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New York Times, Friday, December 11, 1959

20-Across : Wearing a chesterfield.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,801
Across
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Cog, gig, hoy, etc. : BOATS
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Loud sound: Slang. : WHAM
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Quarrel. : SPAT
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Full and running over. : ASLOP
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Period of time. : HOUR
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Biblical height. : NEBO
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Structural giants in Minneapolis. : FLOURMILLS
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On the crest. : ATOP
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Wearing a chesterfield. : TOPCOATED
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Seed coatings. : ARILS
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Mammoth. : HUGE
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Pleasing. : PRETTY
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Rush hour gathering. : MOB
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Call on the gridiron. : TIME
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City in California. : LODI
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Guy. : CHAP
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Ample scope. : ELBOWROOM
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Crisp shell of pastry. : CONE
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Dressed cress. : SALAD
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Cease to exist. : UNBE
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Personage. : CHARACTER
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Proper. : MEET
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Palm with feathery leaves. : NIPA
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Almost. : NIGH
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Coloring matter. : DYE
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Ornamented by engraving. : CHASED
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Companion of trouble. : TOIL
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Endures. : LASTS
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Water's edge. : SHORELINE
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Jet-black. : INKY
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Builder of monuments. : STONEMASON
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Frustrate. : FOIL
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Variety of corn bread. : PONE
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Improve. : AMEND
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Very good. : FINE
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Oxen of Asia. : YAKS
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___ and penates. : LARES
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Astern. : BAFT
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Norway's capital. : OSLO
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Hanging to one side. : ALOP
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Companion of go. : TOUCH
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Begin to grow. : SPROUT
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Choice viand. : WHITEMEAT
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Burrow. : HOLE
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"___ Lang Syne." : AULD
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Title. : MRS
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Band instrument. : SNAREDRUM
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Made a request. : PETITIONED
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___ from the blue. : ABOLT
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Fictional child. : TOPSY
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Christmas figures. : MAGI
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In a line. : AROW
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Trudge. : PLOD
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Year in the time of Marco Polo. : MCCC
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Double exclamation. : OHOH
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Cause of many a slip. : BANANASKIN
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Novelist Glasgow. : ELLEN
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Row of columns. : PERISTYLE
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London, Singher, Warren. : BARITONES
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Be guided by. : OBEY
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Allot (with "out"). : METE
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Food fish, the saurel. : SCAD
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Tree dwellers. : APES
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Senator from Carthage. : GORE
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Belonging to winter. : HIEMAL
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Bluff. : CLIFF
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City of Vietnam. : HANOI
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Andean beast. : LLAMA
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Greek portico. : STOA
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Call of a wild bird. : HONK
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Tributary of the Elbe. : ISER
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___ the less. : NONE
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Concludes. : ENDS
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Perceive. : SPY

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

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