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New York Times, Wednesday, October 26, 1955

50-Across : Nuzzler.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.79, Missing: { F M Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,311
Across
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Worn and drawn. : HAGGARD
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Ohio Senator. : BRICKER
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Prize giver. : AWARDER
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Make different. : RESHAPE
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With dispatch. : RAPIDLY
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Made famous: Rare. : ECLATED
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Observers. : EYES
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European blackbird. : OUSEL
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Where golfers foregather. : TEES
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The daring young man. : TRAPEZIST
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Indicative of 1st class mail. : SEALED
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Clemency. : LENIENCE
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TV night owl. : ALLEN
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Watch men. : JEWELLERS
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Favorite. : PET
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Piece of furniture on wheels. : TEACART
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Ex-GI. : VET
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Lack of usefulness. : INUTILITY
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Come up. : ARISE
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Actress Darrieux. : DANIELLE
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FBI men. : AGENTS
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Warmed beforehand. : PREHEATED
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Item used by carpenter. : RASP
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Nuzzler. : NOSER
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Hatoyama's legislature. : DIET
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Understood: Fr. : ENTENDU
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Sir Richard Grenville's ship. : REVENGE
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Tales. : STORIES
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Full of willows. : OSIERED
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Turkish coin. : PIASTRE
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Interested crowd. : STARERS
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Swift animal. : HARE
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Out of existence. : AWAY
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Stare. : GAPE
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Part of meat. : GRISTLE
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Increase. : ADD
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Insert more film. : RELOAD
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Stop talking: Slang. : DRYUP
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Covered air passage in some houses. : BREEZEWAY
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Recumbent person. : RECLINER
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Island, on a map. : ISL
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Any article of property not real estate. : CHATTEL
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"Kiss Me, ___." : KATE
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Sword. : EPEE
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Vermilion and carmine. : REDS
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Draftees. : SELECTEES
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French coupon-clipper. : RENTIER
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Substance of a delta. : SILTAGE
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Savory. : SAPID
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Actress Verdugo. : ELENA
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Old gold coin of Turkey. : ALTUN
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He composed "The Rosary." : NEVIN
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Top of the wave. : CREST
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Famous Senatorial first name. : ESTES
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Calaboose. : JAILHOUSE
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Senator from Louisiana. : ELLENDER
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Waiters' friends. : TIPPERS
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What Robin Hood hunted. : REDDEER
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Free from care. : ATREST
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Any aircraft. : AEROS
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Respondent: Abbr. : RESP
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Opposed to. : ANTI
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Covered walk near an agora. : STOA
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Concerning. : INRE
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Tributary of the Elbe. : EGER
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Scatters new-mown grass. : TEDS
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Kind of wit. : NIT
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By way of. : VIA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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