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New York Times, Tuesday, December 24, 1957

15-Down : Dancing shoes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,101
Across
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Noisemaker. : HORN
5
Despot. : TSAR
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Diminish. : BATE
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Irish playwright. : SEANOCASEY
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Preposition. : INTO
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Grandmother's waist ornament, with keys. : CHATELAINE
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Santa's helpers. : REINDEER
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Swedish island in the Baltic. : OLAND
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French number. : UNE
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"The Gift of the ___." : MAGI
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To tell the truth. : INFACT
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Popular TV program. : GUNSMOKE
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Large water wheel. : NORIA
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Room: Span. : SALA
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11th century date. : MIV
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English novelist. : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
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Object. : AIM
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Signs of victory. : VEES
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Strange. : ALIEN
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Food fish. : STERLETS
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Stair parts. : TREADS
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Sweeps. : OARS
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Cervine animal. : DOE
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Fluffy skirts for dancers. : TUTUS
51
Makes right. : CORRECTS
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Something very generally known. : OPENSECRET
59
Well-known Winnie. : POOH
60
Gilbert and Sullivan opus (with "The"). : GONDOLIERS
61
South Sea novel. : OMOO
62
Ampersands. : ANDS
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Antagonists. : FOES
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Store tag. : SOLD
Down
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Eldest son. : HEIR
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District in Normandy. : ORNE
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Roast meat, on a French menu. : ROTI
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High time. : NOON
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Titter. : TEHEE
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German river. : SAAR
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White ___. : ANT
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Fish delicacy. : ROE
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False gods. : BAALIM
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Great land mass. : ASIA
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Southern state: Abbr. : TENN
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Observed. : EYED
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Be aware of. : SCENT
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Dancing shoes. : CLOGS
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Pertaining to the nobility. : DUCAL
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Farm animals. : MULES
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Town of Judah, near Hebron. : ANAB
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Indians. : INCAS
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Type of ball game. : NOHIT
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Basic structure. : FRAME
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Melody. : AIR
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"Lift your heads, O ye ___ ... " : GATES
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Everything: Lat. : OMNIA
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Moved lightly: Colloq. : KITED
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Makes equal. : EVENS
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Marks on galley proofs. : STETS
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During. : OVER
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Thinner. : RARER
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Bullfight cheer. : OLE
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Regular, customary course. : ROUNDS
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Cowboy gear. : LASSO
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Civil wrongs. : TORTS
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Active people. : DOERS
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Old-time baggy garment. : TOGA
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Come ___ (meet by accident). : UPON
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Incline. : TEND
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Relative of the Ojibwa. : CREE
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Type of poem. : EPOS
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Singing barber. : COMO
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Hammer or tongs. : TOOL
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Equipped with 15 Down. : SHOD
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"A right jolly old ___." : ELF
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Labor group. : CIO

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

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