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New York Times, Saturday, November 3, 1956

23-Across : Josh.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,685
Across
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Playing field: Colloq. : GRID
5
Alms box. : ARCA
9
Rung. : STEP
13
First-class. : AONE
14
Coach Little's men : LIONS
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Alaska, for example: Abbr. : TERR
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Greek porch. : STOA
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Trojans' state. : CALIFORNIA
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Sport. : HANDBALL
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Describing marl. : CLAYEY
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Josh. : BANTER
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Day: Span. : DIA
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Windshield ___. : WIPER
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S-shaped curve. : OGEE
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Away from the coast. : INLAND
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Roof edge. : EAVE
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Time abbreviation. : DST
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Deceptive play, so-called from pose taken by player. : STATUEOFLIBERTY
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Peep. : PRY
43
Wall: Span. : MURO
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Mr. Gulliver. : LEMUEL
45
Hulled corn. : SAMP
47
Put away. : STOW
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Wash out. : RINSE
50
___ Wiedersehen. : AUF
52
Footrests. : STOOLS
54
Joints. : ANKLES
57
Tall fodder grass. : BLUESTEM
61
Binocular. : FIELDGLASS
63
First word of the "Aeneid." : ARMA
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43,560 square feet. : ACRE
65
Realty sign. : TOLET
66
Frosty. : RIMY
67
Musical pause. : REST
68
Variant of Alice. : ALYS
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Up-and-down toy. : YOYO
Down
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Cut. : GASH
2
Roster. : ROTA
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Look ___ (pay a brief visit). : INON
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Tired out: Slang. : DEADBEAT
5
Alaska-Canada highway. : ALCAN
6
Entertainment area. : RIALTO
7
Subject of current headlines. : COLLEGEFOOTBALL
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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Narrow waterway. : STRAIT
10
First down play. : TENYARDRUN
11
___ Canal. : ERIE
12
Beseech. : PRAY
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Noncom rating. : SFC
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Outworn. : OLD
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Jenny Lind's sponsor. : BARNUM
24
Substantial. : REAL
26
Small bundles. : WISPS
27
Within: Prefix. : INTRA
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Key men, in basketball. : PLAYMAKERS
30
___ eye. : EVIL
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Man from Tennessee. : ESTES
33
Variety. : STYLE
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___ ex machina. : DEUS
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Crooner Bob or Ray. : EBERLE
40
Table scraps. : ORTS
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Secret agent on a mission. : EMISSARY
46
Young hen. : PULLET
48
Cardinal under Henry VIII. : WOLSEY
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Provided nourishment. : FED
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Expels. : OUSTS
54
From a distance. : AFAR
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Agreeable. : NICE
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Relative of 15 Down. : SGT
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Piece of music. : TRIO
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TV award. : EMMY
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Irish county. : MAYO
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Mauna ___. : LOA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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