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New York Times, Wednesday, March 14, 1956

61-Across : Dixie Senator.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,451
Across
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Ruler. : SHAH
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Where to spend a gourde. : HAITI
10
Moisture. : DAMP
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English poet. : POPE
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Nut. : ACORN
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Et ___. : ALII
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Heroic. : EPIC
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Pertaining to old Norse poetry. : RUNIC
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700-mile river of Belgian Congo. : UELE
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Broadway hit play. : DESKSET
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Shrubbery. : HEDGES
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Unsatisfactory. : LAME
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___ Napoléon. : CODE
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Trenchermen. : EATERS
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Images of the mind. : PHANTOMS
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Tom or Mark. : CLARK
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Port opposite Gibraltar. : CEUTA
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Container. : VAT
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Edges. : LIPS
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Portion. : SHARE
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Surrealist adept. : DALI
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Tennis point. : ACE
40
Fascination. : SPELL
41
Flower part. : PETAL
42
Pieces in a mosaic. : TESSERAE
44
Join together. : CEMENT
45
Overlook. : OMIT
46
Fern dots. : SORI
47
He starred in "A View From the Bridge." : HEFLIN
50
French politician Pierre. : POUJADE
54
Arm of the Black Sea. : AZOV
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19th century dance. : GALOP
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S-shaped curve. : OGEE
59
Ancestor. : SIRE
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Suppress. : ELIDE
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Dixie Senator. : HILL
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Garden worker. : HOER
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Ranchhand. : RIDER
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Adverse votes. : NOES
Down
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Conveyed swiftly. : SPED
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Radio and TV celebrity. : HOPE
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Honeybee genus. : APIS
4
Annoying individuals. : HECKLERS
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Oriental households. : HAREMS
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Poignant. : ACUTE
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Particle. : ION
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___color. : TRI
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Just begun. : INCHOATE
10
French novelist. : DAUDET
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Give ___ up (help to advance). : ALEG
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"He went a crooked ___ ... " : MILE
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Baked dishes. : PIES
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English Channel island. : SARK
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Mrs. Casey Stengel. : EDNA
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Boor. : CHURL
26
Brilliancy. : ECLAT
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Miss Marble of tennis. : ALICE
28
Magnetic strips. : TAPES
29
Writer of non-fiction bestsellers. : PEALE
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Egg-shaped. : OVATE
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Apartheid advocate. : MALAN
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Walking device. : STILT
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Sham. : CHEAT
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Hunting dog. : SPRINGER
38
Wicker-covered bottle. : DEMIJOHN
40
Not fully: Prefix. : SEMI
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Where Callao is. : PERU
43
Puzzle addict. : SOLVER
44
U. S. Ambassador to India. : COOPER
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England's famous Josiah. : SPODE
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Mystery dish. : HASH
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First name of "Fanny" star. : EZIO
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Warning from the tee. : FORE
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Premium on money exchange. : AGIO
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Cross out. : DELE
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Evasive people. : EELS
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Arabian name. : ALI
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Curb: Colloq. : LID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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