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New York Times, Saturday, November 2, 1957

28-Across : Member of Hindu sect.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,049
Across
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Front end of an airship. : PROW
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Opulent. : RICH
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Triple crown. : TIARA
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Finn's vessel. : RAFT
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Writer Gardner. : ERLE
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Rarely. : ONCEINABLUEMOON
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Shoshone. : UTE
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Snaky-haired spirit of myth. : FURY
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Activities. : DOINGS
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Flip. : TOSS
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Clothes. : RAIMENTS
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Starts knitting. : CASTSON
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Member of Hindu sect. : SIKH
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Not afloat. : ASHORE
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Table d'___. : HOTE
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___ Nippon (Japan). : DAI
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Hollywood Lindbergh. : STEWART
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Most vigorous. : SPRIEST
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Coal product. : TAR
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Prominent Virginian. : BYRD
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Beauty shop extras. : RINSES
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___ cantabile. : ARIA
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Oozy. : SEEPING
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Ron Delaney is one. : TRACKMAN
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Orient. : EAST
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Food substance. : STARCH
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Draw finely on copper plate. : ETCH
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Small deer. : ROE
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Tenzing-Ullman book. : TIGEROFTHESNOWS
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Player of Father Day on TV. : AMES
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Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
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Map addendum. : INSET
66
Most desirable. : BEST
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___ Porsena. : LARS
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Inspired with dread. : AWED
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Calico pony. : PINTO
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Havre de Grace attractions. : RACES
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Topic in metallurgy. : ORE
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Lost sheep. : WAIF
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Noah's landfall. : ARARAT
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Timid, silly, etc. : BABYISH
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Labor group. : AFL
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Romberg hero. : STUDENTPRINCE
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Pardons. : REMITS
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Oliver Cromwell's sobriquet. : IRONSIDES
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Stout shoe. : CLOG
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Birds. : HENS
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Praise highly: Colloq. : TOUT
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Center for the youngest set. : NURSERYSCHOOL
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An eternity. : EON
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Barge. : SCOW
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Bovine sounds. : MOOS
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Fellah. : ARAB
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Cheese: Ger. : KASE
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Strokes of good fortune. : HITS
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TV canine. : ASTA
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Flag symbol. : STAR
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Birthrights. : HERITAGES
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Songstress O'Brien. : ERIN
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Migration. : TREK
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"Picnic" playwright. : INGE
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Greek goddess. : DEMETER
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Check. : ARREST
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Cause of tender emotion. : PATHOS
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Pertaining to heights: Comb. form. : ACR
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Went skyward. : AROSE
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Planted. : SOWED
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Intelligence ___. : TEST
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Try: Colloq. : STAB
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Occasion. : TIME
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First Chinese dynasty, 2205-1766 B. C. : HSIA
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Monk's title. : FRA
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Nautical direction. : NNW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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