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New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 1957

68-Across : Spectaculars.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,920
Across
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River into the Danube at Belgrade. : SAVA
5
Loud noises. : SLAMS
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Old English bard. : SCOP
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Abound. : TEEM
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Wading bird. : HERON
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Honshu seaport. : KOBE
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Confederation of 1945. : ARABLEAGUE
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River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Sea swells. : ROLLERS
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Certain routes. : SEAWAYS
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Attention. : EAR
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Margin. : VERGE
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Plot. : CONSPIRE
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Sally. : SORTIE
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Labor group: Abbr. : ILO
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Crying. : TEARY
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Mechanisms. : GEARS
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Withered. : SERE
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Biblical seaport. : SIDON
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Piece of music. : DUET
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Florida's city of cigars. : TAMPA
44
Decoys. : LURES
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Direction. : NNE
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Aquarium dwellers. : SNAILS
49
Enroll. : REGISTER
51
Perception. : SENSE
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___ Newburg. : ALA
54
Capital of Cyprus. : NICOSIA
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Late-comer at a hit show. : STANDEE
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Supplemented. : EKED
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Dissenter. : PROTESTANT
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Presage. : BODE
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Facilitator. : EASER
66
Thor's father. : ODIN
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Any persons. : ONES
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Spectaculars. : SHOWS
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___ crackers. : SODA
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Altair, for instance. : STAR
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___ Commander, Presidential plane. : AERO
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Wiener schnitzel. : VEAL
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Goes at an easy pace. : AMBLES
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Certain wines. : SHERRIES
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Meadows. : LEAS
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South American country: Abbr. : ARG
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"Not even a ___ ... " : MOUSE
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Scornful smiles. : SNEERS
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Fastened for cooking. : SKEWERED
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Musical finale. : CODA
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Do one's bidding. : OBEY
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Individual: Abbr. : PERS
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Sprang. : LEAPT
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Excited. : AGOG
24
Greenery. : VERDURE
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Chests of ancient Greece. : CISTS
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City on the Allegheny River. : OLEAN
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Opera title. : NORMA
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Marsh bird. : RAIL
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Mock. : TAUNT
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Heroine of Poe poem, "The Sleeper." : IRENE
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Chemical compound. : ESTER
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Days of ___. : YORE
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Installments of serial stories. : EPISODES
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Not yes men. : NEGATERS
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Pub sign. : ALES
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St. Paul's aide. : SILAS
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Takes pot shots. : SNIPES
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Coffee seaport in Brazil. : SANTOS
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Mrs. Siddons. : SARAH
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Biblical mountain. : NEBO
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Sacred image. : IKON
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Yield. : CEDE
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State of worry. : STEW
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Part of a pedestal. : DADO
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Wife of Geraint. : ENID
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Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
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Bear: Span. : OSO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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