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New York Times, Saturday, May 5, 1956

28-Across : Symbol of chivalry.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,503
Across
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Tried to resemble. : APED
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Argonauts' leader. : JASON
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Baseball's "Georgia Peach." : COBB
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De ___ (elegant). : LUXE
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Plentifully. : AMPLY
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Plant. : ALOE
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Bankbook abbreviation. : ACCT
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Daniel Boone's road, now U. S. Route 24. : WILDERNESS
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Mrs. Lawrence is one. : SKIER
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Modern doughboys. : GIS
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Regatta crew. : EIGHT
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Fabric resembling knitting. : TRICOT
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Actor Hunter. : IAN
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In hiding. : PERDU
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Symbol of chivalry. : LANCELOT
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Decisive Derby distance. : HOMESTRETCH
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Poem. : ODE
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Not new. : USED
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Embankment. : LEVEE
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Court. : AREA
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Lauris Norstad's title: Abbr. : GEN
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Founder of the Boy Scouts. : BADENPOWELL
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Mezzanine. : ENTRESOL
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Fish with a moving line. : TROLL
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Owns. : HAS
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Energetic action. : HUSTLE
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Madame de ___. : STAEL
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In defense of. : FOR
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Playground device. : SLIDE
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Guffaw. : HORSELAUGH
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Pelvic bones. : ILIA
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Famous last words. : ETTU
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Uncertain. : ATSEA
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Brand. : SEAR
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Botch. : MESS
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Bureau. : CHEST
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Rossini hero. : TELL
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Ach! : ALAS
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Disk in Stanley cup games. : PUCK
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Derby Day by-product. : EXCITEMENT
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Hindered. : DETERRED
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Part of the face. : JAW
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Pal from Acapulco. : AMIGO
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Type of dwelling popular in suburbs. : SPLITLEVELHOUSE
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Famous name in steel. : OLDS
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Bevan's nickname. : NYE
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Boxer or pointer. : CANINE
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Designer Cassini. : OLEG
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Nonsense! : BOSH
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"The ___ is yet to be." : BEST
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Holdup man's command. : REACH
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Disencumbers. : RIDS
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Machete. : CUTLASS
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Begins. : INCEPTS
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German name of Polish city. : POSEN
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Solar disk of 1358 B. C. : ATEN
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Prototype of the gold digger. : LORELEILEE
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Governor of N. Y., 1900. : ODELL
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River duck. : TEAL
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Brobdingnagian. : HUGE
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Perform anew. : REDO
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Record of absentees at camp. : AWOLLIST
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Famous street in Memphis. : BEALE
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Table scraps. : ORTS
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Monkey used in experiments. : RHESUS
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Importunes. : URGES
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Bibical name. : SHEM
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Lug. : TOTE
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Critic's subject. : ARTS
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Dress designer : FATH
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Channel changer. : DIAL
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Coach Blaik of Army. : EARL
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Insect substance. : LAC
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Topknot. : HAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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