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New York Times, Thursday, April 24, 1958

54-Across : ___-cake.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { B Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,222
Across
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High points. : ACMES
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Facts or figures. : DATA
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Cut. : GASH
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Part. : SHARE
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Venerated object. : ICON
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Escutcheon border. : ORLE
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Camelot's noblest. : SIRGALAHAD
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E Pluribus ___. : UNUM
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English cathedral town. : ELY
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Burgundy. : WINE
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Church officials. : ELDERS
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Pro ___. : TEM
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Period. : ERA
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In good condition. : TRIG
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On the briny. : ASEA
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Port of Lake Michigan. : MUSKEGON
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Electrical unit. : FARAD
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Dugout. : CANOE
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Important U. N. organization. : WHO
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Military group: Abbr. : ROTC
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School subject. : LATIN
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Linden tree. : TEIL
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Black bird. : ANI
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Big name in golf. : JONES
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Columbus' birthplace. : GENOA
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Stresses. : TENSIONS
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Tito adherent. : SLAV
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"Wedding March" bride. : ELSA
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Tool. : HOE
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Greenland native: Abbr. : ESK
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Natural. : INNATE
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___-cake. : PATA
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Estuary: Span. : RIA
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Stratum. : SEAM
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American baritone. : NELSONEDDY
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Equine's pride. : MANE
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Vingt-___ (twenty-one): Fr. : ETUN
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School: Fr. : ECOLE
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Pair of horses, mules, etc. : SPAN
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Poetic verb form. : DOST
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Ancient writings. : RUNES
Down
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Anything of value. : ASSET
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Where Punta Arenas is. : CHILE
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Alias Peter Pan. : MARYMARTIN
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Work unit. : ERG
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Water growth. : SEAWEED
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Ancient Roman deity. : DIANA
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Yearn. : ACHE
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___ turn (perfectly). : TOA
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American singer. : ANDERSON
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Author of "The White Witch." : GOUDGE
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Composer Thomas Augustine ___. : ARNE
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Gliding effect in music. : SLUR
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Pauses in speaking. : HEMS
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Silver coin of Italy. : LIRA
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Similar. : LIKE
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African trouble spot. : TUNIS
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Part of U. S. A. F. : SAC
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Defeats at chess. : MATES
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Musical comedy star. : GWENVERDON
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Where the Muskingum flows. : OHIO
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Old-time piano piece. : NOLA
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College club: Slang. : FRAT
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Superior: Colloq. : AONE
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Tropical plant. : CANNA
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Unfastened. : LOOSENED
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Beverage. : TEA
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Cast off capriciously. : JILT
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Harvest hand. : GLEANER
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Conrad characters. : SEAMEN
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"And ___ bed." : SOTO
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Negative verbal contraction. : HASNT
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Move in a certain manner. : SIDLE
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Danny and family. : KAYES
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Doctrines. : ISMS
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___ tide. : NEAP
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Zola classic. : NANA
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Positive. : PLUS
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War area of 1944. : ETO
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Small shield. : ECU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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