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New York Times, Saturday, September 7, 1957

20-Across : Mass assault on the world's secrets.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,993
Across
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Albacore. : FISH
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Photographer's solution. : BATH
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Prefix used with age. : TEEN
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Ounce, in Lisbon. : ONCA
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Vessel of W. W. I. : UBOAT
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Vex: Dial. : RILE
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Firm control. : GRIP
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Berlin's forte. : TUNES
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Greek peak. : OSSA
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Mass assault on the world's secrets. : GEOPHYSICALYEAR
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Daughter of Eurytus. : IOLE
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Quadruped. : CAMEL
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Site of tourney in "Ivanhoe." : ASHBY
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Lowered. : ABASED
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Fiber of coconut husks. : COIR
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Wave: Span. : OLA
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A steeped grain. : MALT
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Forest. : WOODS
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Clout. : SWAT
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Newt. : EFT
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Flower cluster. : RACEME
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Additional. : OTHER
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New Zealand parrot. : KEA
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Paddock dwellers. : MARES
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Forearm bone. : ULNA
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City in Spain. : LEON
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Central figure in a cause célèbre. : JESUSDEGALINDEZ
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In the same place: Lat. abbr. : IBID
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Play. : DRAMA
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North Atlantic Republic. : EIRE
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Hillside near a loch. : BRAE
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Divide by shares. : ALLOT
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Glad ___. : RAGS
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Descendants. : SONS
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Different. : ELSE
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Deer track. : SLOT
Down
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Traveler "Around the World." : FOGG
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Business man's Latin phrase. : INRE
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Shadow: Comb. form. : SCIO
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Adjective for a millionaire. : HAPPIEST
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Synthetic rubber. : BUTYL
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Vilifies. : ABUSES
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Short for a girl's name. : TONI
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This: Lat. : HAEC
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City on the Seine. : TROYES
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Author of "Crusade in Europe." : EISENHOWER
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Opera heroine. : ELSA
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Akin. : NEAR
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Ruler. : TSAR
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Burrow. : HOLE
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Ananias. : LIAR
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Type of carving. : CAMEO
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On the stern. : ABAFT
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Of a certain theory about population. : MALTHUSIAN
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School: Fr. : ECOLE
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Biblical land. : NOD
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Censure. : BLAME
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Dixon's colleague. : YATES
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Pennyweight: Abbr. : DWT
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Middle East republic: Abbr. : ISR
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Wood. : OAK
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Antenna assemblies. : SCANNERS
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Pelagic birds. : ERNS
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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Avoids. : ELUDES
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Cottonwoods. : ALAMOS
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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Make proud. : ELATE
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Sails. : JIBS
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550-mi. river in Spain. : EBRO
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Fellow craftsman of Rex, Mickey, etc. : ERLE
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Annoy. : GALL
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Surveying compass. : DIAL
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Hence. : ERGO
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Piquancy. : ZEST

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

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