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New York Times, Monday, October 12, 1953

23-Across : Poison for arrow tips.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 26.1
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,576
Across
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Golf-playing comedian. : HOPE
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Creator of "Pal Joey." : OHARA
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TV "Woman of 1952." : BALL
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Seaport in Scotland. : OBAN
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Dinner course. : SALAD
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Novel by Herman Melville. : OMOO
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110-mile arm of the Atlantic. : LONGISLANDSOUND
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Whose Mayor is Albert Cobo? : DETROITS
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Another dinner course. : ENTREE
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Happened. : WAS
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Poison for arrow tips. : INEE
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Reporter in action. : LEGMAN
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Famous Danish author. : ANDERSEN
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French man's name. : ELIE
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Put a ban on. : EMBAR
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Battle-___. : AXE
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New Supreme Commander in the Far East. : HULL
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Arab's garment. : ABA
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Tel ___. : AVIV
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Hoosier author. : ADE
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Founded upon. : BASED
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Pretty: French. : JOLI
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Hair ___. : RESTORER
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Haberdasheries. : STORES
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Shrub yielding indigo. : ANIL
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"Indeed I have not ___." : ANY
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County seat of Kerry, Ireland. : TRALEE
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Fish resembling the bass. : SNAPPERS
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Secretary of War, 1945–47. : ROBERTPATTERSON
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So let it be. : AMEN
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Describing a simple lens. : TORIC
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Man's name. : OTTO
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Dwindle. : MELT
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Members of a sect. : AMISH
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Nitwit. : BOOB
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Strong influence. : HOLD
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Puff of an engine. : PANT
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Professional status of Herbert Hoover: Abbr. : ENGR
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Irish bard of 3d century. : OSSIAN
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Holds up. : HALTS
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Spoken sigh. : ALAS
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Moved continuously. : RAN
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Supplements to books. : ADDENDA
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Tom Catlin, for instance. : BOOTER
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2,900-mile river into Tartary Strait. : AMUR
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Unfrequented. : LONE
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Vein of ore. : LODE
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Birthplace of Grant Wood. : IOWA
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Show disdain. : SNEER
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Out of favor: Colloq. : INBAD
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Hungarian composer. : LEHAR
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Baffle. : ELUDE
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Patron saint of cripples. : GILES
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Allen of the air. : MEL
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1664 heroine of 1944. : AMBER
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Enjoy with appreciation. : SAVOR
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Banishment. : EXILE
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Ben ___, highest mountain in Great Britain. : NEVIS
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Picture stand. : EASEL
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Garlic: Spanish. : AJO
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Classroom slip. : BONER
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Short melody. : ARIETTA
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One of Godfrey's shows. : TALENT
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Short period. : SNATCH
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Caslon or Bodoni. : TYPE
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Those against. : ANTIS
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Means of transportation. : TRAM
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Seven-hilled city. : ROME
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Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
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Draped garment. : SARI
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Homework for a math student: Abbr. : PROB
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___ perpetua (exist forever): motto of Idaho. : ESTO
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Photogravure process. : ROTO
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Boston Brahmin. : SNOB
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Small relative of the Samoyed. : POM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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