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New York Times, Saturday, November 7, 1959

43-Down : Epigram.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,767
Across
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Breathing sound. : GASP
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Mail. : ARMOR
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Cavil. : CARP
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Novelist: Abbr. : AUTH
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Sheer linen. : TOILE
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Bird of ___. : PREY
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Acknowledged. : OWNED
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Retreat. : NEST
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Drama by John Milton, 1671. : SAMSONAGONISTES
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City on the Ussuri River. : IMAN
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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Knave. : RASCAL
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Celebrated prison demolished in 1791. : BASTILLE
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Ritual structure. : ALTAR
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Tennis score. : LOVE
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Enumerate. : TELL
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Ardor. : ZEAL
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Acted as member of a crew: Colloq. : COXED
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River E. of the Volga. : URAL
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Ancient Irish payment for homicide. : ERIC
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Individuals. : ONES
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Concurring. : ATONE
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Played, as a ukulele. : STRUMMED
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Harmony. : UNISON
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Move slouchily. : LOP
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Preposition. : INTO
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Cleanliness, in John Wesley's maxim. : NEXTTOGODLINESS
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Egyptian sun god. : ATMU
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Room in Montmartre. : SALLE
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Angle between twig and stem. : AXIL
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Cooking direction. : SEAR
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Drainpipes of earthenware. : TILES
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Italian resort. : LIDO
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So. African fox. : ASSE
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Excels. : STARS
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Ragout. : STEW
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Lacunae. : GAPS
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Roseate exhalation. : AURA
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Main stroke of a letter, in printing. : STEM
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One way to health. : PHYSICALCULTURE
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Dissonant. : ATONAL
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Mountain ash. : ROWAN
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Precious porcelain. : MING
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Short for shortening. : OLEO
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Attribute of lyric reindeer. : REDNOSED
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Mr. Truman's early warm-ups. : CONSTITUTIONALS
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Foment. : ABET
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Jacqueminot. : ROSE
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Cats and dogs. : PETS
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11th century astronomer-poet. : OMAR
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Banking abbreviation. : INT
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Obliterates. : RAZES
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Wide-awake. : ALERT
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Step. : STAIR
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Packaged. : BOXED
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Salutations. : AVES
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Aegean island. : LEROS
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South American plain. : LLANO
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Lady of Loch Katrine. : ELLEN
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___ Eagle. : LONE
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Fertile mixtures. : COMPOSTS
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Opposer. : ANTI
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Epigram. : MOT
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If not. : UNLESS
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Lounger. : IDLER
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Group back of Project Mercury. : NASA
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Vous ___. : ETES
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Merry time. : XMAS
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Pace. : GAIT
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Jar. : OLLA
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Stage direction. : EXIT
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___ show. : SIDE
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Lentitudinous. : SLOW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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