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New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1955

37-Across : Chinese works of art: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.60, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.4
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,207
Across
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Short, swift races. : DASHES
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Host. : GREETER
14
Spanish "scram." : VAMOOSE
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One of the Andrews sisters. : LAVERNE
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Freed from faults. : AMENDED
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Dine too well. : OVEREAT
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Wishes earnestly. : LONGS
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Kathleen Winsor heroine. : AMBER
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Meg, Jo, Beth, ___. : AMY
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Japanese box. : INRO
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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Footfall. : STEP
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Heedless. : DEAF
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Female red deer. : HIND
27
Pleasant aspect. : SMILE
28
Start a tennis game. : SERVE
30
More intimate. : CLOSER
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Loyal adherent. : DEVOTEE
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Large cups. : BEAKERS
35
Made equal. : EVENED
36
Spacious. : LARGE
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Chinese works of art: Colloq. : MINGS
38
Vehemence. : FIRE
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Freight carrier. : SCOW
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Advantage. : ODDS
44
Leather bands. : BELTS
45
Third power. : CUBE
46
Links place. : TEE
47
Home of birds of prey. : AERIE
48
Molding edge, in architecture. : ARRIS
49
Chanter. : INTONER
51
Optimistic. : ROSEATE
53
Choir of eight voices. : OCTETTE
54
Bookkeeper. : ENTERER
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Most direct. : NEAREST
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Opera conductor. : REINER
Down
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Singer Vic. : DAMONE
2
Egyptian sun god. : AMENRA
3
Name of a Book of the Old Testament. : SONGOFSONGS
4
Coal scuttles. : HODS
5
Helmsman's course. : ESE
6
Calming. : SEDATIVE
7
Gathered into a ball. : GLOBED
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Large bird. : RAVEN
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Constantly. : EVER
10
Poetic contraction. : EER
11
Formal essay. : TREATISE
12
Painter. : ENAMELER
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Stenogs who have to recopy. : RETYPERS
14
Cogent. : VALID
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Word in the writing on the wall. : MENE
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Very narrow strip. : SHRED
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Naval stratagem. : SMOKESCREEN
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Light, spongy lava. : SLAG
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Summers: Fr. : ETES
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Roman goddess. : CERES
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Reduction in rank. : DEMOTION
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Testimony. : EVIDENCE
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Revenge-seeking feud. : VENDETTA
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Trader. : BARTERER
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Leslie Caron movie. : LILI
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Weasel used in hunting. : FERRET
40
Arrow poison. : CURARE
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___ dictum (incidental remark). : OBITER
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Bremen's river. : WESER
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Vegetables. : BEETS
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Pay one's share. : ANTE
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City famous for wine. : ASTI
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Poetic adverb. : OER
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Pronoun. : ONE

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

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