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New York Times, Tuesday, February 14, 1956

69-Across : Treated with a nostrum.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,422
Across
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Six-shooter. : COLT
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Soft leather. : SUEDE
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Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
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Confess. : AVOW
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Gold-plated statuette. : OSCAR
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Resistance group in Greece. : ELAS
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Measure out. : METE
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Meeting for public discussion. : FORUM
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Insect stage following the larva. : PUPA
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U. S. Treasurer. : PRIEST
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Omnipresence. : UBIQUITY
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Great Italian actress. : DUSE
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Social slight. : SNUB
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Government document. : PASSPORT
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Type of harp played by wind currents. : EOLIAN
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Fatima's husband. : ALI
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Churchill's daughter. : SARAH
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Squalid. : DINGY
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Foreign capital. : ROME
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Fire iron. : POKER
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Former middleweight champion Olson. : CARL
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Leather fastening. : THONG
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Make better in spirit. : RENEW
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Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
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American. : YANKEE
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Amendment that legalized woman suffrage. : NINETEEN
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Mischievous children. : IMPS
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Uncanny. : EERY
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Type of industrial set-up. : OPENSHOP
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Konrad Adenauer, for example. : GERMAN
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Minstrel. : BARD
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Mr. Dionne. : OLIVA
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First-rate. : AONE
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Precious stone. : OPAL
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Treated with a nostrum. : DOSED
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___ dimittis (permission to depart). : NUNC
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Relaxation. : EASE
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Inveigle. : SNARE
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Product of Thailand's forests. : TEAK
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Temporary quarters. : CAMP
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At an end. : OVER
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Late French novelist. : LOTI
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Sports attire. : TWEEDS
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Blarney. : SOFTSOAP
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Entertainment for service men. : USO
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Light tan. : ECRU
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Does fingerpainting. : DAUBS
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Royal symbol. : ERMINE
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South Korea, for example. : REPUBLIC
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His: French. : ALUI
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Protestant denomination: Abbr. : BAPT
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Englishman's two words of surprise. : ISAY
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Enjoys a midnight snack. : SUPS
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Prison: Br. slang. : QUOD
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Faulty play in baseball. : ERROR
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Part of G. O. P. : PARTY
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Fond farewell. : ALOHA
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Mr. Legree. : SIMON
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Leased. : TAKEN
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Foolish. : INANE
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Consent. : AGREE
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Material for thread, bristles, etc. : NYLON
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Dancer on skates. : HENIE
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Stir to action. : ENKINDLE
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Turncoat. : RENEGADE
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Jacinths. : GEMS
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Used to be. : WERE
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Embroidered robes of Jewish high priests. : EPHODS
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Hard taskmaster. : TYRANT
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Wise lawmaker. : SOLON
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Mitch Miller's instrument. : OBOE
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Familiar name for writer Hemingway. : PAPA
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Historic spans of years. : ERAS
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City in central Italy. : PISA
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Facial expression. : MOUE
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Pier Angeli's first name. : ANNA
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Narrow strip of land. : NECK
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Stanza: Abbr. : VER

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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