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New York Times, Monday, June 3, 1957

54-Across : ___ root.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,897
Across
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Socks. : HOSE
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More than two: Comb. form. : MULTI
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Kind of apple. : CRAB
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13th cen. Scandinavian language: Abbr. : ODAN
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Constellation. : ORION
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Receipt: Fr. : RECU
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Beloved humorist. : WILLROGERS
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"Ivory, and ___, and peacocks." : APES
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Necessitated. : ENTAILED
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Highway workers. : PAVERS
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Turnpike. : ROAD
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Not so many. : FEWER
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A dimension. : LENGTH
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Decorative glass bottle. : DECANTER
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Iroquoians. : ERIES
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Covered with fluff. : LINTY
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Cockney's flat. : OME
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The slicks. : MAGS
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Glacial snow fields. : FIRNS
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Killing: Suffix. : CIDE
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Tree. : ASH
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Comic Lee. : PINKY
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A plant, the black nightshade. : MOREL
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CBS, NBC, etc. : NETWORKS
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Birds. : RAVENS
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Cookies. : CAKES
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Used up. : GONE
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Gavel. : MALLET
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Magnanimous. : GENEROUS
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Hebrew month. : ELUL
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Discussion group. : ROUNDTABLE
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___ root. : CUBE
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Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
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Unfrequented. : LONE
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Listen! : HIST
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Discussion group. : PANEL
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Entrechat. : LEAP
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Julia Ward ___. : HOWE
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All-wise Norse god. : ODIN
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Popeye, for instance. : SALT
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Makes a type of photographic reproduction. : ENLARGES
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Money: Slang. : MOOLAH
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Egged on. : URGED
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Fibbed. : LIED
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Craggy hill. : TOR
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Reviews officially. : INSPECTS
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Cowardly. : CRAVEN
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Stock company's forte. : REPERTOIRE
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Genus of trees. : ACER
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Old-time kiss. : BUSS
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Uproars. : RIOTS
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At a distance. : AWAY
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Boggy. : FENNY
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Swiss lake. : LEMAN
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Efface. : ERASE
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Places of entertainment. : NIGHTCLUBS
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Highlanders' weapons. : DIRKS
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North Sea port. : EMDEN
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Quantities of wire, thread, etc. : REELS
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Golf course. : LINKS
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Condemned building. : FIRETRAP
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One-piece garment. : COVERALL
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Dawdle. : POKE
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Painter defended by Zola. : MANET
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Leather pouch. : WALLET
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Short lyrical poem. : RONDEL
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Demon. : GENIE
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Automatic: Abbr. : MECH
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Character in "Treasure Island." : GUNN
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Bone. : ULNA
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Percolate. : SEEP
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"All ___ summer's day ... " : ONA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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