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New York Times, Wednesday, November 18, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 9.6
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,778
Across
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Summons. : CALL
5
Discrimination. : TASTE
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Femme fatale of early movies. : VAMP
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Rate of foreign exchange. : AGIO
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Storage place. : ATTIC
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Tropical tree. : EBOE
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Famed Boston residential section. : BEACONHILL
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Simba. : LION
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Maker of plans. : DRAFTER
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First-born. : ELDEST
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Captured: Poet. : TAEN
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Kiltie. : SCOT
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1924 Ferber novel. : SOBIG
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Gaiters. : SPATS
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Plymouth Rock. : HEN
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Western lake resort. : TAHOE
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Hera's messenger. : IRIS
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Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA
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Where Meshed is. : IRAN
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Heading. : TOPIC
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Saroyan hero. : ARAM
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Cotter ___. : PIN
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Drive. : URGE
42
World-weary. : BLASE
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Language: Abbr. : ENG
44
Fingerlings. : PARRS
46
The "Thief of Bagdad." : AHMED
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Servicewoman. : WAVE
48
Yucatan Indian. : MAYA
50
Sailing junket. : CRUISE
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Type of eating place. : AUTOMAT
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Doe. : HIND
57
Not a seafaring man. : LANDLUBBER
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Discharge. : EMIT
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Eulogy. : ELOGE
62
Vex: Dial. : RILE
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Late French stylist. : FATH
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Ballerina Jeanmaire. : RENEE
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Skillfully. : ABLY
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Street "cruiser." : CAB
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Full of years. : AGED
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Perjurer. : LIAR
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Movie-making site. : LOCATION
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Spouse of mon oncle. : TANTE
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Capital city. : ATHENS
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Commotion. : STIR
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Sesame plant. : TIL
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Selecting from various sources. : ECLECTIC
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S. African grassland. : VELDT
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Playwright Nichols' hero. : ABIE
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Rural sounds. : MOOS
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Held in. : PENT
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Mature. : OFAGE
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Red ink item. : LOSS
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Draped garment. : SARI
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Mushroom stalk. : STIPE
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Put one's ___ (interfere). : OARIN
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Indian hemp. : BHANG
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Pibroch player. : PIPER
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King of ancient Tyre. : HIRAM
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Wipe out. : ERASE
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Appointed. : NAMED
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Robert E. Lee's horse. : TRAVELER
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Folklore being. : OGRE
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Old Moorish castle. : ALHAMBRA
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Javanese tree. : UPAS
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Waterway of Louisiana. : BAYOU
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Dense smoke to drive away insects. : SMUDGE
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Side-to-side measurement. : WIDTH
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Oriental tamarisk tree. : ATLEE
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Restaurant VIP. : CHEF
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Heroine of "Green Mansions." : RIMA
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Standard quantity. : UNIT
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Shortly. : ANON
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Spring month, now called Nisan. : ABIB
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Announce. : TELL
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Wassail. : ALE
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King, in Spain. : REY

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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