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New York Times, Thursday, October 10, 1957

17-Down : River rapids.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,026
Across
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Sphere. : REALM
6
Forest Hills winner. : GIBSON
12
More gaudy. : ARTIER
14
Arthurian damsel. : ELAINE
15
Berlin thoroughfare. : STRASSE
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Fastened with metal bolts. : RIVETED
18
One of the Hagens. : UTA
19
Hats. : PANAMAS
21
Political action group. : ADA
22
End up. : LAND
24
Ice pinnacle. : SERAC
25
Seed covering. : ARIL
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Bound by. : UNDER
28
Card game. : GIN
29
Shakespeare's "tricksy spirit." : ARIEL
30
Got on. : FARED
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Be obliging enough. : PLEASE
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Annapolis graduates. : ENSIGNS
36
Dull pedagogs. : PEDANTS
37
Muskie is ___ Governor. : MAINES
38
One of the Cavalier poets. : CAREW
39
All: Lat. : OMNES
40
___-de-sac. : CUL
41
Moroccan port. : RABAT
45
Links places. : TEES
46
Not ___ (fairly good). : SOBAD
48
Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
49
And so forth. : ETC
50
Museum director. : CURATOR
52
Attain. : WIN
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Lizard or iguana. : SAURIAN
55
Puzzles. : ENIGMAS
57
Settled routine. : GROOVE
58
Cotton cloth. : SATEEN
59
Fisherman. : SEINER
60
Formative years. : TEENS
Down
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Stem for wickerwork. : RATTAN
2
Trip, to carry a message. : ERRAND
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___ loss. : ATA
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Speech imperfection. : LISP
5
Homes of cliff dwellers. : MESAS
6
Language of Europe. : GERMAN
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Of the hipbone. : ILIAC
8
Natives of Munich: Abbr. : BAVS
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German pronoun. : SIE
10
Canadian. : ONTARIAN
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The Hundred ___ Cases. : NEEDIEST
13
Backs out. : RENEGES
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Member of a Moro tribe. : SULU
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River rapids. : DALLES
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Dull. : ARID
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Describes exactly. : DEFINES
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Sunken court. : AREAWAY
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Fits of temper. : RAGES
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Tree of the birch family. : ALDER
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Important workers: Abbr: : RNS
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Through. : PER
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Gets overly dramatic. : EMOTES
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Labels. : NAMETAGS
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Easy work, high pay. : SINECURE
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Tastes. : PALATES
38
Where Columbus landed, 1492. : CUBA
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Companion of a nook. : CORNER
42
Fighters at Crecy. : BOWMEN
43
Early Christians. : ARIANS
44
Certain greenbacks. : TENS
46
Smoothly polite. : SUAVE
47
English movie actor. : DONAT
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Plant bud. : CION
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Formal procedure. : RITE
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Ruler of a royaume. : ROI
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Opposite of haw. : GEE

Answer summary:
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