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New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 1957

22-Down : Brazilian rubber products.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,063
Across
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Fruit. : ORANGE
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Bid one's hand again. : RERAISE
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Pave the way. : PREPARE
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Improver. : AMENDER
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Oral, in reference to jellyfish and other radiates. : ACTINAL
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Groups of seven. : SEPTETS
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Gambler's phrase. : THESKYSTHELIMIT
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Here: Lat. : HIC
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On earth. : HERE
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Mrs. North of TV. : PAM
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A head wind: Slang. : NOSER
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Selection of young men. : DRAFT
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Pothers. : ADOS
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Object. : AIM
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House feature. : GABLE
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Phase of space travel. : ROCKETTOTHEMOON
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Plant-destroying insect. : APHIS
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Italian pronoun. : MIA
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Undiluted. : PURE
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Imprint. : STAMP
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Big name in Labor. : MEANY
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Tapping sound. : TAT
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North African port. : ORAN
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Of thee: Fr. : DES
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Project for the 20th century. : CONQUESTOFSPACE
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Stirs up. : AROUSES
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Antique surfaces. : PATINAS
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Natives of Columbus' birthplace. : GENOESE
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Vain. : USELESS
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Went coasting. : SLEDDED
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Scatters. : STREWS
Down
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Musical group: Abbr. : ORCH
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Network. : RETE
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Inclined to mimic. : APISH
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Cloth named for a Chinese city. : NANKIN
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Confederate soldier. : GRAYCOAT
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Fish. : EELS
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Slice of bacon. : RASHER
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Eastern chief. : EMEER
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Promise again. : REPLEDGE
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Opposed to. : ANTI
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
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Bristle: Comb. form. : SETI
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Formerly. : ERST
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Timely. : PAT
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Present time. : THEMOMENT
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Brazilian rubber products. : PARAS
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Take as one's own. : ADOPT
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Coffee. : MOCHA
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Be in session. : SIT
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Inclined way. : RAMP
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Somewhere near by. : ABOUT
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Companion of fauna. : FLORA
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Opinion. : TENET
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Take off the cream. : SKIM
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Championed. : ESPOUSED
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Spanish aunt. : TIA
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Firm grip. : HANDFAST
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Grouped together. : MASSED
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Combining form used with day, year, etc. : YESTER
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Veteran baseballer. : REESE
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Timber driven as pile. : SPILE
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Barrels: Dial. : CAGS
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Oka River city. : OREL
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Not one. : NONE
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___ vide (which see): Lat. : QUOD
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A work. : OPUS
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Once more. : ANEW
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Sinclair Lewis' Timberlane. : CASS
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Road curve. : ESS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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