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New York Times, Saturday, August 17, 1957

15-Across : Type of grease.

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: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,972
Across
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Grimace: Colloq. : FACE
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Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
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Part of a glove. : PALM
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Askew. : ALOP
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Type of grease. : ELBOW
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___ da capo. : ARIA
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Current best-selling novelist. : DAPHNEDUMAURIER
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Prize. : ESTEEM
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Mythical king who suffered eternal hunger and thirst. : TANTALUS
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Caraway ___. : SEED
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Tobogganed. : SLID
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Puzzle. : BEWILDER
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Colorless liquid, in chemistry. : ACETAL
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Rich apparel. : ARRAY
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Arctic jacket. : PARKA
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Choler. : IRE
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Give in large quantities. : RAIN
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Television staple. : MOVIE
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Actress Negri. : POLA
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Letter. : ESS
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French meat pastes. : PATES
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Birds' homes. : CAGES
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Dog. : SETTER
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An actor, in his first role. : DEBUTANT
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He wrote "Battle Cry." : URIS
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Spot. : SITE
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Simple wind instruments. : OCARINAS
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Roles in Verdi productions. : GILDAS
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Remarque's latest novel. : THEBLACKOBELISK
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Irish royal residence. : TARA
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Hackneyed. : TRITE
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"Queen for ___." : ADAY
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One of the Aesir. : ODIN
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Popular name in Dublin. : EAMON
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Margaret ___. : ROSE
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Languish. : FADE
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Soulful cry. : ALAS
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Ancient dweller by the Nile. : COPT
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Citizen of a great biblical city. : EPHESIAN
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Appeared. : SEEMED
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Honorary degree. : LLD
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Border (on). : ABUT
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Spanish boy's name. : TOMAS
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Tchaikovsky ballet. : SWANLAKE
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Flaunt. : PARADE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Stead. : LIEU
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Earth's neighbor. : MARS
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Revercomb's colleague. : NEELY
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City on the Mohawk. : UTICA
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Bus stop. : DEPOT
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Reveals. : BARES
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Prepare tape for re-use. : ERASE
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Joint. : WRIST
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Sang praises: Slang. : RAVED
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Owego's county, N. Y. : TIOGA
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"Green Hat" author. : ARLEN
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Minimum. : LEAST
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Originates. : RISES
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Pickle in liquid. : MARINATE
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Of the kneecap. : PATELLAR
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Jeopardy. : PERIL
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Clear one: Slang. : CUTIE
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Moslem headdress. : TURBAN
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Great hour bell of Westminster. : BIGBEN
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Bones: Anat. : SACRA
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Name meaning "rich." : OTTO
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Lake in Africa. : CHAD
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Combining form in aviation. : AERI
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Run over. : SKIM
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Caper. : DIDO
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Namesakes of a king of Judah. : ASAS
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Hebrides Island. : SKYE
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Indian. : OTO

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

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