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New York Times, Wednesday, August 31, 1955

15-Across : Pacific paradise.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.76, Missing: { F J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 104, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,255
Across
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Gripping devices. : CLAMPS
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Tactful one. : DIPLOMAT
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Pacific paradise. : HAWAII
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Form a perfect concept. : IDEALIZE
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Made egg-shaped. : OVALED
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Percussion instrument. : BASSDRUM
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Gather leaves. : RAKE
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___ Field. : EBBETS
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Air-raid precautions, for short. : ARP
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Referee Simon. : ABE
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Spanish jars. : OLLAS
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Snaffle. : BIT
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Money: Slang. : LONGGREEN
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Our Ambassador to Mexico. : WHITE
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Is conveyed. : RIDES
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Greeter from a distance. : HAILER
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Barked in a sideshow. : SPIELED
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Ophelia's trouble. : MADNESS
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Stay on. : LINGER
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Ran swiftly. : HARED
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Distraught. : UPSET
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Northern neighbors. : CANADIANS
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Obtain. : GET
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Takes along with one. : TOTES
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Sound of displeasure. : PAH
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In the style of. : ALA
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Jumps. : VAULTS
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Fix over. : REDO
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Ship's compass holder. : BINNACLE
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Panacea. : ELIXIR
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Complete things. : ENTITIES
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Show displeasure. : RESENT
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Prepositions meaning "in defiance of." : DESPITES
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Spenders of kronor. : SWEDES
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For voices. : CHORAL
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Wash basin. : LAVABO
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Arouse. : AWAKEN
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Masculine. : MALE
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Something easy. : PIE
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An extra dinner dish. : SIDEORDER
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Garden trowels. : DIBBLES
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Pertaining to Mt. Ida. : IDAEAN
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Teasers. : PESTS
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Girl. : LASS
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Of long standing. : OLD
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___ dictu: wonderful to tell. : MIRABILE
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Blue copper ores. : AZURITES
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Enticers. : TEMPTERS
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Extort money from. : BLEED
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Gray goods. : GREGE
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Woman's vest: Fr. : GILET
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Went paddling. : WADED
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Language of northern India. : HINDI
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Vexing raiders. : HARASSERS
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Lazy Mary, for instance. : SLUGABED
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Source of information. : PIPELINE
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Seconds. : INSTANTS
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French painter, 1932-83. : MANET
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Uncovered. : HATLESS
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Grand ___ Dam. : COULEE
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Peaked. : APEXED
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Singer Conner. : NADINE
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Bermuda ___. : SHORTS
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Unspoken. : TACIT
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German child's word for father. : VATI
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Slope upward. : RISE
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Tuck's companion. : NIP
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Tennis player Hoad. : LEW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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