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New York Times, Friday, November 15, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 25.9
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,062
Across
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Army vanguard. : SCOUTS
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Moves too slowly. : DRAGS
12
Part of a sailing ship. : POOPDECK
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A set formula. : RECIPE
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Name for a newspaper. : INQUIRER
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Awry. : UNEVEN
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Shoulder on the gridiron. : PADS
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Marine animal. : SPONGE
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Consume. : EAT
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World War II theatre. : ETO
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Lamps for heating liquids. : ETNAS
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Harden by heat. : BAKE
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Missiles. : DARTS
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King, in Spain. : REY
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Rise high. : TOWER
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Angry man. : RAGER
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Cheroots. : CIGARS
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Composes. : WRITES
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Incursions. : FORAYS
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Jewish month. : SHEBAT
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Benefactor. : DONOR
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City of Lombardy. : MILAN
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Term of address. : SIR
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Dancer's forte. : STEPS
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Abbreviation in proofreading. : ITAL
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Chess plays. : MOVES
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Thermometer scale: Abbr. : FAH
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Suffer. : LET
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At the nadir. : LOWEST
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A continent: Comb. form. : AFRO
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Poet and novelist Wylie. : ELINOR
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Monster of the deep. : SEASNAKE
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Golfer's replacements. : DIVOTS
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Unroofed areas adjacent to houses. : TERRACES
57
Ghostly. : EERIE
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Fed the fire. : STOKED
Down
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"Moonlight ___." : SONATA
2
Rimsky-Korsakov opera (with "Le"). : COQDOR
3
1 Down, for example. : OPUS
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North Caucasian language. : UDI
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To the point. : TERSE
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Regal adjuncts. : SCEPTRES
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Sign frequently seen in neon lights. : DRUGS
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Alain ___ Lesage. : RENE
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Card. : ACE
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Type of TV program. : GIVEAWAY
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Cannon and Rayburn. : SPEAKERS
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___ down (stopped talking). : PIPED
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Silver coins of Denmark or Norway. : KRONER
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Lists by name. : ENTERS
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Not so. : NAY
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Winner of an Oscar, 1951. : BOGART
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Of a group of people. : TRIBAL
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Archfiend. : SATAN
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Beginners: Var. : TIROS
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Come by. : GET
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Peruse. : CON
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One form of polite excuse. : WHITELIE
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Father, for one. : RELATIVE
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Divines. : FORESEES
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Looked cheerful. : SMILED
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Deprive of honors, titles, etc. : DIVEST
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Farm animal. : SOW
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Obliterate. : EFFACE
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Left in a particular place: Slang. : PARKED
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Bluchers. : SHOES
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Senator from Eugene. : MORSE
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Set out. : START
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French novelist. : LOTI
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Biblical giant. : ANAK
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Rialto sign. : SRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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