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New York Times, Saturday, October 26, 1957

48-Across : Dresses with care.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,042
Across
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Kiss, old style. : BUSS
5
Very popular person. : IDOL
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Downright. : STARK
14
Brother of Jacob. : ESAU
15
Brood of pheasants. : NIDE
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Indo-European: Var. : ARIAN
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Where Oak Ridge is. : TENNESSEE
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Means of communication. : RADIO
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Say further. : ADD
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Philippine aborigines. : ATAS
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In the best of health. : HALEST
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Worker with numbers. : PAGER
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Withdraws. : SECEDES
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"Detains" for 5 Down, for example. : ANAGRAM
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Indian. : CREE
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Plundering. : DEPREDATION
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Quiet! : SSH
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Scope. : AREA
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Opposite of max. : MIN
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Just right: Slang. : JAKE
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Russian village. : MIR
38
Last year's kind of TV show. : SPECTACULAR
42
Senator Bible. : ALAN
43
Period in history. : IRONAGE
44
Water, for example. : SOLVENT
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Took life easy. : LAZED
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Dresses with care. : PREENS
49
Dresden's river. : ELBE
50
Pooh! : BAH
53
Finnish island group. : ALAND
54
Gregorian chant. : PLAINSONG
56
Curt dismissal. : CONGE
57
Canadian province: Abbr. : ALTA
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Reproach. : TWIT
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Join. : ENTER
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Seaport in France. : CAEN
61
"___ Well." : ALLS
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Greek letter. : BETA
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Put into service. : USED
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Abrasive. : SANDPAPER
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Heavenly body. : SUN
5
As an alternative. : INSTEAD
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International problem. : DISARMAMENT
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Poems. : ODES
8
One of the Tracys. : LEE
9
Arab of the Middle Ages. : SARACEN
10
"The Rose of ___." : TRALEE
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Promoted. : AIDED
12
Up. : RAISE
13
Clove hitches. : KNOTS
18
Tidal wave. : EAGRE
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Protagonist. : HERO
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Site of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
25
Twinkle. : SCINTILLATE
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The first of his line. : ADAM
27
St. Philip ___. : NERI
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Muscular symptom. : TIC
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Dieter's standby. : SALADBOWL
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Duck hunter's boat. : SKAG
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Now. : HERE
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Time of roses. : JUNE
38
Limited in size. : SLENDER
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Metal dishes. : PANS
40
Native of Jordan. : ARABIAN
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Cheat. : COZEN
42
Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
44
Satellite's milieu. : SPACE
45
Fabric. : ORLON
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Inclined. : LEANT
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She: Span. : ELLA
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Source of a dye. : ANIL
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Elevations: Abbr. : HGTS
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Moccasin. : PAC
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Depot: Abbr. : STA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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