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New York Times, Tuesday, September 15, 1959

54-Down : Gist of a story: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,714
Across
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Relating to the eye. : OPTIC
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Evian, Vichy, etc. : SPAS
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Where Anna found romance. : SIAM
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Yankee player. : BERRA
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Ruffed grouse. : PARTRIDGE
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Willow. : OSIER
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Traveler in training. : ASTRONAUT
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Aurora. : EOS
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Warlike. : MARTIAL
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Says, à la Bre'r Fox. : SEZ
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Defraud. : BILK
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Line of marchers. : FILE
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Growing in high altitudes. : ALPINE
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Educated. : LITERATE
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Permission. : LEAVE
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Balkan region. : MACEDONIA
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Where the Pearl Mosque is. : AGRA
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Woman with wiles. : SIREN
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London lodgings. : DIGS
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Paul Bunyan's specialties. : TALLTALES
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Free-for-all. : MELEE
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Raises. : ELEVATES
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Important workers. : MINERS
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Roof finials. : EPIS
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First name in poetry. : WALT
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Slow to anger. : PATIENT
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Tennis stroke. : LOB
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Hypothetical particles, in physics. : MAGNETONS
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Effrontery. : IMPUDENCE
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A long time, so they say. : NEVER
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Poorly painted picture. : DAUB
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Much valued. : DEAR
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Loses weight: Colloq. : SLIMS
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Musical instrument. : OBOE
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Mexican coin. : PESO
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Thrice: Prefix. : TRIS
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Wrath. : IRE
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Purplish-red. : CARMINE
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Kindle into activity. : SPARK
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Having served formerly. : PAST
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Subterfuges. : ARTIFICES
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Restrict as to finances. : STRAITEN
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Pride or envy. : SIN
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Slayer of Castor. : IDAS
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Fever and chills. : AGUE
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French city on the Moselle. : METZ
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Turned over and over. : ROLLED
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Stout. : ALE
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Mussel or clam. : BIVALVE
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Tending to wear away. : ERODENT
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Winged. : ALATE
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Permitted by law. : LEGAL
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Talk: Fr. : PARLE
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Household gods. : LARES
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Big cat. : TIGER
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Ameliorates. : EASES
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Event in a career. : MILESTONE
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Cloyed. : SATIATED
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Drew off liquid. : TAPPED
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English poet and family. : MILTONS
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The human race. : MAN
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River of "The Pied Piper." : WESER
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Included with. : AMID
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Important word for baby. : MAMA
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Soviet secret police, 1922. : OGPU
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Early empire of Peru. : INCA
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Founder of Biblical priesthood. : LEVI
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Town just N of Provo, Utah. : OREM
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Round Table Knight. : BORS
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Gist of a story: Colloq. : NUB
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___ Aviv. : TEL

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