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New York Times, Saturday, October 10, 1959

57-Down : Mild expletive: Dial.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,739
Across
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Historic city on the Vistula. : WARSAW
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Vital fluid. : SAP
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___ market. : FLEA
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Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
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Curls. : RINGLETS
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Voices. : TENORS
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Gallants. : AMORISTS
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Masons' tools. : TROWELS
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Enamored. : SMITTEN
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Fish. : EELS
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Municipal law enforcement departments: Abbr. : PDS
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Anthracite. : COAL
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Barked shrilly. : YIPPED
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Not so fast, on some traffic signs. : SLO
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Biting. : ACRID
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Large transport plane. : MAINLINER
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Imaginary person, to date. : THEMANINTHEMOON
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Fleeting. : TRANSIENT
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Fern cell. : SPORE
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Certainly. : YES
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Fates, Furies, etc. : THREES
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Watering places. : SPAS
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Ball game, ___ alai. : JAI
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Sketched. : DREW
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Spreads out, as a flag. : UNFURLS
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Spotted. : STAINED
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Measuring depth. : SOUNDING
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Irish county. : TYRONE
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Estimator of values. : ASSESSOR
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Inspire with love. : ENAMOR
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Band, on an escutcheon. : FESS
64
Kitchen measure: Abbr. : TBS
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Mended by stitching. : RESEWN
Down
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Unit of power. : WATT
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Declare to be true. : AVER
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City near Lake Tahoe. : RENO
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What Grandma Moses has painted most often. : SNOW
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Concur. : AGREE
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Founder of Methodism. : WESLEY
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Mrs., south of the border. : SRA
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Goals. : AIMS
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Capital of Cambodia. : PNOMPENH
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Moves rapidly. : FLITS
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In case. : LEST
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The difference between cigar and cigarette. : ETTE
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Y. W. C. A., for example. : ASSN
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Cooking utensils. : GRIDDLES
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More glutinous. : SLIMIER
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Reached across. : SPANNED
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Unit of weight in the Far East. : CATTY
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Pigment. : OCHRE
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Spaces. : AREAS
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Outline. : LIMN
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Kitchen gadgets. : PITTERS
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Eavesdropper: Colloq. : SNOOP
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Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
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Village near Verdun. : ORNES
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Arrant cowards. : DASTARDS
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Gremlins. : IMPS
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Advocate of violent revolution. : NIHILIST
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Kind of dog. : SETTER
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Spring times. : JUNES
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Fort ___, Indiana. : WAYNE
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Gen. White's concern. : USAF
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Muzzle. : NOSE
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Bustle. : FUSS
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Parvenu's pal. : SNOB
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Cleo's attendant. : IRAS
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Seward Peninsula cape. : NOME
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Omar Khayyám's "enough." : ENOW
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Mild expletive: Dial. : DERN
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Grades: Abbr. : GRS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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