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New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1957

24-Down : Bright star or guided missile.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,082
Across
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Wilson's successor. : MCELROY
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Scales. : BALANCE
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City E of Pittsburgh. : ALTOONA
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Member of A. A. U. : AMATEUR
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Certain openers. : DOORMEN
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Persons superior in authority, position, etc. : BETTERS
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Novelist Ferber. : EDNA
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Scandinavian toast. : SKOAL
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One of the Gardners. : ERLE
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Dubliners. : IRISH
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Scottish name. : IAN
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Twisted the neck. : CRANED
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"Go ___ the window ... " : INANDOUT
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Latin matters. : RES
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Italy's chief seaport. : GENOA
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Group of three: Span. : TERNO
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Come uninvited. : INTRUDE
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Elusive ones. : EVADERS
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Filch. : STEAL
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Miss Dinsmore. : ELSIE
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Macaw. : ARA
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Induce. : PERSUADE
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Famous evangelist. : SUNDAY
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Before omega. : PSI
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Hubbub. : NOISE
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In ___ (in its original place): Lat. : SITU
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Shoptalk. : SLANG
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Soft mineral. : TALC
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M. France. : ANATOLE
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Slow, easy gait. : DOGTROT
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Writers. : SCRIBES
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European. : ITALIAN
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Most perceptive. : KEENEST
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Winds one's way. : THREADS
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Put together. : MADE
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Lump of clay. : CLOD
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Kind of jacket. : ETON
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City on Lake Erie. : LORAIN
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Gypsy. : ROM
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Partial. : ONESIDED
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Stengelmen. : YANKS
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Rum cake. : BABA
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"Vanity Fair" character. : AMELIA
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Language: Abbr. : LAT
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Was present at. : ATTENDED
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At no time: Poet. : NEER
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Ringlet. : CURL
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Home of the Buckeyes. : OHIO
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Bright star or guided missile. : REGULUS
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Giant wrestler slain by Hercules. : ANTAEUS
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Sharp and clear. : CRISP
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Income: Fr. : RENTE
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Composite flower. : ASTER
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Scotch negatives. : NAES
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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International relief group. : UNRRA
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That is ___ (in other words). : TOSAY
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Exigency. : NEED
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Figure at court of Nicholas II. : RASPUTIN
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Teutonic invader of Europe. : VISIGOTH
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River to the Laptev Sea. : LENA
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Theatre areas. : AISLES
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Annoy. : NETTLE
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A bit of gossip, from the French. : ONDIT
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Canadian province: Abbr. : SASK
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Early movie director. : INCE
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Biblical weed. : TARE
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In case. : LEST
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Operatic highlight. : ARIA
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Weight. : LOAD
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Cotangents: Abbr. : CTNS
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Initials of a British order. : OBE
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Fish. : GAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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