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New York Times, Tuesday, December 29, 1959

30-Across : Find fault.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,819
Across
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Part of an apron. : BIB
4
Stick. : ROD
7
Violent. : RABID
12
Contemporary of Dickens. : READE
14
Make clear. : ELUCIDATE
16
Nobel prize poet. : ELIOT
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Romantic music. : SERENADES
18
Contemporary singer. : CALLAS
20
Curve. : BEND
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Make tired. : IRK
22
Western warriors. : UTES
23
Faith. : TRUST
25
Literary collection. : ANA
26
Color. : RED
27
Field ___. : GOALS
28
Thinking man, circa 400 B. C. : PLATO
30
Find fault. : CAVIL
31
Made grooves in. : GOUGED
32
Tardy. : BELATED
35
Bering Strait island group. : DIOMEDE
36
Kitchen gadget. : OPENER
37
Pickles in brine. : CORNS
38
"The Old ___ Tale." : WIVES
39
Stage and screen star. : FONDA
40
Campus building. : LAB
43
Relative of ltd. : LIM
44
Epicist of 1300. : DANTE
45
Coin. : PESO
46
Humble abode. : COT
47
Go: Poet. : WEND
48
Kind of bread. : RAISIN
50
Trojan War hero. : AGAMEMNON
53
Open space in a forest. : GLADE
54
Substance used in synthetic rubber. : BUTADIENE
55
O. K.: Slang. : ROGER
56
Beginnings. : SEEDS
57
Society girl. : DEB
58
Consumed. : ATE
Down
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___ out. : BAILED
2
Some movie stars. : IDOLS
3
Second in a series. : BETA
4
Thing: Law. : RES
5
Norwegian violinist (1810-80). : OLEBULL
6
Compulsion. : DURESS
7
Coating. : RIND
8
Oklahoma city. : ADA
9
Joking. : BADINAGE
10
Repeated. : ITERATED
11
Furniture item. : DESK
12
Come again to mind. : RECUR
13
Make jubilant. : ELATE
15
Per ___. : CENT
19
"___ at Yale," by Owen Johnson. : STOVER
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Attack. : RAID
25
Astringents. : ALUMS
27
Saratoga commander. : GATES
28
City of central Bombay. : POONA
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Literary form. : ODE
30
Cave ___ (beware the dog): Lat. : CANEM
31
Building beam. : GIRDER
32
Crecy weapon. : BOW
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"A good play needs no ___." : EPILOGUE
34
Float in the air. : LEVITATE
35
A prohibition: Colloq. : DONT
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Overlook (an offense). : CONDONE
39
Spread (out). : FANNED
40
French novelist-dramatist. : LESAGE
41
Actor's lines. : ASIDE
42
Howler. : BONER
44
Less than usual in size, power, etc.: Prefix. : DEMI
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Member of U. S. A. F. : PILOT
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Hacks. : CABS
47
Unites. : WEDS
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City on Eisenhower's itinerary. : AGRA
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Wildly gay. : MAD
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Bird's beak. : NEB

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

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