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New York Times, Friday, October 7, 1955

57-Across : Familiar plot in fiction.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,292
Across
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Addis ___. : ABABA
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Dutch name of river into North Sea. : MAAS
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Cultivate. : GROW
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Andrew ___ Law. : BONAR
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Formerly. : ONCE
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English river. : AIRE
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Where to sign. : ONTHEDOTTEDLINE
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Adroit. : NEAT
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Flower. : IRIS
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Bobo of the ring. : OLSON
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Make a fluff. : ERR
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Popular opera heroine. : BESS
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To's companion. : FRO
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Small talk. : CHAT
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Rug. : ORIENTAL
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Candidate for Hollywood. : ACTOR
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Habitat of Moby Dick. : OCEAN
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Tool or weapon. : AXE
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Dramatic hit of the 1920's. : RAIN
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Dress fabric. : PRINT
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"___, Britannia." : RULE
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Trajectory. : ARC
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Sound from the fold. : BLEAT
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Penn Yan's county. : YATES
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List of names. : BEADROLL
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Irish county. : MAYO
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Gobble up. : EAT
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Eastern title. : IMAM
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Once around. : LAP
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Fruit. : PAPAW
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Gravel ridges. : OSAR
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Hercules' prize maiden. : IOLE
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Familiar plot in fiction. : ETERNALTRIANGLE
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Not pro. : ANTI
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Nonprofessional. : LAIC
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More unfriendly. : ICIER
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Rambler. : ROSE
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Big ___. : INCH
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Moves swiftly. : RACES
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One-third of a Kipling trio. : ABONE
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Silly blunder. : BONER
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Objective of Operation High Jump. : ANTARCTICA
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Money in Bangkok. : BAHT
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Happen. : ARE
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Natives of Fez. : MOORS
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Describing a government policy. : ANTISOCIALISTIC
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Simulates. : ACTS
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Call on. : SEE
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One-eighth of a bushel. : GALLON
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N. Y. social reformer. : RIIS
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Yes ___. : ORNO
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Suppose: Archaic. : WEEN
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Formal assembly. : DIET
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Carl Van ___, writer. : DOREN
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"Kilt him a ___ ... " : BAR
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Decree. : FIAT
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Term of endearment. : HON
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Figure in a lease. : RENT
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Repetitious. : TAUTOLOGIC
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Spindle. : AXLE
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Famous Southerners. : LEES
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Burnoose-wearer. : ARAB
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Food package organization. : CARE
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Patch of ground. : PLOT
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Fish. : RAY
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Companion of brains. : BRAWN
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Root vegetable. : YAM
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Term of colloquial address. : DEARIE
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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"Semper Fidelis," for instance. : MARCH
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Formal avenue: Fr. : ALLEE
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M. P.'s. : PEERS
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Tree. : PEAR
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Atomic number: Abbr. : ATNO
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Darlings. : PETS
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Wang Lung's patient wife. : OLAN
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Pizzaro's victim. : INCA
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Islamic name. : ALI
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Breeze. : AIR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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