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New York Times, Thursday, September 30, 1954

9-Down : Likely.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 33.8
David Steinberg notes:

Original 33-Across had no umlaut over e in "Brontës"; added it.

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J
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A
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M
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B
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P
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R
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I
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M
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P
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S
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O
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L
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O
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A
L
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A
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L
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N
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R
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A
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D
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W
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L
L
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I
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K
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O
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W
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D
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S
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B
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N
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F
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M
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S
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P
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I
C
A
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F
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U
L
B
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G
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H
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T
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P
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N
E
L
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E
M
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L
Y
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R
O
O
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A
V
A
S
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F
I
B
R
E
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M
A
R
X
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N
I
L
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G
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E
T
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L
A
N
D
I
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G
A
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L
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R
Y
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A
Z
T
E
C
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A
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E
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S
M
U
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P
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O
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P
U
P
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S
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E
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R
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A
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T
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E
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E
V
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N
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R
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R
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A
E
R
O
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K
L
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N
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A
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E
L
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S
A
M
S
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,920
Across
1
Part of a door. : JAMB
5
Dress up. : PRIMP
10
Test for pilots. : SOLO
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Vessel. : LINER
16
Among. : AMID
17
Senator Kuchel's colleague. : WILLIAMKNOWLAND
20
Boy friends. : STEADIES
21
Councils. : BOARDS
22
Curtain fabric. : NET
23
Where to raise truck. : FARM
24
Large star in Virgo. : SPICA
27
Senator on the Foreign Relations Committee. : FULBRIGHT
32
Rectangle of wood. : PANEL
33
One of the Brontës. : EMILY
34
Kangaroo's nickname in Australia. : ROO
35
Miss Gardner and others. : AVAS
36
Essential character. : FIBRE
37
Well-known name in comedy. : MARX
38
Nothing. : NIL
39
Catlike animal. : GENET
40
Former actress Elissa. : LANDI
41
Bravery. : GALLANTRY
43
Mexican Indian. : AZTEC
44
"___ Death," by Grieg. : ASES
45
Co-ed school in Dallas. : SMU
46
Ingenious illustrations. : POPUPS
49
Become detached. : SEPARATE
54
Senator from Illinois. : EVERETTMDIRKSEN
56
Fervor. : RAGE
57
Baton ___. : ROUGE
58
Go by plane. : AERO
59
Invisible Empire of 1915. : KLAN
60
Attendant spirit. : ANGEL
61
Mr. Rayburn and others. : SAMS
Down
1
Parts of a vise. : JAWS
2
Came down. : ALIT
3
Fifteen-minute walk. : MILE
4
Checks and ___. : BALANCES
5
Flat fold. : PLAIT
6
The "Ancient Mariner," for instance. : RIME
7
Blackens. : INKS
8
Hombres. : MEN
9
Likely. : PROBABLE
10
Summer sausage. : SALAMI
11
Poet of the 1100's. : OMAR
12
Swedish singer. : LIND
13
Probability. : ODDS
18
Utopian. : IDEAL
19
Vexation. : WORRY
23
Coquettish. : FLIRTY
24
Directly: Colloq. : SPANG
25
City in Lombardy. : PAVIA
26
Altogether. : INALL
27
Mock blows. : FEINTS
28
Pigment. : UMBER
29
C. I. C. in 1864. : GRANT
30
Loosely organized group. : HORDE
31
Poisonous. : TOXIC
36
Small opening in the ear. : FENESTRA
37
Polish dances. : MAZURKAS
39
Part of Quebec. : GASPE
40
Truman's birthplace. : LAMAR
42
Mrs. Bogart. : LAUREN
45
Barker's talk. : SPIEL
46
Become lively. : PERK
47
Running track. : OVAL
48
West Indian fish. : PEGA
49
Complacent. : SMUG
50
Brink. : EDGE
51
On the main. : ASEA
52
Duration. : TERM
53
Man's name. : ENOS
55
Weight. : TON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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