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Stephen Barr
Stephen Barr

New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1956

Author:
Stephen Barr
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 22.7
Stephen Barr has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,663
Across
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Here and there: Lat. : PASSIM
7
School book. : READER
13
Useful foreign invention (ends in Z). : ALPHABET
15
Flattened at the poles, as a spheroid. : OBLATE
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Ill-fated Francesca. : DARIMINI
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Sluice gates. : VALVES
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Makes reparation. : ATONES
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Secluded valley. : GLEN
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N. Y. C. subway line. : IRT
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Traps. : GINS
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Oldest son. : HEIR
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___ Domini. : ANNO
25
Compass point. : ENE
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Fox and Rabbit. : BRERS
28
An award. : OSCAR
29
Pressing instrument. : SADIRON
31
A kind of strength. : TENSILE
33
Forty winks. : NAP
34
Victory sign. : VEE
35
Wears away. : ABRADES
39
Football players. : CENTERS
43
Sharp bends. : LOOPS
44
Evening: Ger. : ABEND
46
Number on a clock dial. : XII
47
Dipterous insect. : GNAT
48
Plant. : ALOE
49
Auditors' aides. : CPAS
50
Book of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : ESD
51
Height: Comb. form. : ALTI
52
Marred the quality of. : SPOILT
54
Puccini opus. : BOHEME
56
Soak through. : SATURATE
58
Engager in tumult. : RIOTER
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Teacher. : EDUCATOR
60
Silvery. : ARGENT
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Poplars. : ABELES
Down
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Old name for a precious metal. : PLATINA
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Wearing a certain garment. : APRONED
3
Climbs in a certain way. : SHINS
4
Unchanged. : SAME
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Long-billed wading bird. : IBIS
6
Players on a team. : MEN
7
Pirate. : ROVER
8
Israeli plenipotentiary. : EBAN
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___ fours. : ALL
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"Madonna of the Rocks" painter. : DAVINCI
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Unchanging. : ETERNAL
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Give back. : RESTORE
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Proverbs. : ADAGES
14
Striped animal. : TIGER
20
Roll. : LIST
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Layer. : HEN
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Desirable thing. : ASSET
26
Wire nails. : BRADS
27
Line. : ROPE
28
Columbus' placement of an egg. : ONEND
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Awkward. : INAPT
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Just. : EVEN
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School subject. : ALGEBRA
36
French greeting. : BONSOIR
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Type of driver. : ROADHOG
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Give tang to. : SALT
39
Passing mark. : CEE
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Make amends for. : EXPIATE
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Theatre districts. : RIALTOS
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Head nurse, in Britain. : SISTER
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Western capital. : BOISE
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Warn. : ALERT
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"Of his bones are ___ made ... " : CORAL
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Verily. : AMEN
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Type of pen. : STUB
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Brownish purple. : PUCE
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French season. : ETE
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Oklahoma city. : ADA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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