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New York Times, Monday, November 18, 1957

51-Across : Dull sound.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,065
Across
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Lullaby word. : HUSH
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Actress of silent screen. : BARA
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Upon. : ONTO
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Ancient shopping center. : AGORA
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Spider's "parlor." : TRAP
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Embraces. : HUGS
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Glossy fabric. : SATIN
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Mix with water: Abbr. : DIL
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Hold at wrestling. : ARMLOCK
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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Golden willow. : OSIER
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The Darlings' dog. : NANA
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Insist upon. : URGE
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Class, or order. : GENUS
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Distinct part. : UNIT
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French marshal (1802-69). : NIEL
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Sleepers of a sort. : SNORERS
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Disciples of I. Walton. : ANGLERS
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Blackbird. : ANI
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Cry of triumph. : AHA
37
Happy event. : GODSEND
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Chart with pinpointed locations. : SPOTMAP
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Needle case. : ETUI
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Blast of air. : GUST
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Twenty. : SCORE
49
Sight in Sicily. : ETNA
50
Into which the Maumee River flows. : ERIE
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Dull sound. : THUMP
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Title: Abbr. : HON
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Designers. : FRAMERS
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Collection. : SET
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German-American society in Iowa. : AMANA
58
Detective Wolfe. : NERO
59
First name of "Jamaica" star. : LENA
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Prairie schooner. : WAGON
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Digits. : TOES
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Network feature. : NEWS
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Concludes. : ENDS
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Native of Borneo. : DYAK
Down
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Picnic food. : HOTDOGS
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Not up yet. : UNRISEN
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City in the Ukraine. : STALINO
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Jump over. : HOP
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Physicist, winner of first Atoms for Peace Award. : BOHR
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Graduate. : ALUMNUS
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Coat named for a general. : RAGLAN
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City in Connecticut. : ANSONIA
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Chore. : TASK
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Emir's relative. : AGA
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Social set. : COTERIE
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Roy Rogers' horse. : TRIGGER
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Characters in "Green Pastures." : ANGELS
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Monsieur Lupin. : ARSENE
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Short sleep. : CATNAP
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Two continents. : EURASIA
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Open the door. : UNLATCH
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Good throw in horseshoes. : RINGER
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Haunting memories. : GHOSTS
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Rural exclamation. : GEEHAW
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Footstool. : OTTOMAN
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Seaman's personal effects. : DUNNAGE
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Comedian-pianist. : DURANTE
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Guided. : STEERED
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Haunt of rodents. : MOUSERY
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Where Erivan is. : ARMENIA
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Coach's exhortation. : PEPTALK
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Name of a saint. : SIMEON
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Devotees. : FANS
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___ and Cromarty, Scottish county. : ROSS
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Very recently. : NOW
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Youth. : LAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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