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New York Times, Monday, November 25, 1957

39-Down : Student of plants.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,072
Across
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Certain Americans. : YANKEES
8
Warriors. : BRAVES
14
Simple song. : ARIETTA
15
Extreme. : VIOLENT
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Mountain lion. : PANTHER
17
Fluster. : AGITATE
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Designate for office. : SLATE
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Container. : DISH
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North Carolina college. : ELON
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Law degree. : LLB
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Weasel relative. : OTTER
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Sea: Lat. : MARE
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Esthetically affected. : ARTY
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Harvests. : REAPS
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Amerind. : OTO
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Scene of battle, 1809, near Vienna. : WAGRAM
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Served two purposes. : DOUBLED
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Opera. : LATOSCA
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Designating a drug on the market. : UNSOLD
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___ coat. : POLO
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Noun suffix. : IER
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Begin. : SETTO
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Shout with mirth. : HOWL
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Rose perfume. : ATTAR
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Peak. : ALP
51
Wagon: Archaic. : WAIN
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Hastened. : HIED
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Early spring. : APRIL
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Timetable time. : ARRIVAL
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Where the Tippecanoe flows. : INDIANA
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Motives. : REASONS
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Hodgepodge. : MELANGE
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Anything that conceals. : MANTLE
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Prime example of 1 Across. : STENGEL
Down
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Jabbers. : YAPS
2
Inland sea. : ARAL
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Ship of 1492. : NINA
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Container, often full of fish. : KETTLE
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Girl's name meaning noble. : ETHEL
6
French summer. : ETE
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Orange-red stone. : SARD
8
Bay. : BIGHT
9
King: Fr. : ROI
10
Constant companion. : ALTEREGO
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___ cutlet. : VEAL
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Inner: Comb. form. : ENTO
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Machine gun. : STEN
15
Huge. : VASTY
20
Smidgen. : IOTA
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Bundled. : BALED
25
Muse. : ERATO
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___ operandi. : MODUS
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Make up for. : ATONE
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Drive (out): Colloq. : ROUST
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Disencumber. : RID
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Accented part of a foot of verse. : ARSIS
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Steps. : PACES
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Lively. : SMART
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Give to each his own. : ALLOT
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Half of a city in Washington. : WALLA
39
Student of plants. : BOTANIST
40
Décolleté. : LOW
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Ponder (over). : PORE
45
Cheers. : HAILS
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___ Way, Roman road. : APPIAN
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Macbeth's title. : THANE
50
Soup server. : LADLE
51
Affectionate. : WARM
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Vicinity. : AREA
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Asiatic nation. : IRAN
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Tarnishes. : DIMS
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Chimed. : RANG
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"Picnic" playwright. : INGE
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Biblical name. : LAEL
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Knoxville collegian. : VOL
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Volleyball gear. : NET

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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