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New York Times, Monday, November 25, 1957

19-Across : Container.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,072
Across
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Certain Americans. : YANKEES
8
Warriors. : BRAVES
14
Simple song. : ARIETTA
15
Extreme. : VIOLENT
16
Mountain lion. : PANTHER
17
Fluster. : AGITATE
18
Designate for office. : SLATE
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Container. : DISH
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North Carolina college. : ELON
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Law degree. : LLB
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Weasel relative. : OTTER
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Sea: Lat. : MARE
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Esthetically affected. : ARTY
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Harvests. : REAPS
35
Amerind. : OTO
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Inter ___. : ALIA
37
Scene of battle, 1809, near Vienna. : WAGRAM
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Served two purposes. : DOUBLED
40
Opera. : LATOSCA
41
Designating a drug on the market. : UNSOLD
42
___ coat. : POLO
43
Noun suffix. : IER
44
Begin. : SETTO
45
Shout with mirth. : HOWL
46
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
47
Rose perfume. : ATTAR
49
Peak. : ALP
51
Wagon: Archaic. : WAIN
54
Hastened. : HIED
56
Early spring. : APRIL
60
Timetable time. : ARRIVAL
62
Where the Tippecanoe flows. : INDIANA
64
Motives. : REASONS
65
Hodgepodge. : MELANGE
66
Anything that conceals. : MANTLE
67
Prime example of 1 Across. : STENGEL
Down
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Jabbers. : YAPS
2
Inland sea. : ARAL
3
Ship of 1492. : NINA
4
Container, often full of fish. : KETTLE
5
Girl's name meaning noble. : ETHEL
6
French summer. : ETE
7
Orange-red stone. : SARD
8
Bay. : BIGHT
9
King: Fr. : ROI
10
Constant companion. : ALTEREGO
11
___ cutlet. : VEAL
12
Inner: Comb. form. : ENTO
13
Machine gun. : STEN
15
Huge. : VASTY
20
Smidgen. : IOTA
23
Bundled. : BALED
25
Muse. : ERATO
26
___ operandi. : MODUS
27
Make up for. : ATONE
28
Drive (out): Colloq. : ROUST
30
Disencumber. : RID
32
Accented part of a foot of verse. : ARSIS
33
Steps. : PACES
34
Lively. : SMART
36
Give to each his own. : ALLOT
37
Half of a city in Washington. : WALLA
39
Student of plants. : BOTANIST
40
Décolleté. : LOW
42
Ponder (over). : PORE
45
Cheers. : HAILS
46
___ Way, Roman road. : APPIAN
48
Macbeth's title. : THANE
50
Soup server. : LADLE
51
Affectionate. : WARM
52
Vicinity. : AREA
53
Asiatic nation. : IRAN
55
Tarnishes. : DIMS
57
Chimed. : RANG
58
"Picnic" playwright. : INGE
59
Biblical name. : LAEL
61
Knoxville collegian. : VOL
63
Volleyball gear. : NET

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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