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New York Times, Thursday, October 10, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 36.2
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,026
Across
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Sphere. : REALM
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Forest Hills winner. : GIBSON
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More gaudy. : ARTIER
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Arthurian damsel. : ELAINE
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Berlin thoroughfare. : STRASSE
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Fastened with metal bolts. : RIVETED
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One of the Hagens. : UTA
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Hats. : PANAMAS
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Political action group. : ADA
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End up. : LAND
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Ice pinnacle. : SERAC
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Bound by. : UNDER
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Card game. : GIN
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Shakespeare's "tricksy spirit." : ARIEL
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Got on. : FARED
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Be obliging enough. : PLEASE
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Annapolis graduates. : ENSIGNS
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Dull pedagogs. : PEDANTS
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Muskie is ___ Governor. : MAINES
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One of the Cavalier poets. : CAREW
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All: Lat. : OMNES
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___-de-sac. : CUL
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Moroccan port. : RABAT
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Links places. : TEES
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Not ___ (fairly good). : SOBAD
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Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
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And so forth. : ETC
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Museum director. : CURATOR
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Attain. : WIN
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Lizard or iguana. : SAURIAN
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Puzzles. : ENIGMAS
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Settled routine. : GROOVE
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Cotton cloth. : SATEEN
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Fisherman. : SEINER
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Formative years. : TEENS
Down
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Stem for wickerwork. : RATTAN
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Trip, to carry a message. : ERRAND
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___ loss. : ATA
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Speech imperfection. : LISP
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Homes of cliff dwellers. : MESAS
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Language of Europe. : GERMAN
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Of the hipbone. : ILIAC
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Natives of Munich: Abbr. : BAVS
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German pronoun. : SIE
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Canadian. : ONTARIAN
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The Hundred ___ Cases. : NEEDIEST
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Backs out. : RENEGES
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Member of a Moro tribe. : SULU
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River rapids. : DALLES
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Dull. : ARID
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Describes exactly. : DEFINES
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Sunken court. : AREAWAY
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Fits of temper. : RAGES
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Tree of the birch family. : ALDER
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Important workers: Abbr: : RNS
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Through. : PER
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Gets overly dramatic. : EMOTES
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Labels. : NAMETAGS
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Easy work, high pay. : SINECURE
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Tastes. : PALATES
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Where Columbus landed, 1492. : CUBA
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Companion of a nook. : CORNER
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Fighters at Crecy. : BOWMEN
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Early Christians. : ARIANS
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Certain greenbacks. : TENS
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Smoothly polite. : SUAVE
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English movie actor. : DONAT
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Plant bud. : CION
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Formal procedure. : RITE
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Ruler of a royaume. : ROI
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Opposite of haw. : GEE

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