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New York Times, Friday, January 28, 1955

63-Across : French Line.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 27.2
Jim Horne notes:

65-Across: ARIADNE clued as "Daughter of Minerva" — is an error. Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete, not the goddess Minerva.

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,040
Across
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Make wavy. : CRIMP
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Affliction. : SCOURGE
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Ace, king, queen, etc. : HONORS
15
More old-fashioned: Slang. : CORNIER
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Arrive at. : ATTAIN
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One way to move about. : ONTIPTOE
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Frances ___ of the movies. : DEE
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Leg-of-mutton sleeve. : GIGOT
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Pesky one. : TEASE
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Postponements. : RESPITES
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Wire: Abbr. : TEL
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Small masses of cotton, wool, etc. : WADS
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They're being filtered out these days. : RESINS
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Part of a washing machine. : AGITATOR
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Iran's Premier. : ZAHEDI
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Nuts of a Chinese tree: Var. : LICHEES
40
Coiffure aid. : HAIRNET
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Carriers, as of guns. : TOTERS
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Penman's flourish. : CURLICUE
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Cad. : ROTTER
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Sign of affection. : KISS
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Le Havre, for example: Abbr. : SPT
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Having more carotin. : YELLOWER
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Thunderstorm: Fr. : ORAGE
55
Flattop named for Philippine island. : LEYTE
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Period of time: Abbr. : CEN
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Unmerciful. : PITILESS
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Wagnerian heroine. : ISOLDE
63
French Line. : MAGINOT
64
Playing cards. : SEVENS
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Daughter of Minerva. : ARIADNE
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Bonheur and others. : ROSAS
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Lake in Africa. : CHAD
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Repetition. : ROTE
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Prohibit. : INTERDICT
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Extinct bird. : MOA
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Stuffy persons. : PRIGS
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Child's vehicle. : SCOOTER
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French stories. : CONTES
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Table scrap. : ORT
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___ rule: method of voting at conventions. : UNIT
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Ready for harvest. : RIPE
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Reach. : GETAT
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Irregular, as a leaf edge. : EROSE
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Cut. : SNIP
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Conger. : EEL
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Types of aircraft. : GIROS
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Mermaid Williams. : ESTHER
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Recipient of university grant at Cambridge. : SIZAR
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The poet Whitman. : WALT
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Discount on foreign bill of exchange. : AGIO
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Stud. : NAIL
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"The ___," Pulitzer prize play. : SHRIKE
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Concerned with planes. : AERO
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Snappish. : TESTY
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Surrounds. : ENCIRCLES
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God: Latin. : DEUS
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Natives of: Suffix. : ITES
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Half of a word meaning uproar. : HURLY
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Actress Holm. : CELESTE
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Terminal segment of a crustacean. : TELSON
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Bribe. : SOP
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___ donna. : PRIMA
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Member of an Asian tribe. : TATAR
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___ Skinner. : OTIS
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River in Germany. : WESER
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Audrey Hepburn's early hit role. : GIGI
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Famed pseudonym. : ELIA
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A fall hurricane. : EDNA
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Suffix denoting condition. : NESS
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"___ As A Man." : END
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Egg: Comb. form. : OVO

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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