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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1957

14-Across : What wisdom is better than.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,097
Across
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Left from Idlewild. : TOOKOFF
8
Unbends. : THAWS
13
Ship of the sky. : AIRLINER
14
What wisdom is better than. : RUBIES
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Where certain vegetation stops. : TREELINE
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U. N. arm. : UNESCO
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Crone. : HAG
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Walk unsteadily. : TODDLE
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Opposite of stern. : STEM
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Lavender, for one. : ODOR
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Notorious Roman. : NERO
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Before. : ERE
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Madrileno. : SENOR
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Stack of straw. : RICK
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Contemporary cartoonist. : ARNO
31
Thrice a day, on prescriptions: Lat. abbr. : TID
33
Montreal hockey player. : CANADIEN
35
Bombarded. : STRAFED
39
Fruit drink. : LIMEADE
40
Wood carver. : WHITTLER
42
___ Aviv. : TEL
43
Composer of "Rule, Britannia." : ARNE
44
The maples. : ACER
46
2,000-mile river. : NIGER
50
Sheep in its second year. : TEG
51
Turkish standard. : ALEM
53
Roof edge. : EAVE
54
Kremlin news agency. : TASS
56
Italian export. : OLIVES
58
Horner's treat. : PIE
59
Corrector of mss. : EDITOR
61
A, B, C, etc. : VITAMINS
63
Type of insect. : REDANT
64
Refinement. : ELEGANCE
65
Painter of ballerinas. : DEGAS
66
Bâton ___ (lipstick): Fr. : DEROUGE
Down
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Diatribe. : TIRADE
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Home of Douglas fir. : OREGON
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Cheer from 26 Across. : OLE
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Tartan. : KILT
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Flavoring agent. : ONION
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Car part. : FENDER
7
Actor March. : FREDRIC
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Reliable. : TRUE
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Savage of the 4th century. : HUN
10
Namesakes of a President. : ABES
11
Handsome purple flower. : WISTERIA
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Discriminated. : SECERNED
13
Dumas character. : ATHOS
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Indefinite person. : SOMEONE
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Making all stops. : LOCAL
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Turn, as a planet. : ROTATE
27
Crack. : RIFT
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Draw together. : KNIT
30
Antarctic region. : ADELIE
32
Rue ___ Paix. : DELA
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Sanction. : AMEN
35
Fly ___. : SWATTER
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Strung together. : THREADED
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Any place that provides a close view. : RINGSIDE
38
Transfer picture, for short. : DECAL
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Experienced again. : RELIVED
45
Heap reproaches upon. : REVILE
47
Yawning. : GAPING
48
Exhibit. : EVINCE
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Well-known ballplayer. : REESE
52
Rhythm in verse. : METER
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"The ___ at eve ... " : STAG
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Supper scraps. : ORTS
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Palm tree yielding a starch. : SAGO
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Three ___ match. : ONA
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Half of an African tribe. : MAU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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