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New York Times, Saturday, December 19, 1959

8-Down : Character in "Winnie the Pooh."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,809
Across
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City famed for needle-point. : ALENCON
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Cure-all. : PANACEA
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National Monument near Tucson. : SAGUARO
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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Flautist. : TOOTLER
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National Park near Hungry Horse, Montana. : GLACIER
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Dissimulate. : ACT
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Embroidered motto. : SAMPLER
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Agency of 1933. : NRA
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French kings. : ROIS
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Bids defiance. : DARES
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Flavoring. : MINT
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Opera role. : TOSCA
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A great deal. : LOT
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Bristles, in botany. : SETAE
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Buried. : ENTOMBED
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TV juries. : PANELS
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Inadequate. : POOR
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Editor of N. Y. Sun, 1868-97. : DANA
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___ Park, N. J. : ASBURY
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National Park near Mt. Rushmore. : WINDCAVE
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Miss Bly, world traveler. : NELLY
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Attain. : WIN
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Square root of 49. : SEVEN
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Bluish-green. : AQUA
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Silk-stringed Japanese harps. : KOTOS
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Transmit. : SEND
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Brook. : RUN
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Made lustrous. : GLOSSED
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Lip. : RIM
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Set. : COTERIE
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In music, lively. : ANIMATO
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More steep. : HILLIER
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Releases. : UNCAGES
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Aphorisms. : SAYINGS
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Rodent's home. : RATNEST
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Goddess queen of Carthage. : ASTARTE
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Sea-serpent victim in Vatican statue. : LAOCOON
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Self-seeker. : EGOTIST
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Dry fruit. : NUT
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Coolidge and others. : CALS
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Nymph. : OREAD
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More typical. : NORMALER
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Character in "Winnie the Pooh." : PIGLET
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Salt trees. : ATLES
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Close. : NEAR
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Bow. : ARC
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Descendant of a son of Adam. : CAINITE
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Timeless. : ETERNAL
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Charges with gas. : AERATES
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Sharp reminder. : PROD
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Pollen brush of a bee: Zool. : SCOPULA
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Hostile portents. : MENACES
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Writer Cleveland. : AMORY
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Quartz particles. : SANDS
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Youth. : BOY
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Goat god. : PAN
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National Monument near Vernal, Utah. : DINOSAUR
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Nihilists. : ANARCHS
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National Park near Mt. Whitney. : SEQUOIA
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In plain-spoken terms. : BLUNTLY
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Makers of epigrams. : WITS
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Typical. : AVERAGE
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Canticles sung at matins. : VENITES
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Farthest. : ENDMOST
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Suitors. : WOOERS
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Hollywood arc light. : KLIEG
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Plant of the pea family. : SENNA
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Facial expression. : GRIN
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Reference book: Abbr. : DICT
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Cotton gin inventor Whitney. : ELI
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Island in Irish Sea. : MAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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