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New York Times, Thursday, May 16, 1957

1-Across : Cowboy's gear.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,879
Across
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Cowboy's gear. : LASSOS
7
Shout of greeting. : HALLO
12
Not up to normal. : BELOWPAR
14
Expanses. : OCEANS
16
Larrup. : LAMBASTE
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Operatic highlight. : SEXTET
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Moreover. : AGAIN
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Single. : UNWED
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It follows printemps. : ETE
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Caroled. : SUNG
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Fish ___. : FRIES
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Fodder holder. : CRIB
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P. M. collation. : TEA
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Sudden thrust. : LUNGE
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Design. : FRAME
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Young fish. : SCROD
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Device for drawing off liquid. : DRAINER
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Rockweed. : ALGA
34
Projecting lugs. : EARS
35
Turgid. : SWOLLEN
38
Greek letter. : KAPPA
41
Newcastle specialty. : COALS
42
Sharpened. : EDGED
45
Hollywood first name. : AVA
47
Actor Calhoun. : RORY
48
Turkish coins. : PARAS
49
Asian sea. : ARAL
50
Adjective suffixes. : ALS
51
Seraglio. : HAREM
52
Muse. : ERATO
53
Biography. : MEMOIR
55
Better than usual. : ABOVEPAR
57
Traps. : SNARES
58
Lines of verse having two measures. : DIMETERS
59
Siesta sound. : SNORE
60
Principles. : TENETS
Down
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American and National. : LEAGUES
2
Calendar book. : ALMANAC
3
Ferber novel. : SOBIG
4
"___ Lake." : SWAN
5
Consort of 6 Down. : OPS
6
Roman god of agriculture. : SATURN
7
Washes in a certain way. : HOSES
8
Scored, in tennis. : ACED
9
Actor Barker. : LEX
10
Church of Rome. : LATERAN
11
Former. : ONETIME
12
Violent gust of wind. : BLAST
13
Betray a promise: Colloq. : RENIG
15
Singer of Mimi, Manon, Marguerite, etc. : STEBER
20
Broadway baritone. : WEEDE
23
Sundae ingredient. : FUDGE
24
Lively. : CRISP
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Takes it easy. : LOLLS
27
Electrical unit. : FARAD
29
Election meeting. : RALLY
31
Garden equipment. : RAKES
33
Not far, poetically. : ANEAR
35
Vamooses. : SCRAMS
36
Winter clothing. : WOOLENS
37
Regatta entrant. : OARSMAN
39
Breastwork. : PARAPET
40
Incarnations. : AVATARS
43
Awesome fear. : DREAD
44
Chess opening. : GAMBIT
46
Then: Fr. : ALORS
48
Describe grammatical forms. : PARSE
49
Part of a mountain. : ARETE
51
Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
52
Constant. : EVEN
54
Latin-American gold. : ORO
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Cockney's dwelling. : OME

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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