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New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 1959

2-Down : Heroine of opera.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 32.6
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,616
Across
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Moslem leader. : IMAM
5
Trials. : TESTS
10
Pack. : STOW
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Place. : SITE
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Put into action. : EXERT
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Liquid cosmetic. : WASH
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Put into circulation. : EMIT
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Gothic bard. : RUNER
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Shaft connecting wheels. : AXLE
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The Black Knight. : RICHARD
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Splitting of molecules. : FISSION
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Musical instrument. : OBOE
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Brightly spotted, silvery fish. : OPAH
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Eight-legged animal. : SPIDER
29
Images on radarscope. : PIPS
30
Shakespearean queen. : MAB
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Permitted. : LICIT
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Department store worker. : SALESLADY
36
Ah, me! : ALAS
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Glutted. : SATED
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Caliph's name. : OMAR
39
Having arms, like a squid. : TENTACLED
41
Practice. : USAGE
42
Weekday: Abbr. : SAT
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Bock. : BEER
44
Gantries of Canaveral. : CRANES
45
Pectoral, dorsal, etc. : FINS
46
Arm of the Rhine, in central Netherlands. : WAAL
47
Designating a type of power. : NUCLEAR
50
One of the 1919 Big Four. : ORLANDO
54
Make eyes (at). : OGLE
55
Way. : ROUTE
57
Astronaut's goal. : MOON
58
Swing around a pivot. : SLUE
59
Jots. : IOTAS
60
Giant. : OGRE
61
Hurricane centers. : EYES
62
Foretokens. : OMENS
63
Bribes. : SOPS
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River into the Elbe. : ISER
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Heroine of opera. : MIMI
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Of the kind of: Suffix. : ATIC
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Religious denomination. : METHODIST
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Extreme fear. : TERROR
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Ooze. : EXUDE
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Grouped in units of three. : TREFOILED
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Peeled. : STRIPPED
10
Cause to splash. : SWASH
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Hack. : TAXI
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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Say ___. : WHEN
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Help. : ABET
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Stewed fruit, farm style. : SASS
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Louver boards. : SLATS
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Tops of birds' heads. : PILEA
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"___ Do the Sum." : ICANT
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Mater's husband. : PATER
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Jeune fille's parent. : MAMAN
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Saw. : ADAGE
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Cow barns. : BYRES
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Auction salon. : SALESROOM
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Community operated by A. E. C. : LOSALAMOS
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Hollywood document. : SCENARIO
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He loved a colleen. : ABIE
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Russian river. : URAL
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Fondle. : CARESS
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Vanishes. : FLEES
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Wagner role. : WOTAN
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Prominent feature of Pinocchio. : NOSE
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Unsightly. : UGLY
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"Whodunit" ingredient. : CLUE
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Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
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Village. : DORP
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Units. : ONES
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Western Indian. : UTE

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

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