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New York Times, Friday, May 31, 1957

12-Down : French sewing-case.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 333 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 8.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,894
Across
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Navy recruit: Slang. : BOOT
5
Viva ___. : VOCE
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Girl's name. : MABEL
14
King Arthur's sword. : EXCALIBUR
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Lessen. : ABATE
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Untidy picnickers. : LITTERERS
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Two-faced figure. : JANUS
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Poem. : ODE
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Court star. : HOAD
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Old-time garment. : WESKIT
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Somewhat damp. : WETTISH
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Baffling problem. : POSER
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21 plus. : AGE
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Cessation of work. : SHUTDOWN
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Passenger car. : COACH
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Roman author. : PLINY
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Columbia's Little. : LOU
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One of the "Sebastians." : LUNT
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First-grader. : CHILD
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Kind of sandwich. : CLUB
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Numerical prefix. : OCT
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Excelled. : SHONE
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Thickets. : BOSKS
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Literary composing for another. : GHOSTING
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Life: Comb. form. : BIO
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Senator Revercomb's colleague. : NEELY
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Encloses in a parcel. : WRAPSUP
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Place to wear one's heart. : SLEEVE
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Senior member. : DEAN
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Slangy "all right." : OKE
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Oscar or Cornel. : WILDE
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Topic of front-page news. : SUEZCANAL
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Steverino. : ALLEN
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Student of Asian culture. : INDIANIST
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Bridal attendants. : MAIDS
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Bea Lillie's name. : PEEL
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Cards. : ACES
Down
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Unworthy of. : BELOW
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Chemical compound. : OXIDE
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Singing group. : OCTET
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Work with a shuttle. : TAT
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Poisonous. : VIROSE
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Voodoo. : OBEAH
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Coagulated part of milk. : CURD
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Stammering sounds. : ERS
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Stateliness. : MAJESTY
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Humbled. : ABASED
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Supplies of paper currency. : BANKROLLS
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French sewing-case. : ETUI
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For fear that. : LEST
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River in Pennsylvania. : LEHIGH
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Twisted. : WOUND
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Loving: Comb. form. : PHILE
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Band on a rifle. : SLING
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Creator of Marjorie Morningstar. : WOUK
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Knobs. : NUBS
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Type of dance. : CLOG
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Hurt exclamation. : OUCH
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Giant hurler. : ANTONELLI
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Four-flusher. : PHONY
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Country on the South Pacific. : CHILE
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Pen for poultry. : COOP
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Producer-director of "Giant." : STEVENS
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Sister of the "Shrew." : BIANCA
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Sowed. : SEEDED
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Where to spend cruzeiros. : BRAZIL
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Broadway's "Happy Fella." : WEEDE
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___ barrier. : SONIC
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Proclamation. : UKASE
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Fur pieces. : PELTS
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Did the side stroke. : SWAM
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Desert high spot. : DUNE
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Taste. : SIP
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Curious items. : ANA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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