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New York Times, Friday, November 29, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,076
Across
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Friend of Thumper and Flower. : BAMBI
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Presently. : ANON
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Piece of sculpture. : BUST
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Separate. : APART
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Ripped. : TORE
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National theatre group. : ANTA
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French impressionist. : DEGAS
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Landmark of Black Canyon. : HOOVERDAM
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Commentator Sevareid. : ERIC
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Native ___. : SON
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Watered silk. : MOIRE
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Form of literature. : EPOS
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Faux pas. : BLUNDER
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Jester's garment. : MOTLEY
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Beer brewed from wheat. : WEISS
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Father of King Arthur. : UTHER
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Room. : HALL
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Fibers of hemp, flax, etc. : TOW
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Landmark of New York City. : STATUEOFLIBERTY
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To what effect. : HOW
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Go swiftly. : FLEE
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Flavorful seed. : ANISE
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Post office instrument. : DATER
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Founder of Thebes. : CADMUS
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French impressionist. : DEBUSSY
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Flower. : POSY
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Makes eyes at. : OGLES
51
Headgear. : FEZ
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Actress Powers. : MALA
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Landmark of Chicago. : GRANTPARK
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More subtle. : FINER
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Chow ___. : MEIN
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Famous Korean. : RHEE
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Language of Attica. : IONIC
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Aleutian island. : ATKA
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Farm crop. : OATS
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Grind. : GNASH
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Ordered. : BADE
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Mimic. : APER
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Amahl's night visitors. : MAGI
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Bangle. : BRACELET
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Dumas character. : ATHOS
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Twelve. : NOON
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Gold: Span. : ORO
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Where Virginia City is: Abbr. : NEV
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Feudal lords. : BARONS
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Brought to ruin. : UNDID
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Long look. : STARE
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Less fierce. : TAMER
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Cassowaries' cousins. : EMUS
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Kind of sauce. : SOY
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Home of the alpaca. : PERU
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Beauty. : BELLE
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Leslie Caron role. : LILI
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Travel on foot over snow. : MUSH
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Palindromic name. : OTTO
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Lose one's reserve of manner. : THAW
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Thin, crisp cake. : WAFER
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Moth-eaten. : HOLEY
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Dress. : TRIM
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City of Honshu. : OTSU
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Letters of the alphabet. : WYES
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Small reptiles. : EFTS
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Barnyard sounds. : BAAS
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Allegory by Keats. : ENDYMION
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Governess. : DUENNA
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Deputy: Abbr. : ASST
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Relative: Colloq. : COZ
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Belief. : DOGMA
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Feather. : EGRET
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Famous Army football coach. : BLAIK
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Pug-nosed dogs, for short. : PEKES
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Worry. : FRET
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Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
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Hawaiian specialties. : LEIS
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Clever or crafty. : ARCH
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Affirmative vote. : PRO
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Exclamation of triumph. : AHA
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Fruit. : FIG

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

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