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New York Times, Friday, November 15, 1957

32-Across : Cheroots.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,062
Across
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Army vanguard. : SCOUTS
7
Moves too slowly. : DRAGS
12
Part of a sailing ship. : POOPDECK
14
A set formula. : RECIPE
16
Name for a newspaper. : INQUIRER
17
Awry. : UNEVEN
18
Shoulder on the gridiron. : PADS
19
Marine animal. : SPONGE
21
Consume. : EAT
22
World War II theatre. : ETO
23
Lamps for heating liquids. : ETNAS
24
Harden by heat. : BAKE
25
Missiles. : DARTS
28
King, in Spain. : REY
29
Rise high. : TOWER
30
Angry man. : RAGER
32
Cheroots. : CIGARS
33
Composes. : WRITES
35
Incursions. : FORAYS
36
Jewish month. : SHEBAT
37
Benefactor. : DONOR
38
City of Lombardy. : MILAN
39
Term of address. : SIR
40
Dancer's forte. : STEPS
44
Abbreviation in proofreading. : ITAL
45
Chess plays. : MOVES
47
Thermometer scale: Abbr. : FAH
48
Suffer. : LET
49
At the nadir. : LOWEST
50
A continent: Comb. form. : AFRO
51
Poet and novelist Wylie. : ELINOR
53
Monster of the deep. : SEASNAKE
55
Golfer's replacements. : DIVOTS
56
Unroofed areas adjacent to houses. : TERRACES
57
Ghostly. : EERIE
58
Fed the fire. : STOKED
Down
1
"Moonlight ___." : SONATA
2
Rimsky-Korsakov opera (with "Le"). : COQDOR
3
1 Down, for example. : OPUS
4
North Caucasian language. : UDI
5
To the point. : TERSE
6
Regal adjuncts. : SCEPTRES
7
Sign frequently seen in neon lights. : DRUGS
8
Alain ___ Lesage. : RENE
9
Card. : ACE
10
Type of TV program. : GIVEAWAY
11
Cannon and Rayburn. : SPEAKERS
12
___ down (stopped talking). : PIPED
13
Silver coins of Denmark or Norway. : KRONER
15
Lists by name. : ENTERS
20
Not so. : NAY
24
Winner of an Oscar, 1951. : BOGART
26
Of a group of people. : TRIBAL
27
Archfiend. : SATAN
29
Beginners: Var. : TIROS
31
Come by. : GET
32
Peruse. : CON
33
One form of polite excuse. : WHITELIE
34
Father, for one. : RELATIVE
35
Divines. : FORESEES
36
Looked cheerful. : SMILED
37
Deprive of honors, titles, etc. : DIVEST
39
Farm animal. : SOW
41
Obliterate. : EFFACE
42
Left in a particular place: Slang. : PARKED
43
Bluchers. : SHOES
45
Senator from Eugene. : MORSE
46
Set out. : START
49
French novelist. : LOTI
50
Biblical giant. : ANAK
52
Conjunction. : NOR
54
Rialto sign. : SRO

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

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