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New York Times, Thursday, December 22, 1955

28-Down : Black tie.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,368
Across
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Single, distinct object. : UNIT
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Yule ___. : LOG
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Port for Noah. : ARARAT
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Operator for destruction. : SABOTEUR
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Capital of Albania. : TIRANA
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Have too high an opinion of. : OVERRATE
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Make ___ (depart hurriedly). : TRACKS
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The sixth: Latin. : SEXTUS
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Simple. : MERE
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They: French. : ILS
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Muse of comedy. : THALIA
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Patella area. : KNEE
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Communist-led group in Iran. : TUDEH
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Chopping. : MINCING
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Jejune. : ARID
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Suffix used with hexa-, penta-, etc. : GON
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Masai and Kikuyu. : TRIBES
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Scene of signing of Manila pact. : BANGKOK
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Bird sacred in India. : PEACOCK
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Bone of a bird's wing. : ULNARE
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Prefix used with plunk or flop. : KER
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One of the Smiths. : KATE
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Puzzlers' equipment. : ERASERS
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Bar by law. : ESTOP
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VIP on Olympus. : MARS
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Acid in vinegar. : ACETIC
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Intoxicant: Abbr. : ALC
51
Morose. : GLUM
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Ultra-modern airy decoration. : MOBILE
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Repetitive superlative. : TOOTOO
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Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. : LAPLATAS
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Sinister ferryman. : CHARON
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Immobility. : IDLENESS
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Exhibiting dislike. : HATING
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Old-fashioned denial. : NAY
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Golden ___. : GATE
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Troupes entertaining troops. : USOS
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Part of a church. : NAVE
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Mountain goat. : IBEX
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A damage, in law. : TORT
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Restrainer. : LEASH
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In the open. : OUT
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Annoying little spook. : GREMLIN
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Magnet. : ATTRACTER
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To laugh: French : RIRE
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Altar in the sky. : ARA
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Contestant for the America Cup. : RACINGBOAT
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Anatomical item. : ANKLE
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Cup: French. : TASSE
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Keats' definition of beauty. : TRUTH
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One: German. : EIN
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Frenzied. : AMOK
25
New York basketballers. : KNICKS
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Barred. : TABU
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Mountain range. : URAL
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Black tie. : DINNERCOAT
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Mystery story awards. : EDGARS
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Man's name. : IRA
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Proceeds. : GOESALONG
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Outside: Comb. form. : ECTO
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Straw beehive. : SKEP
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Isthmus between Thailand and Malay Peninsula. : KRA
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Trouble-maker. : PEST
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Cynosure in Moscow. : KREMLIN
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Coin in Louis XIV's day. : ECU
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A school for mademoiselle. : ECOLE
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Operation at Wimbledon. : MATCH
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Greeting or farewell. : ALOHA
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Indicate. : IMPLY
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Chatter: Colloq. : GOON
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Slam. : BANG
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Virginia willow. : ITEA
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Go on. : LAST
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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Numerical prefix. : TRI
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Political group. : ADA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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