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New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 1955

21-Across : House party period.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,360
Across
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Important island of Indonesia. : BALI
5
Sharpness. : BARB
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Famous resort in Alberta. : BANFF
14
Forebode. : OMEN
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Rep. Burleson. : OMAR
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Conscious. : AWARE
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Social or business appointment. : LUNCHDATE
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Wickerwork. : RATAN
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Trials and tribulations. : ORDEALS
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House party period. : WEEKEND
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Appeals. : PLEAS
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Presidential nickname. : ABE
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Cleverly. : DEFTLY
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Makes plans. : ARRANGES
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Medley. : OLIO
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One of the Alps. : BLANC
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Town near Ft. Wayne. : ARI
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Consumers. : USERS
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Thoroughfares: Abbr. : AVS
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Farmer in Czarist Russia. : KULAK
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Remove seeds from cotton. : GIN
43
The Pentateuch. : TORAH
45
Poet of humor. : NASH
46
Insect-eating animal. : HEDGEHOG
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Plants growing in velvety clusters. : MOSSES
50
Upon: Prefix. : EPI
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Calliope's sister. : ERATO
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Wilfred, Knight of ___. : IVANHOE
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Devoted admirer. : IDOLIST
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Mrs. Averell Harriman. : MARIE
62
Prom girl's engagement. : DANCEDATE
64
Huckster. : ADMAN
65
Role for Eleanor Steber. : ELSA
66
Companions of ids. : EGOS
67
Board. : MEALS
68
Percolate. : SEEP
69
A, B, C, etc. : ROWS
Down
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Kid Gavilan's favorite punch. : BOLO
2
River in Asia. : AMUR
3
Impart. : LEND
4
Taker of a degree at Cambridge University. : INCEPTOR
5
Organizer of Oxford's famous library. : BODLEY
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David's nephew. : AMASA
7
Character in "The Wind in the Willows." : RAT
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Tea. : BREW
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Describing an equestrian performance. : BAREBACK
10
Arouse. : AWAKEN
11
Diminutive of a man's name. : NATE
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Miss Allison of TV. : FRAN
13
Repel (with "off"). : FEND
18
GOP chairman. : HALL
22
Gain. : EARN
24
Rescued wreckage. : SALVAGE
26
Cake-mix. : DOUGH
27
Famous cow. : ELSIE
28
Person adept at some activity. : FIEND
30
In too great haste. : RASH
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Celebrations. : GALAS
32
Rub off. : ERASE
33
Members of a Hindu sect. : SIKHS
35
Of atmospheric pressure: Prefix. : BARO
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V. P. of the Confederacy. : STEPHENS
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Disunite. : UNSOLDER
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Louisville's river. : OHIO
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Cheerful. : GENIAL
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Reckless and impulsive. : MADCAP
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Sioux. : OTOE
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Cleanse. : RINSE
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Moslem chief. : IMAM
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Go: Latin. : VADE
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"___ virumque cano." : ARMA
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Greek resistance group, World War II. : EDES
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False friend. : IAGO
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Hide away. : STOW
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Little Theresa. : TESS
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Malt and hops. : ALE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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