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New York Times, Saturday, December 14, 1957

33-Down : Indian nation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,091
Across
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Fragment of broken pottery. : SHARD
6
Advancing. : ONWARD
12
More vapid. : STALER
13
Short scale sliding on a longer one. : VERNIER
15
Staying power. : STAMINA
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Summary. : EPITOME
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Lord Boyd ___, Nobel Prize winner. : ORR
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Hindu ascetic. : FAKIR
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Wearies. : TIRES
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Invitations: Colloq. : BIDS
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Gets better. : MENDS
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Distance around: Abbr. : CIRC
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Epic poem. : EPOPEE
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Three performers. : TRIO
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Name god of Tuesday. : TIU
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Blend again. : REMIX
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Return to office. : REINSTATE
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Water supply. : RESERVOIR
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Honor. : REVERENCE
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Soft down. : EIDER
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Bird from Down Under. : EMU
44
Pepperidge. : TREE
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Suave. : URBANE
46
Bland. : MILD
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City north of Salt Lake. : OGDEN
50
Earth goddess in Wagner's "Ring." : ERDA
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Gold bar. : INGOT
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Sponsorship. : AEGIS
55
Not, in law. : NUL
56
Mermaid's-hair. : SEAWEED
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Infers. : GATHERS
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Alliance. : ENTENTE
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Star: Fr. : ETOILE
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Certain metal alloys. : TERNES
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Ward off. : REPEL
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Hollywood goal. : STARDOM
2
Noah's second son. : HAM
3
First Arabic letter. : ALIF
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Change the title. : RENAME
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First Englishman to sail around the world. : DRAKE
6
Automatic gear. : OVERDRIVE
7
Cotton fiber knot. : NEP
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Legal paper. : WRIT
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Monkeyshine. : ANTIC
10
Ziegfeld musical of 1927. : RIORITA
11
Bad conduct mark. : DEMERIT
12
Mark of rank. : STRIPE
14
Deliverance. : RESCUE
15
In no laughing mood. : SOBER
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Step in between. : INTERCEDE
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Sky pointer. : SPIRE
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Chinese: Comb. form. : SINO
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Strive hard. : EXERT
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Willow. : OSIER
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Turncoats. : RENEGADES
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Indian nation. : TRIBE
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Having to do with antitoxins: Prefix. : SERO
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Surrender by deed. : REMISE
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Highly placed. : EMINENT
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Latin version of the Bible. : VULGATE
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Linda of the films. : DARNELL
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Defy time. : ENDURE
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Old Spanish coins. : REALS
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Eastern Church member. : UNIATE
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A natural gift. : DOWER
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Moth. : EGGER
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Neighbor of Ky. : TENN
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Intercept. : STOP
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It follows printemps. : ETE
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Hurry. : HIE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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