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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 1956

20-Across : Item with April deadline.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 62.1
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,495
Across
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Branch. : LIMB
5
Republican from Skowhegan. : SMITH
10
Ancient Mogul capital. : AGRA
14
Novel by Melville. : OMOO
15
Hooded snake. : COBRA
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Show amusement. : GRIN
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Democrat from Doddsville. : SENATOREASTLAND
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Item with April deadline. : STATETAX
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Cognac. : BRANDY
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Piquant. : RACY
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Unusual. : WEIRD
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Indian of northern Pacific Coast. : SIWASH
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Requisites for would-be drivers. : EYETESTS
30
Follow step by step. : TRACE
31
Relative of a derrick. : CRANE
32
Extract of cassiterite. : TIN
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Chide. : RATE
34
Sets at an angle. : CANTS
35
Square section. : PANE
36
Chemical suffix. : INE
37
Desire strongly. : COVET
38
Spree: Slang. : BINGE
39
Routes for Constellations. : AIRLANES
41
Device attached to a reaper. : BINDER
42
Crosses a river. : FORDS
43
Ointment. : BALM
44
Combine with gas. : AERATE
46
Spring training routines. : WORKOUTS
50
Recent guest at the White House. : GIOVANNIGRONCHI
52
He wrote "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
53
Nickname of Eisenhower granddaughter. : SUSIE
54
Animation. : ELAN
55
Attains. : GETS
56
Miss Waters. : ETHEL
57
Mantle, for example. : YANK
Down
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Setback. : LOSS
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"___ a man with seven wives." : IMET
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Actress Freeman. : MONA
4
Henley affair. : BOATRACE
5
Like Burns. : SCOTCH
6
Voracious fish. : MORAY
7
Wild goat. : IBEX
8
Musical syllable. : TRA
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Fallen idols. : HASBEENS
10
Lowering. : AGLARE
11
Tier upon tier. : GRANDSTAND
12
Bark. : RIND
13
Actor Griffith. : ANDY
18
Badger. : TEASE
19
Bromidic. : TRITE
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Marshal Earp. : WYATT
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Threadlike groove. : STRIA
25
Middle Easterners. : IRANI
26
Budd Schulberg novel. : WATERFRONT
27
White-tailed birds. : ERNES
28
Touch. : TINGE
29
Grimace. : SNEER
31
Mammoth, for instance. : CAVES
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Put in a nutshell. : CONDENSE
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Wife's allowance. : PINMONEY
37
Magna ___. : CARTA
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Ernie of TV. : BILKO
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Bakery items. : LOAVES
41
Hogshead. : BARREL
43
Goblin. : BOGIE
44
Biblical king. : AGAG
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Cathleen Ni Houlahan. : EIRE
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Behest. : WISH
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Rose Bowl contenders. : UCLA
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"Holier ___ thou." : THAN
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Kitchen accessory. : SINK
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Cashew. : NUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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