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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 1956

27-Down : Former King of Bulgaria.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,692
Across
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Barren expanse. : SAHARA
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S. S. Van Dine character. : VANCE
12
Joins, as rope. : SPLICES
13
Carriers. : PORTERS
15
With any hold or approach. : CATCHASCATCHCAN
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Rio de ___, African colony of Spain. : ORO
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Foils: Slang. : STOOGES
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : ISA
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Jogging pace. : TROT
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Fortified. : ARMED
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Electrical device. : PLUG
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Principle. : TENET
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Infusion. : TEA
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Max and others. : BAERS
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Friend in Roman legend. : DAMON
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Overthrow. : UNHORSE
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Certain theatre employes. : PROMPTERS
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Exterminator's device. : RATTRAP
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Wanting: Colloq. : MINUS
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Communes in modern Greece. : DEMES
40
Where Topeka is: Abbr. : KAN
42
Fiber for rope-making. : SISAL
44
"___ a little nut tree ... " : IHAD
45
American writer (1898-1943). : BENET
47
Chinese wax. : PELA
48
Gratuity. : TIP
49
Hurled. : PITCHED
51
Larsen. : DON
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Take an irrevocable step. : CROSSTHERUBICON
55
Tragic beauty for the Middle Ages. : HELOISE
56
County seat (with Rome) or Oneida County. : UTICANY
57
Ox-eye. : DAISY
58
Tones down. : SOBERS
Down
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Boxed. : SPARRED
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City at base of the Alleghenies. : ALTOONA
3
___, haec, hoc. : HIC
4
German exclamations. : ACHS
5
Gaucho's rope. : REATA
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Make up a variety of goods. : ASSORT
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Expressed a preference. : VOTED
8
Bowlike objects. : ARCS
9
To the ___ power. : NTH
10
Composer Chaminade and namesakes. : CECILES
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
12
Actress Martha. : SCOTT
13
One type of spectacular. : PAGEANT
14
Unexpected obstacles. : SNAGS
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Deserved rebuke: Slang. : COMEUPPANCE
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Lured. : TEMPTED
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Vegetable. : PARSNIP
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Wrongful acts in law. : TORTS
27
Former King of Bulgaria. : BORIS
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Edge. : HEM
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___ best of. : MAKETHE
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Employed again. : REHIRED
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Popular tune, "Pretty Little Poppy." : AMAPOLA
37
Subject of many a commercial. : USEDCAR
38
Large social cabins on ships. : SALOONS
39
Get rid of: Slang. : DITCH
41
Prominent Indian and family. : NEHRUS
43
Singer Ross. : LANNY
45
Bryan Grant of tennis fame. : BITSY
46
German: Comb. form. : TEUTO
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Version of a sacred book: Abbr. : DBIB
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___-disant (self-styled): Fr. : SOI
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Dessert. : ICE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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