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New York Times, Saturday, December 3, 1955

55-Down : Positions on baseball teams.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,349
Across
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Jabber. : GAB
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Enthusiasm. : ARDOR
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Declines. : EBBS
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Irregular French verb. : ETRE
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Soothing word. : THERE
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Vincent Lopez number. : NOLA
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Night owl's favorite. : THELATELATESHOW
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Reminders that Spring is coming. : SEEDCATALOGUES
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German conjunction. : UND
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Municipal corporation. : CITY
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Appears. : SEEMS
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Give a judgment. : PASSON
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Russian state: Abbr. : SSR
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Electrified particle. : ION
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Cathedral town of Italy. : ASSISI
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Part of a horse's collar. : HAME
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Oust. : EVICT
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Wahoo or Seawolf. : SUB
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Impenetrable. : DENSE
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Enclosure for skating. : RINK
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Landlord. : LESSOR
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Portion of a curved line. : ARC
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Consumed. : ATE
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Attempts: Slang. : CRACKS
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Metallic. : TINNY
50
Dumbo's asset. : EARS
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Color. : HUE
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Certain merchants. : USEDCARDEALERS
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Item for a thrifty home owner. : DOITYOURSELFKIT
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"Say it ___ so." : ISNT
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Famous journalist. : BROUN
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Relative of the plaice. : SOLE
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Goblin. : BOGY
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Aromatic preparations. : BALMS
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Examine or treat: Colloq. : VET
Down
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Organizes. : GETSUP
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Greek goddess. : ATHENA
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___ Hill, actual site of Battle of Bunker Hill. : BREEDS
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Comes to. : ATTAINS
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Margaret Mitchell character. : RHETT
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Postpone. : DELAY
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Fling again. : RETOSS
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Result. : ENSUE
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Unconventional. : BOHEMIAN
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Begins to thrive. : BLOSSOMS
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Maxim. : SAW
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Days of yore. : ELD
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Approach. : ACCOST
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River in Bavaria. : EGER
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Dry white wine. : SACK
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Brothers and sisters. : SIBS
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Born. : NEE
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Part of an archipelago. : ISLE
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Pay court. : SUE
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Olympic personality. : HERA
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Time. : ERA
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Gifted musical performer. : VIRTUOSO
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Carving. : INCISING
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Pertaining to an animal's back. : DORSAL
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Passes through a standardized test. : SCREENS
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Mr. Devine. : ANDY
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Member of baseball's Hall of Fame. : TYCOBB
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Creator of Uncle Vanya. : CHEKOV
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Pacific island chain. : KURILE
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Part of a poem. : SESTET
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Girl's nickname. : NETTY
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Actor Flynn. : ERROL
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I am present: Lat. : ADSUM
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Distinctive atmosphere. : AURA
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Positions on baseball teams. : LFS
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Make a hole for planting seed. : DIB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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