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New York Times, Wednesday, December 25, 1957

5-Down : They're on cigarette packs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,102
Across
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Truman's birthplace. : LAMAR
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Present. : GIVE
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Prattle. : BLAB
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Rapidly. : APACE
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Periods. : ERAS
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Toll television. : PAYTV
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Symbol of Minnesota. : NORTHSTAR
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In favor of. : PRO
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Merit. : EARN
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Sprinkling with water. : HOSING
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Extraordinary. : STRANGE
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Biblical name. : PELEG
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King ___. : TUT
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Craftsmen. : ARTISANS
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Knowing of. : AWARE
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Give a wide berth. : AVOID
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Light meal. : TEA
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December delights. : CHRISTMASCAROLS
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Dickensian boy. : TIM
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Trio. : TRINE
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Norse chieftains: Var. : YARLS
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Specialist in antiquities. : ARCHAIST
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Small capitals: Abbr. : SMC
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Scenes of Christmas cheer. : HOMES
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"The ___ of the Western World." : PLAYBOY
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Parts of pates. : SCALPS
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VIP on Christmas Day. : COOK
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Tomahawk. : AXE
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Ships' load lines. : PLIMSOLLS
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Asian power. : INDIA
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Yorkshire river. : AIRE
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___ loquendi (usage in speaking): Lat. : USUS
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Can't do without. : NEEDS
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Buffet. : TOSS
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Part of a TV set. : TUBE
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Small, spotted animal. : GENET
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Nomads of the snow. : LAPPS
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To one side. : APART
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Dick Whittington, for one. : MAYOR
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Pretend to be. : ACT
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They're on cigarette packs. : REVENUESTAMPS
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Particular art style. : GENRE
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Household appliance. : IRON
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Different spelling of a word: Abbr. : VAR
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Loving beauty. : ESTHETIC
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Office chiefs. : BOSSES
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One in a court battle. : LITIGATOR
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Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
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Ice mass. : BERG
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Current activity. : HOLIDAYMAKING
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Deputy: Abbr. : AGT
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Longfellow's bell town. : ATRI
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Novelist's forte. : PROSE
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Forward: Fr. : AVANT
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Dickensian girl. : NELL
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Garden vegetables: Dial. : SASS
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___ Sanctorum (collection of lives of the saints). : ACTA
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Buzz. : WHIR
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Favorite resting places. : ARMCHAIRS
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Beside the mark. : AMISS
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Experiments with. : TRIESOUT
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Piquant. : RACY
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Man from Baker Street. : HOLMES
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Simplified spelling for highway use. : SLO
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Western cavalcade. : POSSE
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German spa. : BADEN
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Zinc ___. : OXIDE
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Bread ingredient. : YEAST
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Young oyster. : SPAT
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Muse of history. : CLIO
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Kind of sandwich. : CLUB
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Baton Rouge campus. : LSU
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Born. : NEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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