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New York Times, Tuesday, January 25, 1955

23-Across : Suaver.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,037
Across
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Donator of the tennis trophy. : DAVIS
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Holes in one. : ACES
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March day for Caesar. : IDES
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Former Harvard president. : ELIOT
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Secret signal system. : CODE
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Pielet. : TART
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Moo-cow. : BOSSY
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Our tennis rival. : AUSTRALIA
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Driver's place. : TEE
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Hit the ball hard. : LACE
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Suaver. : OILIER
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Wingless bird. : KIWI
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Against. : ANTI
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Tennis star. : DORISHART
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Two strokes under par. : EAGLE
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"___ fideles." : ADESTE
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German who flew to England. : HESS
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Actor Colman, to his friends. : RON
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Intelligence. : NEWS
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Girl's name. : ELISE
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Tribe or clan. : SEPT
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End of a golf club. : TOE
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Ameche, star fullback. : ALAN
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Listen again. : REHEAR
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Finalist. : ENDER
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Critical tennis score. : LOVEFORTY
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Do, re, ___ ... : MIFA
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Within. : INTO
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Fund-raising affair. : APPEAL
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Units. : ONES
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Seixas. : VIC
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Groups of golfers. : FOURSOMES
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The Bing product. : OPERA
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Popular sport. : RING
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Muse of history. : CLIO
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Hartebeest. : ASSE
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Brick's birthplace. : KILN
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Norse fates. : NORNS
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Something on the cuff. : DEBT
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Lily plant. : ALOE
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Pincers. : VISE
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Aegean isle. : IOS
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Showy player. : STYLIST
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Thorny flowering tree. : ACACIA
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Famous French healer of the '20s. : COUE
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Golf champ Furgol and others. : EDS
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___ Hall, of basketball fame. : SETON
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Land of the Caesars. : ITALIA
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Spanish painter. : DALI
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Buffalo's county. : ERIE
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Outstanding player. : STAR
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Observances. : RITES
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On bicycles. : AWHEEL
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When billiard balls touch. : KISS
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Noun endings. : ATES
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Alighieri. : DANTE
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Greek theatre. : ODEON
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Take another mate. : REWED
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Zoo denizen. : RHINO
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Miss Garson. : GREER
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Yankee pitcher. : LOPAT
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Registry for the match. : ENTRY
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Unruffled. : SERENE
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French exclamation. : LALA
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Fly's orders. : SHOO
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Melodies. : ARIAS
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Quickly: Archaic. : EFTSOON
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Appear. : EMERGE
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Former Chief Justice. : VINSON
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Pastor's responsibility. : FLOCK
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Radio artists' labor union. : AFRA
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Petits ___, French delicacy. : POIS
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Conversation stoppers. : PUNS
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Frenchman's eye. : OEIL
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Swerve. : VEER
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Persia. : IRAN
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Ill-bred fellows. : CADS
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904 years ago. : MLI
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A sportsman. : PRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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