter of fact. : ASA
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Class periods. : HOURS
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Hymn tunes. : CHORALS
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Sulks. : POUTS
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Heath. : MOOR
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Him: Fr. : LUI
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Mining pit. : SUMP
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Very dark color. : IVORYBLACK
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Wings on seeds: Bot. : ALAE
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Speak imperfectly. : LISP
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Weird. : EERIE
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"Numbered," in the writing on the wall. : MENE
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Not so much. : LESS
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Coats with hoarfrost. : RIMES
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Flexible band. : STRAP
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Ask about. : QUERY
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Make a statement. : UTTER
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Noun suffix. : IOR
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Caused to happen. : BROUGHTABOUT
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Short for shade of blue. : COPEN
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Quaffs. : ALES
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Short for a time unit. : SEC
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Remained firm: Colloq. : SATTIGHT
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Appoint to a post. : ASSIGN
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Describing a fancy wedding cake. : THREETIER
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Lounge about. : LOAF
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Relatives of egos. : IDS
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Weaver's reed. : SLEY
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Part of a refrigerating machine. : HEATABSORBER
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Siouan Indian. : OTOE
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Portents. : SIGNS
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Indian plants cultivated in U.S. for forage. : GUARS
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Someone greatly admired. : IDOL
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Eating place. : CAFE
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End. : STOP
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Greet. : HAIL
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Dweller on the Cimmaron. : OKLAHOMAN
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Dry kilns. : OVENS
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Threshold. : DOORSILL
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Household stuff. : GEAR
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Remedy for a bald spot. : TOUPEE
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Mariner's hail. : AHOY
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Army subdivision. : CORPS
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Clock feature. : ALARM
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Heroine in Dickens tale. : LUCIE
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Ruffian in Dickens tale. : SIKES
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Whimper. : PULE
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Small green plant. : MOSS
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Space-traveling monkey. : SAM
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Compete. : VIE
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Floral neckwear. : LEI

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

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