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New York Times, Saturday, November 26, 1955

34-Across : Assists.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 340 (avg 1.82)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,342
Across
1
College group: Colloq. : FRAT
5
Where Callao is. : PERU
9
Javits beat him in 1954. : FDRJR
14
Gwen Verdon role. : LOLA
15
Equal. : EVEN
16
Mr. Heep. : URIAH
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Very simple. : EASYASABC
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Red-complexioned. : RUDDY
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Witty. : DROLL
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Yale men. : ELIS
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Something prized for beauty and value. : GEM
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First barbarian ruler of Italy. : ODOACER
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Early English chronicler. : BEDE
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American novelist. : FARRELL
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Presidential nickname. : ABE
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Hollywood's Gardner. : AVA
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Assists. : HELPS
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Chief of the Strategic Air Command. : LEMAY
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Old-fashioned admonishment. : MINDYOURPSANDQS
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Moved cautiously. : EDGED
45
High spots. : PEAKS
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Signal. : CUE
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Moisten. : WET
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Existing in name only. : TITULAR
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New York. : CITY
54
Ancient capital of Crete. : KNOSSOS
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Impersonal pronoun. : ONE
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Companion of null. : VOID
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Well-known atomic physicist. : FERMI
63
Confuse. : ADDLE
65
Diplomatic incident between U. S. and France, 1797-98. : XYZAFFAIR
68
Ocean phenomena. : TIDES
69
Norwegian Crown Prince. : OLAF
70
___ Major, the Big Dipper. : URSA
71
"___ with Music." : SAYIT
72
Barber's cry. : NEXT
73
Permits. : LETS
Down
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Ran away. : FLED
2
Sound from a stadium. : ROAR
3
In addition. : ALSO
4
Twelfth President. : TAYLOR
5
Footlike part. : PES
6
Stowe heroine. : EVA
7
Medieval stringed instrument. : REBEC
8
Sam or Tom. : UNCLE
9
Symbol of luxury. : FURS
10
Actress Joanne ___. : DRU
11
Long, narrow hill. : RIDGE
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Worn out. : JADED
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What 46 Across and 10 Down do. : RHYME
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Volatile alcohol derivative. : ALDEHYDE
22
George Gershwin's brother. : IRA
25
Bread spread. : OLEO
26
___ with (no further hope for). : ALLUP
27
Existed. : BEEN
28
Celebrity. : FAME
29
Overeager. : AVID
30
Telephoned. : RANG
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Space Cadet's command. : BLASTOFF
35
Common prefix. : PRE
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Anklewear. : SPATS
38
1650. : MDCL
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Water: Colloq. : AQUA
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Belgian river. : YSER
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Like grass in the morning. : DEWY
43
Sports equipment. : SKIS
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Boxing decision. : TKO
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Having a purpose. : USEFUL
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Chesterfields, toppers, etc. : COATS
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Where the Ganges flows. : INDIA
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See 31 Across. : TEDDY
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Richard Milhous ___. : NIXON
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Theoretical force. : ODYLE
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Garment. : VEST
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Unusual. : RARE
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Light fog. : MIST
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
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Flower wreath. : LEI
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Slate axe. : ZAX
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Part of the day: Abbr. : AFT

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

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