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New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 1957

33-Down : Disk.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,087
Across
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Give sparingly (with "out"). : DOLE
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Disliked. : HATED
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Poet banished by Augustus. : OVID
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Kind of accent. : ACUTE
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500 pounds of cotton. : BALE
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Genealogy. : FAMILYTREE
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Arabian gulf. : ADEN
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Housewife's device. : FLATIRON
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Made a ringing sound. : PINGED
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Eastern chief. : EMIR
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Vacuum tube. : DIODE
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Guileless. : CANDID
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Warps. : CONTORTS
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"Cakes and ___." : ALE
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Gentle heat. : TEPOR
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Seraph. : ANGEL
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Burns or Allen. : POET
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Western capital. : SALEM
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Store sign. : SALE
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Become a member: Var. : ENROL
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Term in music. : TONAL
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Gullet. : MAW
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It flows through the Southwest. : REDRIVER
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Candles. : TAPERS
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Modern fabric. : ORLON
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Gossamery. : FINE
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Greeley's advice. : GOWEST
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Golfer's hazard. : SANDTRAP
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Golfer's tourney. : OPEN
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Malarkey. : APPLESAUCE
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Lithuanian. : BALT
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Excite. : ROUSE
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A satellite of Saturn. : RHEA
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Besetments. : ILLS
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Town in Flanders. : YPRES
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
Down
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Lift (one's hat). : DOFF
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Athletic field. : OVAL
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City in Ohio. : LIMA
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Worked on mss. : EDITED
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Rural frolics. : HAYRIDES
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Player. : ACTOR
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Short walk. : TURN
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Saison en France. : ETE
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"___ the Heart of Texas." : DEEPIN
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Leaves high and dry. : ABANDONS
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Swindling operation. : BADGERGAME
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Post. : SEND
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Proscribe. : LIMIT
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Charles Van ___. : DOREN
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Merry-andrewism. : CAPER
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Standing apart. : ALONE
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Relative of a black sheep. : NEERDOWELL
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Orange, for example. : COLOR
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Membranous: Anat. : TELAR
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Lots: Colloq. : SLEWS
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Disk. : PATEN
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Freshets. : TORRENTS
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Wednesday performances. : MATINEES
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Girls' nicknames. : LILS
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Nations. : LANDS
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Devotee. : VOTARY
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Firecracker. : PETARD
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Pecksniffian. : FALSE
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Desert in Asia. : GOBI
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Gem. : OPAL
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Goad to action. : SPUR
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Rhine affluent. : RUHR
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Zoological suffix. : ACEA
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Relative of lignite. : PEAT
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Light explosive sound. : POP

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

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