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New York Times, Friday, June 26, 1959

42-Across : Playwright Spewak.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,633
Across
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Sport. : BASEBALL
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Time of year. : SEASON
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Kansas City ballplayer. : ATHLETIC
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Memorial Stadium ballplayer. : ORIOLE
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Most extensive. : BROADEST
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Sports writers' term for a baseball. : PELLET
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Norse goddess of healing. : EIR
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Manager in L. A. : ALSTON
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"___ Kapital." : DAS
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Model's attitude. : POSE
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God of love. : EROS
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Walk or run with long steps. : STRIDE
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Boundary of a mountainous region. : SNOWLINE
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"Hot corner." : THIRD
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Crosley Field team. : REDS
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Years, in Spain. : ANOS
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___ Major. : URSA
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Indian coin. : RUPEE
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Reckonings: Colloq. : TABS
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Sugar source. : BEET
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Ancient Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Playwright Spewak. : BELLA
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Peacefulness. : SERENITY
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Bullet Bob. : TURLEY
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Alone on stage, as an actress. : SOLA
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Purposes. : AIMS
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Wrigley Field ballplayer. : CUB
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Important aspect of pitching, batting, etc. : TIMING
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Trophy. : CUP
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Titania's spouse. : OBERON
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Drinking vessels. : STEMWARE
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Northern sea. : BERING
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Charges. : ARRAIGNS
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Milwaukee team. : BRAVES
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Yankee Stadium, to visiting teams, at times. : WASPNEST
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George Herman. : BABE
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Town near Teramo, Italy. : ATRI
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Baseball fan and restaurateur. : SHOR
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Old musical note. : ELA
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Day ___. : BED
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Military command. : ATEASE
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Rouget de ___, author of the "Marseillaise." : LISLE
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Naval craft. : LCTS
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Sleepy. : SOPOROSE
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Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Trouble. : AIL
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What baseball players frequently are. : SOLD
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Screens back of home plate. : NETS
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Offer. : TENDER
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Forbes Field team. : PIRATES
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Unusual. : ODD
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Roofing workers. : SLATERS
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Rain checks. : STUBS
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"Strike ___!" : THREE
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Return pipe. : RISER
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Indian rebel of 1857. : SEPOY
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Altogether. : INALL
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Splendid. : NOBLE
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Composition. : ESSAY
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Chief Persian mythical hero. : RUSTAM
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Guards on upper decks. : RAILINGS
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Brooklyn emigrant. : BUM
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What "nary" means. : NOTONE
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Briggs Stadium team. : TIGERS
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Sinuses: Anat. : ANTRA
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Georgia Peach. : COBB
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Deutschland ___ alles. : UBER
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A king of Sodom. : BERA
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What "vidi" means. : ISAW
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Backstop for batting practice. : CAGE
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Vases. : URNS
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Plague. : PEST
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Hudson, for one: Abbr. : RIV
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Chart. : MAP
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Yankees' goal. : WIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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