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New York Times, Friday, November 20, 1959

13-Down : Colewort.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,780
Across
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Title in India. : SAHIB
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Unsubstantial. : SLIM
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Falcon. : HAWK
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Spanish province. : AVILA
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Alfio's wife, in "Cavalleria Rusticana." : LOLA
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Say grace. : GIVETHANKS
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Stream. : RILL
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Poem. : ODE
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Accept. : TAKE
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___ Row, in London. : SAVILE
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Nothing more than. : MERE
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Same: Fr. : MEME
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Give confidence to. : ASSURE
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Card game. : CANASTA
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Score. : TALLY
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Family. : PARENTAGE
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Shape of a face. : OVAL
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Postulate. : POSIT
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Pivot. : TURN
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Mass from outer space. : METEORITE
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Ivied. : VINED
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Badge of Lancaster. : REDROSE
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French nobles. : COMTES
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The Moulin Rouge, for one. : CAFE
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Pâté de ___ gras. : FOIE
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Island of the Bahamas. : BIMINI
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Compass point. : EAST
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Association: Abbr. : ORG
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Son of Boaz and Ruth. : OBED
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Speak bluntly. : TALKTURKEY
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Citrus fruit. : LIME
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Raced again. : RERAN
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Olfactory sensation. : ODOR
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Beloved. : DEAR
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Glorify. : EXALT
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East Indian palm. : SAGO
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Voracious. : AVID
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Busy swarm. : HIVE
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___ de la Cité. : ILE
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Southern tip of Manhattan (with "the"). : BATTERY
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Quench. : SLAKE
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Unfrequented. : LONE
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Family: Colloq. : ILK
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Contemporary of Debussy. : MASSENET
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Autumn. : HARVESTTIME
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Others: Lat. : ALII
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Resolve firmly. : WILL
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Colewort. : KALE
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Leporine animal. : HARE
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To ___ (everyone). : AMAN
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Autumnal beverage. : MULLEDCIDER
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Former queen of Romania. : MARIE
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Jot. : ATOM
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Thrifty one. : SAVER
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Shade of blue. : SLATE
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Exclusive social group. : CASTE
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Twit. : TAUNT
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Tally. : AGREE
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Equilibrium. : POISE
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Purposes. : ENDS
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Gained pecuniarily. : PROFITED
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French base in N. Africa. : ORAN
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French carriage. : VOITURE
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Expenditure. : COST
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Fraud. : FAKER
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Machete. : BOLO
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Footnote word. : IBID
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Note. : MEMO
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Wagnerian heroine. : ELSA
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Soup vegetable. : OKRA
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Veritable. : REAL
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Ibsen character. : GYNT
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Stout : ALE
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Stout. : REX

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

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