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New York Times, Saturday, April 5, 1958

41-Across : Moth-eaten.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jim Horne notes:

57A "Actress Montez" = LOLA. Maria Montez was the famous actress; Lola Montez was the notorious 19th-century dancer/courtesan (though she did act).

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,203
Across
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Moving pieces of machinery. : CAMS
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Comprehend. : GRASP
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Think upon. : MUSE
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Arabian name meaning father. : ABOU
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Italian man's name. : ROCCO
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Gibbons. : APES
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Pride of Philadelphia. : PENNCENTER
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Ways: Abbr. : RTES
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"To your health." : PROSIT
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Oedipus's daughter. : ANTIGONE
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Glass section. : PANE
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Italian university city. : TURIN
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Summer quaff. : LEMONADE
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City in Italia. : GENOVA
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Muse. : ERATO
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Companion of Paul. : SILAS
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Colloidal substance. : GEL
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All ___ (listening). : EARS
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Treadle. : PEDAL
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Army post. : FORT
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Timetable abbreviation. : DST
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Moth-eaten. : HOLEY
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Largest deer. : MOOSE
43
Fisherman. : SEINER
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Early form of flute. : RECORDER
47
Major artery. : AORTA
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Hard-to-find. : RARE
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Hollywood. : FILMLAND
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December figures. : SANTAS
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Actress Montez. : LOLA
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Milady's haunt. : BEAUTYSHOP
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___ end (over). : ATAN
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Singer Frankie. : LAINE
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Bulwer-Lytton heroine. : IONE
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Handles clumsily. : PAWS
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Gardner and others. : ERLES
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Indian. : CREE
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Dogpatch architect. : CAPP
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But: Ger. : ABER
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Single: Prefix. : MONO
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Solar phenomena. : SUNSPOTS
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___ Green, elopers' destination. : GRETNA
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Nickname for Actor Colman. : RON
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___ part (dissemble). : ACTA
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Bouquet. : SCENT
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Where Oporto is. : PORTUGAL
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Limit. : MARGIN
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Occupied with mischief: Colloq. : UPTONOGOOD
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Perceived. : SEEN
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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One of Mussolini's aides. : CIANO
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Moves to wrath. : IRES
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One of the Fords. : EDSEL
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Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
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Obliterate. : ERASE
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Substitute for civil authority. : MARTIALLAW
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Duck. : EIDER
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Companion of chapter. : VERSE
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Vary. : ALTER
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Kind of cake. : LAYER
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Kind of radio or typewriter. : PORTABLE
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Suitable for public debate. : FORENSIC
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Fishing fly with feather barbs. : HERL
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Eel of warm seas. : MORAY
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___ land. : NOMANS
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Social classes. : CASTES
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Close: Poet. : ANEAR
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Flutter. : FLAP
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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___ Eireann. : DAIL
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God with a magic hammer. : THOR
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First class: Colloq. : AONE
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German admiral. : SPEE
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French article. : UNE

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