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New York Times, Tuesday, November 20, 1956

1-Across : Finish first.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G K X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,702
Across
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Finish first. : WIN
4
Finish second. : PLACE
9
Finish third. : SHOW
13
County in Florida. : DADE
14
Stork's relative. : HERON
15
Finish last. : LOSE
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Barge. : SCOW
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Longchamp, for example. : RACECOURSE
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Type of money. : COLDCASH
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Encroachment. : INROAD
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___ Indies. : EAST
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Folk tale "brother." : BRER
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Expression carrying a threat. : ORELSE
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Pertaining to tears: Var. : LACRYMAL
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Power: Ger. : MACHT
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Draws or attracts. : PULLS
33
Island: Fr. : ILE
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C'est ___ (it is mine): Fr. : AMOI
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Hackneyed. : TRITE
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Refrain in old songs. : FALA
37
One of the Marches. : HAL
38
Game. : CHESS
39
River of Virginia. : JAMES
40
Café. : ALEHOUSE
42
First trans-Atlantic plane passenger. : LEVINE
43
Goes astray. : ERRS
44
Cuban coin. : PESO
45
French soldiers. : POILUS
48
Fits of bad temper. : TANTRUMS
52
Scene of Oaks and Derby. : EPSOMDOWNS
54
Kingdom of Asia. : IRAQ
55
Undersized animal. : RUNT
56
By itself. : ALONE
57
Cards. : TENS
58
Hissed sounds. : TSTS
59
Affirmative replies. : YESES
60
Observe. : EYE
Down
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City in Texas. : WACO
2
Image. : IDOL
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Capital city of Asia. : NEWDELHI
4
"Do it yourself," for example. : PHRASE
5
Smallest. : LEAST
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Type of monument. : ARCH
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Our Ambassador to Denmark. : COE
8
Surround. : ENCIRCLE
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Cement mixture. : SLURRY
10
Time of day: Comb. form. : HORO
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Thessalian mountain. : OSSA
12
Wild carrot, for example. : WEED
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U. S. A. decoration. : DSC
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Unusual people: Slang. : ONERS
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Throw. : CAST
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Northern Europeans. : BALTS
24
City on the Missouri. : OMAHA
25
Rope halter, in the Southwest. : RAMAL
26
French school. : ECOLE
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Actress Rainer. : LUISE
28
Where Hialeah is. : MIAMI
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Star of "Tonight." : ALLEN
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Rent. : LEASE
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Importune. : PRESS
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When Solomon Grundy "took ill." : THURSDAY
36
Preferred. : FAVORITE
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Headman at the Kentucky Derby. : CORUM
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Satirical remark. : JEST
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Slaves. : HELOTS
42
Bifocals. : LENSES
44
Soft cloth. : PANNE
45
Forward. : PERT
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Work. : OPUS
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Verbal contraction. : ISNT
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Pairs. : TWOS
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Noted American chemist. : UREY
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Mop of hair. : MANE
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Plane figures: Abbr. : SQS
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"The Better ___." : OLE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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