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New York Times, Wednesday, July 10, 1957

23-Across : Cape of North Carolina.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,934
Across
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Place ___ Concorde. : DELA
5
Disney's "___ Island." : SEAL
9
Heroes of a TV series. : TMEN
13
Over. : ATOP
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Chaucerian subdivision. : TALE
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Was outstanding. : SHONE
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How Louis Napoleon became dictator. : COUPDETAT
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Spenserian subdivision. : CANTO
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Makes beloved. : ENDEARS
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Take courage. : HEARTEN
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Year in the 11th century. : MLII
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Cape of North Carolina. : FEAR
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Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
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Court. : WOO
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Speak indistinctly. : SLUR
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Calendar abbreviation. : SAT
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Be contiguous. : ABUT
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Phrase for certain cities in wartime. : ENEMYBASES
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Mentioned. : CITED
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Links place. : TEE
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Unstressed central vowel sound. : SCHWA
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Phrase for a member of a human triangle. : OTHERWOMAN
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Parts of hose. : TOES
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Teachers' group. : NEA
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Dear me! : ALAS
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Calendar abbreviation. : DEC
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Peninsula on the Arabian coast. : ADEN
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Cravats. : TIES
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Defenseless. : UNARMED
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"Inside" author. : GUNTHER
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Irving Berlin song. : MARIE
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Part of car becoming obsolete. : GEARSHIFT
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Lee Strasberg pupil. : ACTOR
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Poker term. : ANTE
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Photo copy: Colloq. : STAT
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Rivulet. : RILL
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Loch in Inverness-shire. : NESS
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Fresh-water fish. : DACE
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Town on the Thames. : ETON
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Jackie Gleason creation. : LOUDMOUTH
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Quick tap with the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
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Aseptic. : STERILE
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Sign on a diner. : EATS
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___ carte. : ALA
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Mythical river. : LETHE
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"___ she blows!" : THAR
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Famous general's nickname. : MONTY
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Stage direction. : ENTER
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Main Street luminescence. : NEONS
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Beetle-shaped amulets. : SCARABS
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Where VIP's sit. : DAIS
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Pleasant. : EASY
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Governor of Minnesota. : FREEMAN
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City in Texas. : WACO
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Type of newspaper piece. : OBIT
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Biblical preposition. : UNTO
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Social asset. : TACT
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Suffix for cardinal numbers. : TEEN
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Lunch. : MEAL
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Italian award-winning movie. : SHOESHINE
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Back talk. : SASS
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"Beautiful ___," Stephen Foster song. : DREAMER
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Go forward with effort. : WADE
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Real. : NATURAL
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Pride and others. : SINS
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French author. : DUMAS
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Put through legislation. : ENACT
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Magna ___. : CARTA
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One of the Hoovers. : EDGAR
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Allen of the Green Mountain Boys. : ETHAN
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___ Act. : RIOT
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Girl's name. : GAIL
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Newts. : EFTS
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Highways: Abbr. : RTES
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Bulldog. : ELI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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