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New York Times, Friday, December 27, 1957

34-Down : Ran away and hid.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,104
Across
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Injury, often in the back. : STAB
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Industrial fuel. : COKE
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Affected superior manners. : AIRS
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Napoleon's La Grande ___. : ARMEE
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End of a sermon. : AMEN
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Article of jewelry. : CLIP
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Queen of the May, in early festivities. : MAIDMARIAN
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
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Important. : BIG
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Decay in fruit. : BLET
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Like knights of yore. : ERRANT
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Departure from the common rule. : ANOMALY
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Unclear. : FAINT
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Stammering sounds. : ERS
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Prank: Colloq. : DIDO
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___ shell (abalone). : EAR
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Use the phone. : DIAL
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Where Connacht is. : EIRE
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Ancient Italian divinity. : DIANA
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New signature on our money. : ROBERTBANDERSON
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Uncertain. : ATSEA
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Any phase as contrasted with another. : SIDE
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Where Canterbury is. : KENT
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Slangy term of address to a man. : MAC
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Cousin of the Sten. : BREN
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Where a foursome meets. : TEE
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Flavorful plant. : ONION
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G. B. Shaw play. : CANDIDA
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Part of North America. : CANADA
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Got off. : ALIT
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Annul. : UNDO
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Patron of actors. : STGENESIUS
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Stalk of bananas. : STEM
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Actress Louise. : TINA
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Course traveled. : ROUTE
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Foot: Comb. form. : PEDI
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Tell, as a yarn. : SPIN
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Primeval giant of Norse myth. : YMER
Down
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Dance the Latin way. : SAMBA
2
Sequence, as of thought. : TRAIN
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Friend from Acapulco. : AMIGO
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Feather ___. : BED
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Composer of "Sally in Our Alley." : CAREY
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Skip. : OMIT
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Green parrot of New Zealand. : KEA
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A group of nine. : ENNEAD
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Squirrel's snack. : ACORN
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Feeling discomfort. : ILLATEASE
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Beam of light, in the theatre. : SPOT
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Imprison. : EMBAR
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Ready. : ALLSET
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___ Janeiro. : RIODE
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Skirmish. : MELEE
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Mephistopheles. : FIEND
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Become dry. : DRAIN
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Shortly. : ANON
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Hotheaded speech. : RANT
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Druggist's weight. : DRAM
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Scintilla. : IOTA
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Ran away and hid. : ABSCONDED
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He wrote "The Pillars of Society." : IBSEN
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Annoyed. : IRKED
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Fanatical. : RABID
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Hold back. : DETAIN
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Butcher's display. : ROASTS
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Engage in. : ENTER
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Mother of Mahlon and Chilion. : NAOMI
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Purify. : CLEAN
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City founded by Tros. : ILIUM
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Sans ___ (certainly): Fr. : DOUTE
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Genus of geese. : ANSER
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Horn of a crescent moon. : CUSP
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Before: Lat. : ANTE
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Most important of the Vedic gods. : AGNI
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Suggestion. : TIP
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Oriental sauce. : SOY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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