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New York Times, Monday, May 20, 1957

53-Across : Turning device.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,883
Across
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Bringer of good luck. : MASCOT
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Period of the world's development. : IRONAGE
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Senator from Rhode Island. : PASTORE
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Spanish province. : NAVARRE
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Confident. : ASSURED
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Fishing net with three layers. : TRAMMEL
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Paving block. : STONE
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Miss Merman. : ETHEL
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Civil War personage. : LEE
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Chinese club. : TONG
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French priest. : CURE
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Curve. : BEND
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Highest mountain in Crete. : IDA
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Great poet. : HOMER
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___ noire. : BETE
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Dealer, as in fish or scandal. : MONGER
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Break off. : SEVER
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Supplicate. : ENTREAT
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Samuel Pepys, for example. : DIARIST
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Extemporize. : ADLIB
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Swagger. : PRANCE
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Sacred animal of Egypt. : APIS
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Sniffs. : NOSES
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Total. : SUM
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Tribe. : CLAN
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Extremely small margin. : HAIR
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Part of an orange. : PULP
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Statute. : ACT
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Behave theatrically: Colloq. : EMOTE
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Silk fabric. : TULLE
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Turning device. : ROTATOR
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Sign in many cities. : SHELTER
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State capital. : TRENTON
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Mosaic piece. : TESSERA
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Makes beloved. : ENDEARS
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Main road. : ARTERY
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Elephant's ancestor. : MASTODON
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Having a partial rhyme, as "come" and "home." : ASSONANT
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Smarted. : STUNG
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Nucleus. : CORE
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Beaver State: Abbr. : ORE
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Ancient hymn. : TEDEUM
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Not breaking even. : INTHERED
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Infrequent. : RARE
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Elliptic. : OVAL
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Business group: Abbr. : NAM
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Short, bandlike sleeve. : ARMLET
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English novelist. : GREENE
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Fished for morays. : EELED
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Diversion. : PASTIME
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Shade of pink. : CORAL
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Yankee backstop. : BERRA
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Regards. : HEEDS
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Yellowstone Park dwellers. : BEARS
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Contents of an elevator. : GRAIN
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Treacherous fellow. : VIPER
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Boastful gamblers: Slang. : TINHORNS
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Insolent one. : INSULTER
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Back kitchen. : SCULLERY
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Method of painting. : TEMPERA
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Skiff. : BOAT
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Leonard Hall's successor. : ALCORN
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Struck gently. : PATTED
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Midday ritual in the tropics. : SIESTA
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Bill of fare. : CARTE
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Throb. : PULSE
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Heath. : MOOR
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Quiz. : TEST
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Scotsman's "one." : ANE
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Pronoun. : HER

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

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