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New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1959

26-Across : Lower in tone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { B H J }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 23.5
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,617
Across
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Declare to be true. : AVER
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Combines into one sum. : ADDS
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Sluggish. : INERT
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Except. : SAVE
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Magpie. : PIET
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Native-born American with Japanese parents. : NISEI
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Part of FM. : FREQUENCY
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Drive out. : EXPEL
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Cancel. : ANNUL
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Holly. : ILEX
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Triton. : EFT
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Classification. : RATING
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Lower in tone. : DEEPER
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Carpet shade. : TAUPE
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Eastern Mediterranean area. : LEVANT
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___ publique (public highway): Fr. : VOIE
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Wasted. : LOST
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Go over again. : RENEW
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"Just as ___ ... " : IAM
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Right-angle extension. : ELL
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Size of a book: Abbr. : OCT
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Three: Prefix. : TRI
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Dirndl. : SKIRT
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Vision: Comb. form. : OPTO
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Chatter: Colloq. : GOON
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"Any port in ___." : ASTORM
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Heroine of 1869 novel. : LORNA
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Best seller about Easter Island. : AKUAKU
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Depression worn by running water. : RAVINE
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Member of the small fry. : TOT
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Bow of a ship. : STEM
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Pertaining to a girdle. : ZONAL
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Unaffected by feeling. : STOIC
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Part of AM. : AMPLITUDE
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Roman rooms. : ATRIA
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Dark grayish blue. : TEAL
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Neat. : TRIG
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Substance useful to pitchers, violinists, etc. : ROSIN
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Rounded nailhead. : STUD
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Uncanny. : EERY
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___ as (to the extent that). : ASFAR
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Black Sea port of Bulgaria. : VARNA
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Occurrence. : EVENT
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Make return for. : REQUITE
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Barbary ___. : APE
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Uproar. : DIN
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Passes judgment. : DECIDES
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Entitled. : STYLE
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Unskilled. : INEXPERT
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No: Slang. : NIX
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Artificial language. : ESPERANTO
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Reduction in sail area. : REEF
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Incline. : TILT
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Elbow: Lat. : ULNA
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Lamprey. : EEL
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Tern's relative. : GULL
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She of the three faces. : EVE
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Game. : POLO
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Roman emperor. : NERO
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Counterpart. : TWIN
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Endorsement on a passport. : VISA
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Deciduous trees. : OAKS
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Fad followers. : IMITATORS
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In ___. : TOTO
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Of an ancient country of Italy. : ETRUSCAN
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Type of newspaper man: Abbr. : CORR
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Seoul soldier. : ROK
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Fall straight down. : PLUMMET
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Dance of French peasant origin. : GAVOTTE
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Doily. : MAT
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Hitler adherent. : NAZI
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Contemporary of Coleridge. : KEATS
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Habituate. : INURE
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Lowest point. : NADIR
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A lament. : ELEGY
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Russian emperor. : TSAR
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Holy Roman emperor. : OTTO
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Number on a clock dial. : III
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French city at foot of the Pyrenees. : PAU
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Law degree. : LLD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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