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New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 1959

20-Across : Part of R. S. V. P.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,711
Across
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Port on Osaka Bay. : KOBE
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Eighth word of "Home, Sweet Home." : ROAM
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Plains Indian. : OSAGE
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"I will fear no ___ ... " : EVIL
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City in Sicily. : ENNA
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Permanent. : FIXED
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Colonel Bogey's forte. : GOLF
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Name in G. B. S. play title. : METHUSELAH
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Part of R. S. V. P. : SIL
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Where Mrs. Siddons lived. : SOHO
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"Exodus," for one. : NOVEL
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An impractical theorist or "rainbow chaser." : DOCTRINAIRE
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Delight. : FEAST
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Make a memo. : JOTDOWN
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Heap coals ___ on. : OFFIRE
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Forbids. : BANS
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Pasture sound. : MOO
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Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
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Pitcher's place. : BOX
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Before long. : ANON
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Bern's river. : AAR
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Skipper's call. : AHOY
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"Hot as Tophet," for example. : SIMILE
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Citizen. : FREEMAN
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Per ___. : ANNUM
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Northernmost part of United States. : POINTBARROW
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Part of a coat. : LAPEL
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Choice. : RARE
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Drop bait gently on the water. : DAP
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Well-considered. : DELIBERATE
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Table at bridge. : FOUR
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Bract enclosing the flower, in grasses. : PALEA
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Cooler. : ICER
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Immense. : HUGE
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Plural of that. : THOSE
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Chow time. : MESS
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Gray. : ASHY
Down
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Certain containers. : KEGS
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Egg-shaped. : OVOID
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Gourmet's concern. : BILLOFFARE
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Dweller in fairyland. : ELF
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Compunction. : REMORSE
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Box score statistic. : ONEHIT
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Writer Chekhov. : ANTON
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___ jong. : MAH
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Out ___ (cross): Colloq. : OFSORTS
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Sifted. : SIEVED
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Part of the running gear. : AXLE
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Of the earth. : GEAL
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Old English letter. : EDH
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Short for a well-known theological seminary. : UNION
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Excel. : STAR
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Overlay with paneling, plaster, etc. : CEIL
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Homeric hero. : AJAX
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Of every sort. : OMNIMODOUS
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Alpaca. : WOOL
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No one. : NONE
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Norwegian saint. : OLAF
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Cape off North Carolina. : FEAR
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"That's my ___!" : BOY
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City on Eisenhower's itinerary. : BONN
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River into Tatar Strait. : AMUR
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Unicellular animals. : AMOEBAE
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___ Selassie. : HAILE
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Trappers. : SNARERS
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Concerning. : INRE
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Namesakes of Silas Marner's foundling. : EPPIES
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Diminishes. : ABATES
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Footprint. : TRACE
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Name of novelist brothers. : WAUGH
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Daughter of Laban. : LEAH
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Reversal: Comb. form. : ALLO
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Ravin. : PREY
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Division of a business: Abbr. : DPT
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Raised border. : RIM
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Government agency. : FHA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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