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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Wednesday, September 10, 1958

40-Across : Dress material.

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,361
Across
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Fastener. : CLASP
6
Light-gray. : ASHY
10
Year of Diocletian's abdication as Roman Emperor. : CCCV
14
Artery. : AORTA
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Coiner of the "Day by day, in every way" formula. : COUE
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Rodent. : HARE
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Robes of office. : TOGAS
18
Mme. Bovary. : EMMA
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Consumer. : USER
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Water pipes. : SPOUTS
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Pinna. : EAR
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Petty officers: Colloq. : CPOS
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Holds in wrestling. : NELSONS
26
Cattle: Poet. : KINE
27
Cambridge college. : RADCLIFFE
30
After the style of. : ALA
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Place in Greenland. : ETAH
32
Timely. : PAT
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Despite the fact that. : EVENIF
36
Abbreviation in electricity. : AMP
37
Doughboy's lair. : FOXHOLE
39
Rialto sign. : SRO
40
Dress material. : POPLIN
42
Finale. : END
43
A thousand ages. : AEON
44
Went ahead. : LED
45
Rising. : ASCENDANT
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A long time: Colloq. : AGES
49
Directed the course of. : STEERED
50
Parts of a drawing compass. : LEGS
51
Seed container. : POD
52
Mounds containing Buddhist shrines. : STUPAS
56
Japanese box. : INRO
57
Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
59
Open wagon of a certain shape. : TCART
60
Sorrowful sound. : MOAN
61
San Francisco Giant. : MAYS
62
Ghostly. : EERIE
63
Reddish-brown horses. : BAYS
64
Princess of Brabant. : ELSA
65
Fond hope. : DREAM
Down
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Siamese ___. : CATS
2
Ring or fold forming a catch. : LOOP
3
Southern constellation. : ARGO
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Steadfast: Var. : STAUNCH
5
Light in color. : PASTEL
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Particle. : ACE
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One of Sophie Tucker's favorites. : SOMEOFTHESEDAYS
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Merciful. : HUMANE
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A long time. : YEARS
10
Laugh softly. : CHUCKLE
11
World's largest salt-water lake. : CASPIANSEA
12
Uncle of Oedipus. : CREON
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Chapter's companion. : VERSE
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Sweater. : SLIPON
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Seaport in Tunisia. : SFAX
27
Gather. : REAP
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Steam: Comb. form. : ATMO
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Horse of a certain color. : DAPPLEGRAY
30
Hail! : AVE
33
Church officers. : ELDERS
34
Strong. : IRON
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Baptismal bowl. : FONT
37
Pin used in splicing rope. : FID
38
"___ in a Lifetime." : ONCE
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Homework. : LESSONS
43
Citer, as of facts or proof. : ADDUCER
45
Describing some music. : ATONAL
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Gained as clear profit. : NETTED
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Out on ___. : ALIMB
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Italian port. : GENOA
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Foam. : SPUME
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Peel. : PARE
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Solo. : ARIA
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Stalk of bananas. : STEM
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Army monogram. : USA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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