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Stephen Barr
Stephen Barr

New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1956

17-Across : Sluice gates.

Author:
Stephen Barr
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Stephen Barr has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,663
Across
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Here and there: Lat. : PASSIM
7
School book. : READER
13
Useful foreign invention (ends in Z). : ALPHABET
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Flattened at the poles, as a spheroid. : OBLATE
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Ill-fated Francesca. : DARIMINI
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Sluice gates. : VALVES
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Makes reparation. : ATONES
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Secluded valley. : GLEN
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N. Y. C. subway line. : IRT
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Traps. : GINS
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Oldest son. : HEIR
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___ Domini. : ANNO
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Compass point. : ENE
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Fox and Rabbit. : BRERS
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An award. : OSCAR
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Pressing instrument. : SADIRON
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A kind of strength. : TENSILE
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Forty winks. : NAP
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Victory sign. : VEE
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Wears away. : ABRADES
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Football players. : CENTERS
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Sharp bends. : LOOPS
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Evening: Ger. : ABEND
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Number on a clock dial. : XII
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Dipterous insect. : GNAT
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Plant. : ALOE
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Auditors' aides. : CPAS
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Book of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : ESD
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Height: Comb. form. : ALTI
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Marred the quality of. : SPOILT
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Puccini opus. : BOHEME
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Soak through. : SATURATE
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Engager in tumult. : RIOTER
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Teacher. : EDUCATOR
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Silvery. : ARGENT
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Poplars. : ABELES
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Old name for a precious metal. : PLATINA
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Wearing a certain garment. : APRONED
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Climbs in a certain way. : SHINS
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Unchanged. : SAME
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Long-billed wading bird. : IBIS
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Players on a team. : MEN
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Pirate. : ROVER
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Israeli plenipotentiary. : EBAN
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___ fours. : ALL
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"Madonna of the Rocks" painter. : DAVINCI
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Unchanging. : ETERNAL
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Give back. : RESTORE
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Proverbs. : ADAGES
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Striped animal. : TIGER
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Roll. : LIST
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Layer. : HEN
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Desirable thing. : ASSET
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Wire nails. : BRADS
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Line. : ROPE
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Columbus' placement of an egg. : ONEND
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Awkward. : INAPT
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Just. : EVEN
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School subject. : ALGEBRA
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French greeting. : BONSOIR
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Type of driver. : ROADHOG
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Give tang to. : SALT
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Passing mark. : CEE
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Make amends for. : EXPIATE
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Theatre districts. : RIALTOS
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Head nurse, in Britain. : SISTER
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Western capital. : BOISE
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Warn. : ALERT
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"Of his bones are ___ made ... " : CORAL
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Verily. : AMEN
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Type of pen. : STUB
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Brownish purple. : PUCE
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French season. : ETE
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Oklahoma city. : ADA

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

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