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New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 1955

6-Down : Powdery.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 44.3
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,317
Across
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Short crowbar. : JIMMY
6
Comedian and piano-player. : DURANTE
13
Maker of that decisive 7th-game catch. : AMOROS
15
Friend of 6-Across. : UMBRIAGO
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Reject: Slang. : PASSUP
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Traveled with a twist, as a football. : SPIRALED
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Letters. : EMS
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Martha Washington's first husband. : CUSTIS
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Nickname for Mrs. A. : GERT
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Long-suffering one. : MARTYR
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Little Hannah. : NAN
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Cough drop. : LOZENGE
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Card game. : ECARTE
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Household implement. : IRON
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Period of time. : ERA
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Leavenings. : YEASTS
36
Army Post Office. : APO
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Beachwear. : SANDALS
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Expression of inquiry. : HUH
40
Garrulous one. : TALKER
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Le dernier ___. : CRI
43
Portend. : BODE
44
Upright. : HONEST
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Bequeathed. : ENDOWED
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Soldiers. : GIS
49
Town in Roumania. : ORADEA
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British Field Marshal. : HAIG
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Originated. : ARISEN
54
Shoshone Indian. : UTE
57
Bearded. : UNSHAVEN
59
Torn. : RIPPED
61
Section in a soft-drink plant. : BOTTLING
62
Malay garment. : SARONG
63
Helps. : ASSISTS
64
"East ___," 1861 tear-jerker. : LYNNE
Down
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Mock. : JAPE
2
Moslem priest. : IMAM
3
It grows on live oaks. : MOSS
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____ Calabash. : MRS
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"If ___ keep your head ... " : YOUCAN
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Powdery. : DUSTY
7
Judge. : UMPIRE
8
Baseball figures. : RBIS
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
10
A torrent: Colloq. : NIAGARA
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Type of TV program. : TALENTSHOW
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Elbe tributary. : EGER
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Camshafts. : SPURGEARS
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Wartime transportation agency. : ODT
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Forbidding. : STERN
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Human beings. : MEN
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Scot's negatives. : NAES
25
Girl in "South Pacific" : LIAT
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Ruth's sister-in-law. : ORPAH
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Students of animal life. : ZOOLOGISTS
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Printing press rollers. : CYLINDERS
30
Musical composition. : ETUDE
33
Aide-de-camp. : ADC
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Molted. : SHED
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Receives. : SEES
38
Yards. : AREAS
41
Chess pieces. : KNIGHTS
43
Neckpiece. : BOA
45
Real estate sign. : TORENT
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Negation : DENIAL
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Wedding symbols. : RINGS
51
Center of interest. : HUB
52
Wild ox. : ANOA
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Girl's name meaning "bird" : AVIS
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"___ my word!" : UPON
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Where Shiloh is: Abbr. : TENN
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Brink. : EDGE
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Common Arabic name. : ALI
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Snoop about. : PRY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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