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New York Times, Wednesday, March 11, 1959

42-Across : Lost.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,526
Across
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Having a handle. : ANSATE
7
Take in. : RECEIVE
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Head of Astronautics and Space Administration. : GLENNAN
15
Flooded. : OVERRAN
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Adriatic nation. : ALBANIA
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Goddess of war, sister of Mars. : BELLONA
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W. W. II bomber. : STUKA
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Dancer Shearer. : MOIRA
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Bird bill. : NIB
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Wagon tongue. : POLE
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Noted violinist. : BENNY
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Ring. : TOLL
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High note of old. : ELA
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"Lollapaloozas." : LULUS
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Ici on ___ Français. : PARLE
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Left-hand column of an account. : DEBIT
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Poor loser: Colloq. : SOREHEAD
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Pismires. : ANTS
34
Admonitory words to a child. : NONO
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H. S. T.'s philosophy. : FAIRDEAL
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Consumers. : USERS
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Lost. : ATSEA
43
Fortification ditch. : FOSSE
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Exclamations. : AHS
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Lump of clay. : CLOD
48
Bring into being. : BEGET
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Short distance. : STEP
50
Hindu cymbals. : TAL
51
Ludicrous blunder: Colloq. : BONER
52
Berlin's river. : SPREE
53
Heedless. : UNAWARE
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Basically. : ATHEART
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Reaches. : ATTAINS
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Struts. : PRANCES
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Ophelia's brother. : LAERTES
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Thwart. : HINDER
Down
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Counting everything. : ALLTOLD
2
Celestial spirals. : NEBULAE
3
___ charmer. : SNAKE
4
Actress Magnani. : ANNA
5
Indo-Chinese: Var. : TAI
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Hard, glossy surface. : ENAMEL
7
Fictional Swiss family. : ROBINSON
8
Each. : EVERY
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That: Fr. : CELA
10
___-König. : ERL
11
Product of Minnesota. : IRONORE
12
Flavor. : VANILLA
13
Provided with means. : ENABLED
14
Quebec peninsula. : GASPE
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Burden. : ONUS
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Montana's second largest city. : BUTTE
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Sierra Nevada lake. : TAHOE
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : LINDA
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Think: Fr. : PENSE
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Uncovered. : BARED
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Drive (someone out). : ROUST
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Security. : SAFENESS
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Adhering to the truth. : FACTUAL
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Capital of Empire State of the South. : ATLANTA
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Place alone. : ISOLATE
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Theatre area. : LOGE
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Just "one thing after another." : RATRACE
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More diaphanous. : SHEERER
44
Angel. : SERAPH
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Small barracudas. : SPETS
48
Endured. : BORNE
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Devote, as time. : SPEND
51
Enticement. : BAIT
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Indo-Chinese tribe. : SHAN
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Conflict. : WAR
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Numerical combing form. : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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