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New York Times, Wednesday, December 28, 1955

56-Across : Now: Italian.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { W }, Scrabble score: 339 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 29.3
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,374
Across
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"The Wizard ___." : OFOZ
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Moistens. : DAMPS
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
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A former cult in art. : DADA
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Pertaining to space. : AREAL
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Central American oil tree. : EBOE
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Foretoken. : OMEN
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Great sculptor of ancient Greece. : PRAXITELES
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Almonds, sugar and egg white. : MARZIPAN
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Workers in cryptography. : CODERS
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In a bad way. : ILLY
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Terrier. : SKYE
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Navy man. : SEABEE
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Reason for a ticket. : SPEEDING
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"The power ___ involves the power to destroy." : TOTAX
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Kilted peer. : LAIRD
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Type of discourse: Abbr. : SER
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Predecessor to the harp. : ASOR
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Mammoth and others. : CAVES
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Bird. : SMEE
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Young O'Hara of Lahore. : KIM
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Land ___ alive! : SAKES
40
Vegetable. : PEASE
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Installed. : ENSTATED
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Begged. : PRAYED
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Territory of the U. S.: Abbr. : ALAS
45
Loam. : SOIL
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Reddish-brown. : SORREL
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Sword and pistol. : SIDEARMS
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Hal March, for instance. : QUIZMASTER
55
Skillful and precise. : NEAT
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Now: Italian. : ISSA
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Ingenuous. : NAIVE
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Strange. : EERY
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Type of light. : NEON
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Fathers. : SIRES
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City in Tunisia. : SFAX
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Famous flier. : ODOM
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Rumor personified. : FAMA
3
Stettin's river. : ODER
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Island off Tanganyika. : ZANZIBAR
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Splotch with color. : DAPPLE
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Panoply. : ARRAY
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Unimposing. : MEAN
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___ vobiscum. : PAX
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Storm garments. : SLICKERS
10
Minded. : HEEDED
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Adept. : ABLE
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One who acts. : DOER
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Mr. Willard. : JESS
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Dallied. : TOYED
21
Holly. : ILEX
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Intriguing characters. : SPIES
25
Share or interest. : STAKE
26
Red dye. : EOSIN
27
Electrons plus protons and neutrons. : ATOMS
28
Hoarded. : SAVED
29
Prominent name in NATO. : ISMAY
30
Georgia ___ Clark, former U. S. treasurer. : NEESE
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Capital sin. : GREED
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Pontchartrain and others. : LAKES
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Natives of Spain. : CATALANS
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Water routes. : SEALANES
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Gov. Patterson's capital. : SALEM
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___-dieu. : PRIE
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Lord of the jungle. : TARZAN
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Hero of the Brooks. : PODRES
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Colander. : SIEVE
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A measure: Abbr. : SQIN
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Sussex river. : OUSE
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Laughter: Italian. : RISO
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Move. : STIR
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The Great Barrier. : REEF
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Name claimed by Naomi. : MARA
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Sinister stream. : STYX
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Capuchin monkey. : SAI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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