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New York Times, Tuesday, April 24, 1956

68-Across : Brenner or Khyber.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 54.4
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,492
Across
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Reptile: Colloq. : CROC
5
Try to find. : SEEK
9
Audit makers. : CPAS
13
Vagrant. : HOBO
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English actor ___ Maude. : CYRIL
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Impel. : URGE
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News note. : ITEM
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Author of "Loving." : HENRYGREEN
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Suburbanites' cost-cutting set-up. : CARPOOL
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Israel's Parliament. : KNESSET
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Insect harmful to roses. : APHID
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Amendment re U. S. Senators. : XVII
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Structure on the Sacramento River. : SHASTADAM
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Llama's habitat. : ANDES
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Vessel for burning perfumes. : CENSER
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Small deer. : ROE
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Actress Rowlands. : GENA
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Squirrel relative. : RAT
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$64,000 subject. : DICKENS
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Filbert. : NUT
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On. : ATOP
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Before. : ERE
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Church room. : VESTRY
47
Sleuth Vance. : PHILO
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Office article. : INKERASER
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Scruff. : NAPE
53
___ year. : SOLAR
54
Island of British West Indies. : GRENADA
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A word or term. : VOCABLE
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Jalopy. : RATTLETRAP
63
Part of an automobile body. : COWL
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Before: Prefix. : ANTE
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Clarissa, to Winston. : NIECE
66
Suffix in chemistry. : ENOL
67
Former prizefighter. : BAER
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Brenner or Khyber. : PASS
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Man bites dog. : NEWS
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High style. : CHIC
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Roster. : ROTA
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Higher: German. : OBER
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Airman's guide. : COMPASS
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Reservoir feeding N. Y. C. : SCHOHARIE
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Human blinker. : EYELID
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Sea eagle. : ERN
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Lisa or Phyllis. : KIRK
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Hurling imprecations. : CURSING
10
Arthur, Garfield, Hayes, etc. : PRESIDENTS
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Askew: Dial. : AGEE
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Dispatched. : SENT
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Savage feline. : LYNX
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Ballerina Tamara ___. : GEVA
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Chose, as citizenship. : OPTED
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Obscures. : DARKENS
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Discard. : SCRAP
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Wild tract. : HEATH
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Balzac heroine. : ANTOINETTE
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Man's nickname. : MOE
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Toughen. : ENURE
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Sylvan deity. : SATYR
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Office supplies. : ENVELOPES
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Ice formation. : SERAC
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Simon Legree was one. : PLANTER
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Moslem. : SARACEN
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Form of silica. : OPAL
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Ernie of TV. : KOVACS
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Name in the news. : EDEN
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Snatch. : GRAB
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Ambassador from Nepal. : RANA
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Eagerly expecting. : ATIP
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Humerus. : BONE
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Historic Polish city. : LWOW
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Parts of houses. : ELLS
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Cartoonist Gardner ___. : REA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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