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New York Times, Wednesday, November 6, 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: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 15.3
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,053
Across
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White. : MILKY
6
Cook. : BAKE
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Member of the solar system. : MARS
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In agreement. : ATONE
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Papal. : APOSTOLIC
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Has-been of 59 Across. : PERON
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Where Cartago is. : COSTARICA
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Duck. : SMEW
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOC
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Provide supplies. : CATER
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French cathedral city. : LAON
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Musical instrument. : VIOL
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Austrian composer. : MOZART
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Excitement. : FERMENT
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Catkin. : AMENT
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Arctic attire. : PARKA
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Intent. : AIM
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Enrich. : LARD
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Electrical devices. : PLUGS
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Metric unit. : KILO
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Although. : THO
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Writer of 1776. : PAINE
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Carpenter's tool. : BEVEL
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Seeks (after). : ASPIRES
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Most reliable. : SAFEST
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Employed. : USED
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Turkish title. : BABA
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Biblical verb. : SHALT
50
Receptacle. : URN
51
Tree of Java. : UPAS
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Unfeelingly. : CALLOUSLY
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Get around. : EVADE
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Where Aconcagua is. : ARGENTINA
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Kentucky college. : BEREA
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Fuel. : PEAT
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Nine inches. : SPAN
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Hat material. : BRASS
Down
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Motoring aids. : MAPS
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News brief. : ITEM
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Knowledge. : LORE
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Republican Senator. : KNOWLAND
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Money on the Ginza. : YEN
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Breakfast food. : BACON
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Book of Revelation: Abbr. : APOC
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Referees' decisions. : KOS
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5 hours behind Greenwich time: Abbr. : EST
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Mental state. : MORALE
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Descended. : ALIT
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Texas school. : RICE
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Rocky cliff. : SCAR
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Puget Sound community. : TACOMA
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Marriage portion. : DOT
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Poetic verb. : ART
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Edge. : VERGE
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Exacerbates. : IRKS
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Brewing ingredient. : MALT
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Western Indian. : OMAHA
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A quintillion has 18 of these. : ZEROS
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Rural deities. : FAUNS
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Childlike. : NAIVE
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Roofing materials. : TILES
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Went back and forth regularly. : PLIED
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Shed. : MOLT
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Trim away. : PARE
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Democratic Senator. : KEFAUVER
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Engine part. : PISTON
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Girl of ballads. : BAB
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Barnyard fowl. : PULLET
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___ José. : SAN
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Famous fundamentalist. : BRYAN
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Army title of Pacific theatre. : SCAP
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Rodent. : HARE
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Water plant. : ALGA
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Companion of the radius. : ULNA
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Amazon mouth. : PARA
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Summer refreshments. : ADES
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Vast amounts. : SEAS
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Former musical syllables. : UTS
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Taste. : SIP
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Decrease. : EBB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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