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New York Times, Tuesday, November 26, 1957

8-Down : Football maneuver.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F H Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.6
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,073
Across
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Warm and comfortable. : COZY
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Founder of Slobbovia. : CAPP
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Considers. : RATES
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District. : AREA
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Bowfin. : AMIA
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Choice part of a group. : ELITE
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Maryland eleven. : TERRAPINS
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Divine food. : MANNA
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Oklahoma eleven. : SOONERS
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Member of Michigan State eleven. : SPARTAN
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Main point. : GIST
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Numerical prefix. : UNI
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Motionless. : STATIC
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Northwestern eleven. : WILDCATS
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Palmer Stadium player. : TIGER
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Small streams. : RILLS
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Pile of hay. : MOW
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To ___ (every one). : AMAN
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High ___. : JINKS
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Greek letter. : ZETA
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Jacinth or hyacinth. : GEM
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Operatic role. : LUCIA
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Mercenary. : VENAL
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Part of the Sugar Bowl. : GRIDIRON
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Something perplexing. : RIDDLE
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Mythical princess of Phoenicia. : INO
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Lockup, in London. : GAOL
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Oregon State eleven. : BEAVERS
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Where the Altiplano plateau is. : BOLIVIA
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Full to the top. : ABRIM
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Holy Cross eleven. : CRUSADERS
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Gnaw away. : ERODE
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Turn out. : OUST
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Indicative of. : LIKE
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Second-growth crop. : ROWEN
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Nautical chains or ropes. : TYES
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Swan knight's bride. : ELSA
Down
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Kilkenny fighters. : CATS
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Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
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Part of a football score. : ZERO
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Wool. : YARN
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Of a goat. : CAPRIC
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Beside the mark. : AMISS
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Wooden club in a game. : PIN
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Football maneuver. : PASS
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Sends back. : REMANDS
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Visigoth king. : ALARIC
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Touch of color. : TINT
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Well-known erupter. : ETNA
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Writer O'Faoláin. : SEAN
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Norse god of the sea. : AEGIR
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Plucks and gathers. : PULLS
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Pentagon name. : TWINING
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Football coach Alonzo. : STAGG
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Official at the finish line. : TIMER
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Trumpeter bird. : AGAMI
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___ yard line. : TEN
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Actress Chase. : ILKA
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Improve. : AMEND
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Complete. : TOTAL
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Low marshy ground. : SWALE
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Puerto ___. : RICO
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One of the "Twelve Angry Men." : JUROR
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English letter. : ZED
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Tackles, guards, etc. : LINEMEN
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Rural residence. : VILLA
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Apportion. : DIVIDE
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Rests on a perch. : ROOSTS
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Mistreat. : ABUSE
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James Braddock's victim, 1935. : BAER
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Tortosa's river. : EBRO
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In a single file. : AROW
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Part of U. K.: Abbr. : SCOT
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Unfounded. : IDLE
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Disguise. : VEIL
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Annoys. : IRKS
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On the main. : ASEA
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"___ Blas," Hugo drama. : RUY

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

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