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New York Times, Wednesday, October 1, 1958

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.91, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 48.2
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,382
Across
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Arm of the Atlantic. : BALTIC
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Horrified. : AGHAST
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Giant cactus. : SAGUARO
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Famous French cartoonist, 1808–79. : DAUMIER
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TV fare. : PROGRAM
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Forest of NE France. : ARGONNE
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Catch, as a butterfly. : INNET
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Intellects. : MINDS
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Certain M.D.'s. : GPS
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Coconut fiber. : COIR
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Thrust and parry. : FENCE
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"I can't tell ___ ... " : ALIE
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Suffix in chemistry. : ENE
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Utopian state. : CONTENTMENT
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About a nickel, to Julius Caesar. : SESTERCE
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Sedilia. : SEATS
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Labor-management business. : WAGERATES
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Force with a lever. : PRISE
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The Campbells, for instance. : CLANSMEN
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Event of Feb. 10, 1947. : PEACETREATY
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Somebody. : ONE
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English queen. : ANNE
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Mother: Span. : MADRE
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Sets one against another. : PITS
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Cushion. : PAD
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Encrust with jewels. : BEGEM
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Elihu and family. : YALES
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Bunting. : ETAMINE
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Envision. : IMAGINE
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Narrator. : RELATOR
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Early films. : SILENTS
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Winter precipitations. : SLEETS
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Plod. : TRUDGE
Down
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Not excluding anyone. : BARNONE
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Great pains. : AGONIES
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German gun. : LUGER
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Small pie. : TART
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Biblical man's name. : IRA
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Begin. : COMMENCE
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Moving vivaciously. : ADANCE
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New Jersey. : GARDENSTATE
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Embraces. : HUGS
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Undershirt, in Britain. : SINGLET
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Alley game. : TENPINS
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Piquant ingredients. : SPICES
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Put in new type. : RESET
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Plead for. : INTERCEDE
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Emblem of fidelity. : FORGETMENOT
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Collect. : AMASS
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___ fire. : CEASE
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Very small: Colloq. : TEENY
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Doubly. : TWICE
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One who cries wolf. : ALARMIST
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Lares and ___, household gods. : PENATES
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Actor Tony. : RANDALL
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Drudging. : MOILING
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Political agreement. : ENTENTE
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Headlands. : NESSES
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Kind of money. : PAPER
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Angry people. : RAGERS
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Summoned by call. : PAGED
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Snack. : BITE
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Korean boundary. : YALU
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The glamorous West. : MAE
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Title of a chief in Persia. : MIR

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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