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New York Times, Thursday, November 28, 1957

25-Down : To see: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,075
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Better half. : WIFE
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Machine tool. : LATHE
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Dinner course. : SOUP
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"Oh, Wilderness were Paradise ___." : ENOW
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The east wind. : EURUS
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Former name of Mongolian capital. : URGA
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Hollywood event. : SCREENTEST
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Theatre program. : BILL
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Article. : THE
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Irishman's name. : RORY
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What Penn is to Pennsylvania. : EPONYM
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Decorator's color. : IVORY
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Nostradamus. : SEER
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Temple. : PAGODA
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Claimed as a right. : DEMANDED
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Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
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White heath. : BRIER
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___ de France. : ILE
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Ananias. : LIAR
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Long inlet. : SOUND
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French for the hostess. : RSVP
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Inventor Whitney. : ELI
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Excavation in a mine. : STOPE
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"Pagliacci" character. : TONIO
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Army missile. : REDSTONE
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Annoy. : MOLEST
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Birds. : HENS
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A kind of beans. : JELLY
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Get away. : ESCAPE
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River of Switzerland. : AARE
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Slow, underhand throw. : LOB
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Beam resting on tops of columns. : ARCHITRAVE
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Arena animal: Span. : TORO
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Apply oneself to. : GETAT
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Entity. : UNIT
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Over again. : ANEW
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Levels off. : EVENS
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Icelandic poem. : EDDA
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Point on a compass. : WEST
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Move very slowly. : INCH
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Congressional problem. : FOREIGNAID
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Lamb's mother. : EWE
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Relative of Eleanor. : LENORA
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Star of many Westerns. : AUTRY
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Card. : TREY
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Jan ___, Bohemian reformer. : HUS
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Regarded highly. : ESTEEMED
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Induce to commit perjury. : SUBORN
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Character in "Mourning Becomes Electra." : ORIN
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Unprepossessing. : UGLY
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Symbol of victory. : PALM
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Bartlett ___. : PEAR
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To see: Fr. : VOIR
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River into the English Channel. : SEINE
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Dimmer. : PALER
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Cherry or plum. : DRUPE
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Realm of fantasy. : DISNEYLAND
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Big name in entertainment. : ELVIS
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Warehouse. : DEPOT
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Benefactions. : BOONS
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Caveman's era. : STONEAGE
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Croissant. : ROLL
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Chassé. : STEP
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House sign. : TOLET
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Constant companion. : SHADOW
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Deserves. : MERITS
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Shah who built the Taj Mahal. : JAHAN
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Suffix used with girls' names. : ETTA
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Erelong. : SOON
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Watchfulness. : CARE
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Roman poet. : OVID
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Second brightest star in a constellation. : BETA
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Clerical title: Abbr. : REV
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Herb of grace. : RUE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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