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New York Times, Friday, July 26, 1957

24-Across : Quick with a quip.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,950
Across
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Satirist's stab. : BARB
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Fuse blower. : SHORT
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Mountain moved in myth. : OSSA
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Wings: Lat. : ALAE
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"Gay" city. : PAREE
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Where Ogden is. : UTAH
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Black: Fr. : NOIR
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Homeric work. : ILIAD
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Decorative metalware. : TOLE
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Songstress on TV. : DENISELOR
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Sacred song. : PSALM
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Poet Miller's advice to Columbus. : SAILON
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Quick with a quip. : WITTY
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German composer. : ABT
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Nautical direction. : SSW
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Industrial area of Europe. : SAAR
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Surf duck. : COOT
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Perpetuated. : ETERNIZED
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Long-run off-Broadway production. : THREEPENNYOPERA
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Secy. Wilson's concern. : ARMAMENTS
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Seasoned with a mint. : SAGY
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Hart of Broadway. : MOSS
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Important Government group. : AEC
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Part of L. A. : LOS
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Must. : HASTO
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Layers. : STRATA
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Squander. : WASTE
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July 26 is her feast day. : SAINTANNE
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City in Pa. : ERIE
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18th c. novelist. : DEFOE
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Year Queen Isabella died. : MDIV
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Outstanding. : STAR
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Words of agreement. : AMENS
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Beautiful woman. : PERI
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"Sawbucks." : TENS
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About 2/3 mile in Russia. : VERST
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Turkistan sea. : ARAL
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Musical group. : BAND
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Century plant. : ALOE
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Picnic spoiler. : RAINSTORM
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Victim of a Kremlin shakeup. : BERIA
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Speeches on the midway. : SPIELS
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Trick-or-treat times. : HALLOWEENS
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Hunter of the heavens. : ORION
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Opposite of van. : REAR
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Boston's "Splendid Splinter." : TED
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Surpasses. : OUTSTRIPS
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Brown ermine. : STOAT
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Flight of fancy. : SALLY
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Warning cough. : AHEM
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Girl's nickname. : SIS
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Concert grand. : PIANO
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Circumspect. : WARY
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Court minutes. : ACTA
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Danish physicist. : BOHR
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Feelings. : SENSATIONS
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Union men. : TEAMSTERS
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Explosive. : TNT
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Citizen of Copenhagen. : ZEALANDER
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Therefore: Lat. : ERGO
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Salad days. : DAYS
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Overact. : EMOTE
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Señor's coin. : PESO
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Actor Borgnine. : ERNEST
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Jaguar. : CAT
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Creator of Truthful Jones. : HARTE
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Oriental. : ASIAN
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More prudent. : SAFER
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City in Florida. : TAMPA
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Bridge player at left. : WEST
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Heraldic term. : SEME
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Initials created in 1933. : NIRA
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Satan's sowing. : EVIL
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Veterans' group. : DAV

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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