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New York Times, Friday, November 22, 1957

24-Across : Plaintive cry.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,069
Across
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Male deer. : ROEBUCK
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Lays waste. : RAVAGES
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System for acquiring knowledge. : ORGANON
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Unyielding. : ADAMANT
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Supplies and gear. : BAGGAGE
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Imprisonment. : DURANCE
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Cetyl alcohol. : ETHAL
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Poetess Dickinson. : EMILY
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Beetle. : DOR
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Fish delicacies. : ROES
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Plaintive cry. : BLEAT
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Ornamental plant. : FERN
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___-la. : TRA
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Besieged. : BESET
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Bakes in a kiln. : FIRES
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Capital of New South Wales. : SYDNEY
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Describing Ilium's towers. : TOPLESS
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Troubles. : ILLS
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Precipitation. : RAIN
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Rust-preventive. : REDLEAD
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Take into the army. : INDUCT
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Show. : REVUE
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Depended upon. : LEANT
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Broadcast. : SOW
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The birds. : AVES
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Trite. : STALE
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Regulation. : RULE
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Honor card, in bridge. : TEN
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Useful. : UTILE
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Mrs. Mesta. : PERLE
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Grand ___, villa at Versailles. : TRIANON
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Rampart. : PARAPET
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Imparting. : LENDING
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One enjoying another's patronage. : PROTEGE
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Worker, as an ant or bee. : ERGATES
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Giver of commands. : ORDERER
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Thomas Heggen's hero. : ROBERTS
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Cicero's skill. : ORATORY
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Relative of a "longhair," : EGGHEAD
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Rutabagas, for short. : BAGAS
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Single, not dual. : UNAL
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Toothed wheel. : COG
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Genuflects. : KNEELS
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Heating device. : RADIATOR
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___ Western. : ADULT
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Be changeful. : VARY
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Medical group. : AMA
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Male geese. : GANDERS
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Repeated offerings. : ENCORES
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Ship ends. : STERNS
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Proper. : MEET
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Stendhal was his pseudonym. : BEYLE
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Devil. : FIEND
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Very attractive girl. : BELLE
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Captain ___, Long John Silver's parrot. : FLINT
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Nest. : NIDUS
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Author of "The Age of Reason." : PAINE
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Sea flooded lands. : SALTINGS
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Solemn respecter. : REVERER
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Dusk. : EVENING
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Do business. : DEAL
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Unlawful seizer. : USURPER
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Goal of many young Americans. : COLLEGE
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Kind of hi-fi speaker. : TWEETER
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Disconcert: Colloq. : RATTLE
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City in Syria. : ALEPPO
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Fourteen pounds. : STONE
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Ancient Sabine capital. : REATE
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One thing. : UNIT
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Goad. : PROD
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Political group. : ADA
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Orchestrate: Abbr. : ARR

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

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