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New York Times, Saturday, March 26, 1960

57-Across : Dressmaking term.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 100, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,907
Across
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An approving or praising mention. : ACCOLADE
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Kind of daisy. : SHASTA
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Clichés : BROMIDES
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Lodging place. : HOSTEL
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Romantic adage. : LOVECONQUERSALL
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Nobles. : DUKES
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___ adjudicata. : RES
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Type of Buddhism. : ZEN
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Western star Hugh ___. : OBRIAN
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Street in Chinatown. : MOTT
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New York time: Abbr. : EST
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Columbia yells. : ROARS
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Mustafa Kemal. : PASHA
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Part song. : GLEE
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Juvenile, for example. : ACTOR
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Cooking seasoning. : SAVORY
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Silver orator and family. : BRYANS
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The flower. : ELITE
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Hercules' spouse. : HEBE
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Like a defective tap. : ADRIP
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Sections. : AREAS
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Spanish title. : DON
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Solicits. : BEGS
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Henry Morgan, for one. : PIRATE
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Go off ___ tangent (digress). : ONA
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Mouth: Comb. form. : ORI
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Siberian. : TATAR
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Of a certain continent: Poet. : AFRIC
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Virgil's original of 17 Across. : OMNIAVINCITAMOR
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Dressmaking term. : TAILLE
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Beginning of a news story. : DATELINE
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Winds one's way. : SNAKES
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Nocturnally overcast. : STARLESS
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Fiery. : ABLAZE
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Weird Sisters. : CRONES
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Miss Doolittle's Garden. : COVENT
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Foretoken. : OMEN
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Bearer of the fasces in ancient Rome. : LICTOR
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Word in Shakespeare title. : ADO
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Arboreal. : DENDRAL
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Word on English envelopes. : ESQUIRE
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Brightness. : SHEEN
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___ de combat. : HORS
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Quadruped. : ASS
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Russian village elder. : STAROSTA
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TV fund-raising event. : TELETHON
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The best in the League. : ALLSTARS
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Edict. : UKASE
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Scary character. : BOGY
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Anne Sullivan's married name. : MACY
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It's usually 4. : PAR
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Sailor's footwear. : SEABOOTS
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Town official. : ALDERMAN
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First name of first real American. : VIRGINIA
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Cole Porter's regretter: Miss ___. : OTIS
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An agent, for short. : REP
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Pound. : BEAT
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Where Port-au-Prince is. : HAITI
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Lunchtime chores, perhaps. : ERRANDS
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Panda. : BEARCAT
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Usher. : SEATER
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Ahead of an opponent, in golf. : DORMIE
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Ragout ingredients. : ONIONS
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Shellfish yielding mother-of-pearl. : NACRES
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Does road work. : PAVES
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Word in a Shakespeare title. : TALE
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Season. : FALL
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Sort: Colloq. : ILK
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Suffix in Spanish names. : ITA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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