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New York Times, Saturday, November 5, 1955

40-Across : Copycat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 40.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,321
Across
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Le dernier cri. : RAGE
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Knock-me-down affair. : SCRAP
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Concerning. : INRE
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Colombia's neighbor. : PERU
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Dave Crockett was here. : ALAMO
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Attic or cellar. : STOREROOM
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Declines. : WANES
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London suburb. : KEW
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Deposit. : DOWNPAYMENT
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Billboards. : SIGNS
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Time out. : RECESS
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Cactus bristles. : SPINES
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A gift of the Magi. : MYRRH
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Varieties. : KINDS
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Sub ___. : ROSA
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Eight: Prefix. : OCTA
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Wine city in Italy. : ASTI
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Chief Justice after Marshall. : TANEY
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Be tearful. : WEEP
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Stop! : WHOA
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Copycat. : APER
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Setting for a Hersey novel : ADANO
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In Sunday best. : NATTY
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Usurps. : WRESTS
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Slow ballet dance. : ADAGIO
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Staff officers. : CADRE
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One dollar an hour. : MINIMUMWAGE
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Jollity. : FUN
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Century plant. : AGAVE
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Lonardi's country. : ARGENTINA
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Stopwatch. : TIMER
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Sea: German. : MEER
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"Battle Cry" author. : URIS
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Brain channels. : ITERS
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Goals. : ENDS
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Character in "Little Women." : BETH
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Chance. : RISK
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___ bellum. : ANTE
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Becomes. : GROWSINTO
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Poetic "always." : EER
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Pinafores. : APRONS
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Catty remarks. : MEOWS
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Golf club. : IRON
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Unload. : DUMP
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Maker of planks and boards. : SAWYER
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Soup. : CLAMCHOWDER
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Rajah's wife. : RANEE
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Hymn finales. : AMENS
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Jobs. : POSTS
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Sidles. : EDGES
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Line-up. : ARRAY
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Fickle donor. : INDIANGIVER
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Cape of northern Denmark. : SKAW
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Nonsense! : PISH
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Dollars and cents. : MONEY
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European river. : YSER
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Intensely interested. : RAPT
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U. N. achievement. : CEASEFIRE
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Bivouac. : TENT
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Army addresses. : APOS
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Giant armadillo. : TATOU
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Famous forest. : ARDEN
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Sighters. : AIMERS
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Turfman's ventures. : WAGERS
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Violin maker. : AMATI
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Number. : DIGIT
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"What's in ___?" : ANAME
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Put in a zoo. : CAGED
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Patrick Dennis' mentor. : MAME
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He designed St. Paul's Cathedral. : WREN
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Army outfit. : UNIT
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Poet Ogden. : NASH
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Clumsy ship. : TUB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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