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New York Times, Monday, March 24, 1958

16-Across : Decide to dele or stet.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q V }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,191
Across
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Trudge. : PLOD
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Perhaps. : MAYBE
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Solemn act. : RITE
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Short for machine oil. : LUBE
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Eurasian mountains. : URALS
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Decide to dele or stet. : EDIT
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Wife: Lat. : UXOR
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Namely. : TOWIT
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Chan's Japanese counterpart. : MOTO
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Namesakes of a moon goddess. : SELENES
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Explorer Pike. : ZEBULON
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Like the Ranger. : LONE
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Olympian chief. : ZEUS
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With "down," a kind of cake. : UPSIDE
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Strawberry and raspberry, for instance. : JAMS
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Corps of the 1930's: Abbr. : CCC
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Eisenhower to Truman. : SUCCESSOR
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Abraham's wife. : SARAH
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Keyway. : SLOT
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Playground favorite. : SLIDE
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Give up. : CEDE
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Narrow. : CLOSE
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Hypocritical. : INSINCERE
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Kitchen measure: Abbr. : TSP
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After Mardi Gras. : LENT
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Jailer, in Great Britain. : GAOLER
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Warbled. : SANG
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Silvers. : PHIL
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Latin chaperones. : DUENNAS
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Missiles. : ATLASES
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Companion of Nick and Nora. : ASTA
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"Song of the Swamp" girl. : CHLOE
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Anything given sparingly. : DOLE
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Growl. : GNAR
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Type of fabric. : TOILE
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Relaxation. : EASE
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Vaccine pioneer. : SALK
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Mug. : STEIN
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Accelerated. : SPED
Down
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Added to. : PLUS
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De ___ (sumptuous). : LUXE
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Old Greek coin. : OBOL
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Persons neglectful of duty. : DERELICTS
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Silence. : MUTENESS
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Originated. : AROSE
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Steer off course. : YAW
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Winter phenomena. : BLIZZARDS
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Regard. : ESTEEM
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Tale-telling Uncle. : REMUS
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Hero. : IDOL
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Broz. : TITO
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___ jacket. : ETON
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Knot. : NODE
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Old-time osculation. : BUSS
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Warren and colleagues. : USSCT
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Takes (a proof) on a hand press. : PULLS
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Beat, in newspaper parlance. : SCOOP
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Knee or knuckle. : JOINT
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Fisherman's basket. : CREEL
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Army training group. : CADRE
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Applaud. : CHEER
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Goliath's nemesis. : SLINGSHOT
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Pulitzer Prizes, Oscars, etc. : ACCOLADES
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Number of significance to Ford and Furgol. : EIGHTEEN
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Ardor: Fr. : ELAN
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Fastener. : NAIL
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Decrees. : ENACTS
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ICGM. : SNARK
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Philadelphia suburb. : PAOLI
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Namesakes of Hammarskjöld. : DAGS
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Annapolis. : USNA
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And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Cleansing agent. : SOAP
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Or ___. : ELSE
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Sow. : SEED
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Norwegian statesman. : LIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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