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New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1958

61-Across : In the form of a decree.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 31.8
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,168
Across
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Pacific bastion. : OKINAWA
8
Sicilian city. : MESSINA
15
Fainter. : SWOONER
16
Passes. : ELAPSES
17
Shavian heroine. : CANDIDA
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Top man in Ghana. : NKRUMAH
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Among. : AMID
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Relative: Abbr. : BRO
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Gronchi's country. : ITALY
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Temporary setbacks. : RECESSIONS
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Compass point. : NNE
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Former rulers of Nepal. : RANAS
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Hawaiian dish. : POI
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140 lbs., in Britain. : TENSTONE
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Farouk, for example. : EXKING
38
Common verbal contraction. : IVE
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Years: Abbr. : YRS
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National Guard: Abbr. : MIL
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University in Brooklyn: Abbr. : LIU
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City near New York. : NEWARK
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So as to be branching out. : RADIALLY
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Employment. : USE
47
Awkward. : INEPT
48
Step. : PAS
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Getting-off places. : LOCALSTOPS
55
Fragments. : PARTS
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Restraint of free speech. : GAG
58
Air. : AURA
59
Perform. : OPERATE
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In the form of a decree. : EDICTAL
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___ idol. : MATINEE
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Most abundant. : RICHEST
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Is agreeable. : PLEASES
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Globes. : SPHERES
Down
1
Emmy's relative. : OSCAR
2
First name of 18 Across. : KWAME
3
Of a Greek style of architecture. : IONIC
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Droopyheads. : NODDERS
5
Cuckoo. : ANI
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Join. : WED
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King Saud's people. : ARABIANS
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Krishna of the U. N. : MENON
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Deer. : ELK
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Garment worn in Pakistan. : SARI
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Event of Oct. 4, 1957. : SPUTNIK
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"The proper study of mankind ___." : ISMAN
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Aussie tennis star Fraser. : NEALE
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Pallid. : ASHY
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Flower. : ROSE
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Woodland deities. : SATYRS
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World War II submarine development. : SNORKEL
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European head of NATO ground forces. : SPEIDEL
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English primroses. : OXLIPS
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Ingredient in solder. : TIN
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First lady. : EVE
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Inexperienced. : NEW
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Badly. : ILL
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Nothing. : NIL
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Chap. : GUY
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Stengel and Rigney. : MANAGERS
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Scene of Anschluss, 1938. : AUSTRIA
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Costa ___. : RICA
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Embassy person. : ATTACHE
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___ decree. : PAPAL
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Narrow ridge of a mountain. : ARETE
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Moldings. : OGEES
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___ space. : OUTER
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Leek-green quartz. : PRASE
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Mariners. : SALTS
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Display. : POMP
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Relative of a green. : TEE
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Immerse. : DIP
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German pronoun. : ICH

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

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