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New York Times, Saturday, January 17, 1959

11-Down : Norse name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,473
Across
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Poet Sandburg. : CARL
5
Walk heavily. : PLOD
9
Sisters. : NUNS
13
In Hawaii, a porch. : LANAI
14
Assumed function. : ROLE
15
Blackbirds. : ANIS
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46-year-old pastime. : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
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Coasting races for the kids. : SOAPBOXDERBIES
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Describing a class of fish. : BONY
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Island in the Aegean. : IOS
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Weep. : LAMENT
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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Title of address: Abbr. : MME
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Aromas. : ODORS
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Colorful flowers. : SWEETPEAS
33
Leader of a rebellion, 1842. : DORR
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___ that. : THATS
35
Baba and others. : ALIS
36
Tod Andrews' TV role. : GRAYGHOST
38
Disposed (to). : PRONE
39
Electric ___. : EEL
40
European country: Abbr. : LITH
41
Wading birds. : CRANES
42
Mediterranean island: Abbr. : SAR
43
Relative of a cutter. : SLED
44
Coin specialists. : NUMISMATICIANS
51
Entertainment medium. : COLORTELEVISION
52
Pianist Templeton. : ALEC
53
Diminutive of a girl's name. : ETTA
54
Transmits. : SENDS
55
Undertaking. : TASK
56
Administer. : DEAL
57
Spanish form of "to be." : ESTE
Down
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Dear: Ital. : CARO
2
Wild ox. : ANOA
3
Dessert fruit. : RASPBERRY
4
Portuguese wines. : LISBONS
5
Function of a deputy. : PROXY
6
Ruler. : LORD
7
Ye ___ Gifte Shoppe. : OLDE
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Keeps from having. : DEPRIVES
9
Believers in "Mein Kampf." : NAZIS
10
Austrian weight. : UNZE
11
Norse name. : NILS
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Compass point. : SSE
13
Bank credentials: Abbr. : LCS
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Habit. : WONT
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Type of vessel. : UBOAT
22
Prominent U. N. representative. : LODGE
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Worship. : ADORE
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Ethical. : MORAL
25
Overflowed by water. : AWASH
26
Native of Latvia. : LETT
27
Juicy fruit. : MELON
28
Source of the biggest blueberry crop. : MAINE
29
Letters. : ESSES
31
Small pellets. : SHOT
32
Edens. : PARADISES
34
Desired. : THIRSTED
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White of egg. : GLAIR
38
Sharply defined. : PRECISE
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154. : CLIV
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Loose garment. : SMOCK
43
Smuggle. : STEAL
44
Felix Arndt opus. : NOLA
45
Caucho trees. : ULES
46
Allot. : METE
47
Where Edmonton is: Abbr. : ALTA
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"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
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Knot. : NODE
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Symbols for tin. : SNS
51
Grimalkin. : CAT

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

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