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Fraas
Fraas

New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1981

56-Across : He took office in 1850

Author:
Fraas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 13.7
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,689
Across
1
Naïve person : BABE
5
Guides : STEERS
11
Hodges of diamond fame : GIL
14
Cupid : AMOR
15
Office location since 1800 : WHITEHOUSE
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He took office in 1825 : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
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Word with brush or lift : AIR
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Us, in Ulm : UNS
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Nash creation : VERSE
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Silence : GAG
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Florida county : DADE
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Consolation for Dick Weber : SPARE
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Printer's mark : DELE
30
Graf ___ : SPEE
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Like a stake : PALAR
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Fencing piece : EPEE
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Caps : TAMS
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He took office in 1877 : RUTHERFORDHAYES
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Voyaging : ASEA
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Down ___ (New England) : EAST
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Dancer Castle : IRENE
43
Type of insurance : TERM
44
Experts : ACES
45
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
46
G. W. was our first : PRES
47
___ Hickory (Andrew Jackson) : OLD
48
Horrendous : AWFUL
52
Business house in Brest: Abbr. : CIE
53
Damage : MAR
56
He took office in 1850 : MILLARDFILLMORE
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Induct into office : INAUGURATE
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Importune : URGE
63
Hallow follower : EEN
64
Toughened : ENURED
65
Blunder : GOOF
Down
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___ California : BAJA
2
Mine, in Mayenne : AMOI
3
Nobelist in Physics: 1922 : BOHR
4
Sea bird : ERN
5
Shifted : SWUNG
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"___ Is My Song," 1967 tune : THIS
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One, in Innsbruck : EIN
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Common abbr. : ETC
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King, in Cádiz : REY
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Pare : SHAVE
11
Forage plant : GUAR
12
Ideologies : ISMS
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___-majesté : LESE
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Lyric poem : ODE
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Note seeking further investigation : QUAERE
22
Billy or Martha : GRAHAM
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Testifies under oath : DEPOSES
24
Warns : ALERTS
25
Exploit : DEED
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Small herring : SPRAT
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Refresher of a sort : PAUSE
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Modify : ALTER
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Vandalize : DEFACE
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Gazed : STARED
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Person named on a check : PAYEE
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Correct : EMEND
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Double curves : ESSES
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___ admiral : REAR
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Early rabbi : HILLEL
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Bathing beach : PLAGE
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Lubricated : OILED
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Frenchman's female friend : AMIE
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Dark red : WINE
50
Pastry : FLAN
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Eskimo knife : ULU
52
Refer to : CITE
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Subject of Katz's "Days of Wrath" : MORO
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Greeks' first ship, traditionally : ARGO
55
Marine hazard : REEF
57
Compete with Sebastian Coe : RUN
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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Distant : FAR
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What some hams do : MUG

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

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