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New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 1957

38-Down : Important muscle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,067
Across
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Insect in its final state. : IMAGO
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Cloth used for towels, curtains, etc. : CRASH
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Whines. : SNIVELS
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Less clear. : FAINTER
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Supplements to writings. : ADDENDA
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Period in history of man. : IRONAGE
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Cover. : LID
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Puts in order. : SETTLES
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Ringer marble. : MIG
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High. : TALL
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Teheran coins. : RIALS
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Charter. : HIRE
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Well-known golfer. : SNEAD
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One of the Lowells. : AMY
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French historian. : RENAN
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Semites' Aphrodite. : ASTARTE
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"Many that are first shall ___ ... " : BELAST
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Lead. : CLUE
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Fasten. : SEAL
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Rotating part in an ice-cream freezer. : DASHER
37
Auction zealots. : BIDDERS
40
Musical instruments. : OBOES
41
Faint or feeble. : WAN
42
"___ Arden." : ENOCH
44
Young Cratchit's namesakes. : TIMS
45
Moroccan city. : RABAT
47
Raison d'___. : ETRE
48
High note. : ELA
49
Musical compositions. : SONATAS
51
Stevenson's monogram. : AES
52
Deliverance. : RELEASE
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Recounts. : RELATES
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Showed disdain. : SNIFFED
57
Not passé. : ALAMODE
58
___ Park, Colorado resort. : ESTES
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Provokes (with "up"). : STIRS
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Where French Lick is. : INDIANA
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Waists. : MIDDLES
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Prayer. : AVE
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Clan of ancient Rome. : GENS
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More practiced. : OLDER
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Is concerned. : CARES
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Spanish streams. : RIOS
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Massachusetts cape. : ANN
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Endurance. : STAMINA
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Exoduses. : HEGIRAS
11
Seafarers. : SALTS
12
Glut. : SATIATE
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Young animal. : FILLY
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Temporary ruler. : REGENT
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Subdue. : TAME
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Window fastenings. : LATCHES
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Greek. : HELLENE
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Valleys. : DALES
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English novelist. : READE
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Play about robots. : RUR
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Four-poster. : BED
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Star of "Pal Joey." : SINATRA
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Excessively fond ones. : DOTERS
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City in Kansas. : ABILENE
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African tribesmen. : SOMALIS
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Turkish title. : BABA
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Important muscle. : ROTATOR
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Long, tiresome speeches. : SCREEDS
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Approached the end. : WANED
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German state. : HESSE
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Hybrid tea ___. : ROSES
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Tientsin money. : TAELS
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Vault. : SAFE
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Strip of wood. : SLAT
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Small lizard. : EFT
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Mon ___ Pierrot. : AMI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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