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New York Times, Tuesday, December 29, 1953

65-Across : Mechanical device on a cogwheel.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,645
Across
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Sound of merriment. : HAHA
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Golf star. : HOGAN
10
See 56 Down. : ABBR
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Island group off Eire. : ARAN
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Fast. : APACE
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Heavy date. : BEAU
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Entrusted. : LENT
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Mau Mau land. : KENYA
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A good friend. : ALLY
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City on the Hudson. : OSSINING
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Margrave, sherif, effendi, etc. : TITLES
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A small amount. : SOME
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Blacksmith. : SHOER
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Backgrounds for Western films. : MESAS
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Hanging. : DEPENDING
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Put straight. : ALINED
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Invisible vapor. : AURA
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At once. : NOW
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Beverage flavored with sirup, fruit, etc. : SODA
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Incited. : EGGED
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Man with a bad temper. : OGRE
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Cockney's wishful thinking. : OPE
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Glossy dress goods. : SATEEN
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Pie ingredient. : NEWAPPLES
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Alerts. : WARNS
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Piece put in. : INSET
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Brace and bit. : TOOL
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Seasonal role for the housewife. : CANNER
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Walter Alston's bailiwick. : BALLGAME
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Hindustani. : URDU
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Evening: German. : ABEND
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It's used by 5 Across. : IRON
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Covered walk : STOA
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Cap wearer. : DUNCE
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Part of A. D. : ANNO
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Mechanical device on a cogwheel. : PAWL
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Fur-bearing animal. : OTTER
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Candidates for the Drunkometer. : SOTS
Down
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Symbol of saintliness. : HALO
2
Beloved of Aphrodite. : ARES
3
Danny's role. : HANS
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Lofty volcano in Ecuador, 18,885 feet. : ANTISANA
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Doctor, in India. : HAKIM
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Made ready for business. : OPENED
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Group of roughs. : GANG
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Suffix meaning quality or office. : ACY
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Cattle drovers. : NEATHERDS
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Diminished. : ABATED
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Performer on a carillon. : BELLRINGER
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Make into a bundle. : BALE
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Hugo's Blas and others. : RUYS
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___ dive. : NOSE
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Tourist island of the Hebrides. : IONA
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Eject. : SPUE
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Erle Stanley Gardner's lawyer-sleuth. : MASON
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Run away. : ELOPE
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Part of a car door. : SIDEWINDOW
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Sudden flood tide or bore. : EAGRE
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Yankee outfielder. : NOREN
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Author Raverat and others. : GWENS
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Bold outlaw. : DESPERADO
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Edith Bolling ___, Wilson's second wife. : GALT
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Earaches. : OTALGIAS
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Self: Lat. : IPSE
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Case for an M. P. : AWOL
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Petunia or zinnia. : ANNUAL
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Attitude. : STANCE
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Born earlier. : OLDER
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Horn of a new moon. : CUSP
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
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Inclination. : BENT
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River of Tuscany. : ARNO
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Where Missoula is: Abbr. : MONT
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Adam's grandson. : ENOS
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"Yes, ___ ... " : BUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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