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New York Times, Friday, January 25, 1957

10-Down : Fertile Israel plain.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,768
Across
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Nap. : DOZE
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___-midi (afternoon): Fr. : APRES
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Wither. : SEAR
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Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
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"I ___ Say No." : CAINT
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Corona. : HALO
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Certain Soviet enterprises. : COLLECTIVEFARMS
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Lamprey. : EEL
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Coins of Peru. : SOLS
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Type of bet. : PARLAY
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Relative of a narthex. : ENTRY
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In ___. : TOTO
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Harangue. : SCREED
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Term of residence. : TENANCY
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Important part of the electorate. : LABOR
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Follow as if drawn along. : TRAIL
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Utterance marking hesitation. : HAW
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Afghanistan's neighbor. : IRAN
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Weather map. : CHART
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Hungarian name. : BELA
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Prefix in many family names. : MAC
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Trite. : CORNY
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Saguaro, mescal, etc. : CACTI
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Picnicker's purchase. : THERMOS
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European peninsula. : BALKAN
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Easy stride. : LOPE
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Feast of Lots. : PURIM
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Military command. : ATEASE
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Edge of cloth. : LIST
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Exclamation. : AHA
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New member of State Department. : CHRISTIANHERTER
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Raise ___. : CAIN
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Choice part. : ELITE
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Olympian. : HERA
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Sharp, projecting point. : TINE
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Transferable design. : DECAL
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Advantage. : ODDS
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Fresh-water fish. : DACE
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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New Ambassador to Italy. : ZELLERBACH
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Part of a house. : ELL
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Harmonize. : ACCORD
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In a suitable manner. : PATLY
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Jacob August ___. : RIIS
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Wrapper: Abbr. : ENV
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Hurry up: Slang. : STEPONIT
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Fertile Israel plain. : SHARON
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Nobleman. : EARL
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Girl's name meaning bountiful. : ALMA
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Cheerful. : ROSY
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Chemical salt. : ESTER
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Decisive. : FATAL
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Element No. 10. : NEON
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Lachrymal. : TEARY
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Attenuated. : SLIM
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3.17 grains. : CARAT
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Over and beyond: Prefix. : TRANS
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Defeated. : CHECKMATED
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Scene of historic Conference. : YALTA
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Spasm of pain. : THROE
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Old-time cart. : WAIN
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Vied with. : COMPETED
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Romantic island. : BALI
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Voice of the opera. : CROSS
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___ blanche. : CARTE
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Mother of Sir Galahad. : ELAINE
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Alter or mend, in tailoring. : BUSHEL
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Ship of 1492. : PINTA
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Commercial abbreviation. : ACCT
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Natives of Bangkok. : THAI
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Brian Boru's land. : ERIN
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Secular. : LAIC
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Pasture group. : HERD
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Armenian river. : ARAS
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French island. : ILE
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It follows pi. : RHO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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