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New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 1957

35-Across : Host.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,103
Across
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Levantine sailing vessel. : SAIC
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Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
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Expedition. : TRIP
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Tolstoi heroine. : ANNA
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Mischievous. : ELFIN
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Operatic role. : AIDA
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Popular TV personality. : STEVEALLEN
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Precipitation. : RAIN
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Sand trap or bunker. : HAZARD
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Tropical sea fishes. : ROBALOS
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Constant. : LOYAL
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Large labor union: Abbr. : UAW
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Mohammed V's people. : MOORS
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Put back on the pay roll. : REENGAGED
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Host. : ARMY
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Meager. : SCARCE
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Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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Pen point. : NIB
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Frequency band. : CHANNEL
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Seeing that. : NOW
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Old Italian title. : SER
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Sheepman. : HERDER
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Book of the Bible. : LUKE
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Grain warehouses. : ELEVATORS
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Lightens. : EASES
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Type of painting. : OIL
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Eared seal. : OTARY
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Stump or Wright. : ADMIRAL
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Actually existing: Lat. : INESSE
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Pod of cotton. : BOLL
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Candidate's first goal. : NOMINATION
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Establish by a decision. : RULE
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Northern constellation. : DRACO
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Be inclined to action. : TEND
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Caesar's day of destiny. : IDES
66
Playing cards. : SIXES
67
Nog ingredients. : EGGS
Down
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Military officer's full-dress accessory. : SASH
2
Architectural pier. : ANTA
3
Don Juan's mother. : INEZ
4
Rough Riders. : CAVALRY
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Small, globular and glittering. : BEADY
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Added wing. : ELL
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See 26 Across. : AFL
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Rank. : TIER
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Radio man. : ANNOUNCER
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Island battlefield of 1943. : TARAWA
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Silver coin, 1/2 pahlavi. : RIAL
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Peculiar: Comb. form. : IDIO
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Dishes. : PANS
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Aphrodite's son. : EROS
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Breakfast roll. : BAGEL
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Rider of many winners. : ARCARO
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Italian or Spanish man's name. : LEANDRO
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Baronial hall. : MANSE
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Old-style picture window. : ORIEL
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Spanish card game. : OMBRE
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Late Admiral King. : ERNEST
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Order. : GENUS
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Summon up. : EVOKE
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Coolidge's V. P. : DAWES
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Island group NE of the Orkneys. : SHETLANDS
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Presiding officer's post. : CHAIR
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Infant's outfit. : LAYETTE
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Dress materials. : VOILES
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Singer Berger. : ERNA
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Primitive Japanese people. : AINOS
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French dugout. : ABRI
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Lady from Armentières: Abbr. : MLLE
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Ceylonese lemur. : LORI
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Victory: Ger. : SIEG
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One of a proverbial trio. : SONG
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Book ___. : ENDS
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Highest amount: Abbr. : MAX
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Vista at Thule. : ICE

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

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