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New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 1957

53-Down : Insect.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 48.7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,056
Across
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Scented toiletry. : SOAP
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Moor. : HEATH
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Nora Helmer, figuratively. : DOLL
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Russo-Manchurian border river. : AMUR
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Any perennially popular tune: Colloq. : OLDIE
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Actress Adams. : EDIE
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TV's "___ Show." : LATE
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Indicator in a detection device. : RADARSCOPE
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Tendency to turn, as a flower toward light. : TROPISM
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Wall décor. : MIRROR
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Not a few. : MANY
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Fictional ship. : CAINE
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Look fixedly. : STARE
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Crowned. : CORONETED
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Eton student's father. : PATER
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Muscat's neighbor. : OMAN
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Limiting surface. : SIDE
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Samuel's teacher. : ELI
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He wrote "The Wonderful O." : THURBER
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Toby. : MUG
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Lily plant. : ALOE
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October birthstone. : OPAL
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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Where the Magna Charta was signed. : RUNNYMEDE
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Certain bird abodes. : COTES
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"It's ___ father ... " : AWISE
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Bland fruit. : PEAR
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Like the first man. : ADAMIC
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To the point. : GERMANE
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Golfers' boasts. : HOLESINONE
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At any time. : EVER
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Exclude. : DEBAR
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Diminutive of Rebecca. : REBA
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Jumble. : MESS
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Selects for printing. : EDITS
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Mail drop. : SLOT
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Pungent humor. : SALT
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Astronomer-poet of Nishapur. : OMAR
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Present-day production trend. : AUTOMATION
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Put together. : PREPARE
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Of the hunting set. : HORSY
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Ancient Iranian kingdom. : ELAM
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Make further comment. : ADD
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Madre's sister. : TIA
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Comedienne Gingold. : HERMIONE
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Proclamations. : DECREES
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Great Chinese poet. : LIPO
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Sly look. : LEER
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___ Fein. : SINN
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Indisposed to action. : INERT
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Close associate. : COMRADE
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Fit for plowing. : ARABLE
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Weapon. : SPEAR
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Nickname well-known on Broadway. : TALLU
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Automobiles. : COUPES
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Familiar science-fiction theme. : TIMETRAVEL
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Bring forth. : EDUCE
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Impressionist painter. : DEGAS
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Police department division. : HOMICIDE
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Speed car. : RACER
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Paints. : ENAMELS
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Peripatetics. : ROAMERS
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Certainly: Archaic. : YWIS
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Dukes. : PEERS
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Interjection. : AHEM
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Venetian official. : DOGE
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Oh dear! : ALAS
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Insect. : GNAT
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Biblical Mount. : NEBO
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Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
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Edmund, informally. : NED
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Part of a geisha's costume. : OBI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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