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New York Times, Monday, August 3, 1959

46-Across : Famous physicist.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { V X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,671
Across
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One of Nero's lowly subjects. : PLEB
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Baker's turnout. : BATCH
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Unchanged. : SAME
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Item in 47 Down. : AUTO
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Montana's neighbor. : IDAHO
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Over: Ger. : UBER
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Roderick Dhu. : SCOT
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Type of stage production. : COMICOPERA
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Cookie Lavagetto's team. : SENATORS
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Sounds of destiny. : KNELLS
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Norse goddess of fate. : NORN
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Duke. : PEER
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Portrait in pastel. : CRAYON
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Menace of the highway. : JOYRIDER
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Junior prom. : HOP
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Locale of Annapurna. : NEPAL
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The "March King." : SOUSA
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Responsibility. : ONUS
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Heartwood of East Indian tree. : SAPAN
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Steeps. : RETS
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King of Libya since 1951. : IDRIS
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Minds. : CARES
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French article. : LES
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Famous physicist. : ROENTGEN
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French word for a wounded soldier. : BLESSE
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June reuner. : GRAD
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Fortitude. : GRIT
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Heckler's cousin. : TEASER
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Oklahoma Indian. : ARAPAHOE
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Spending money. : ALLOWANCES
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Kettle of fish. : MESS
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Tart filled with fruit, cheese, etc. : FLAN
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Language. : GREEK
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Where the Tigris flows. : IRAQ
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Flavor. : TANG
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"To ___ little and to spend a little less ... " : EARNA
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Certain votes. : NAYS
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Football play. : PASS
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Well-known publisher. : LUCE
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College founded by Henry VI. : ETON
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Science dealing with flora. : BOTANY
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Hats worn in the bull ring. : BICORNES
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Caparison. : ADORN
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Caps. : TAMS
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Greek letter. : CHI
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Winter sport. : HOCKEY
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Duluth's water front. : SUPERIOR
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Adam's second. : ABEL
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European blackbird. : MERL
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Geological periods. : ERAS
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Unique objects: Colloq. : ONERS
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Australian cedar. : TOON
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___ bear. : POLAR
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A cappella group. : CHOIR
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Lively musical movement. : RONDO
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Orinoco tributary. : APURE
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Land of cherry blossoms. : JAPAN
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Affairs of honor. : DUELS
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Sen. Kefauver. : ESTES
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Oriental civet cat. : RASSE
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Walked. : PACED
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Monotonous mode of speech. : SINGSONG
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Where Boys' Town is. : NEBRASKA
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Scatter. : STREW
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Gardener's cutting. : SLIP
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Addition to a house. : GARAGE
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Star in Draco. : ETAMIN
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Part of a golf course. : GREEN
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Memorable Ohioan. : TAFT
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Diminutive of a girls' name. : ELLA
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Sen. Bible. : ALAN
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Genus of trees. : ACER
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Goddess. : HERA
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"___ can you see ... " : OSAY
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Men's titles: Abbr. : ESQS
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Blue Eagle monogram. : NRA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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