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New York Times, Monday, February 24, 1958

40-Down : Learn or infer from observation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,163
Across
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Where heather grows. : MOOR
5
Planetarium structure. : DOME
9
Canadian province: Abbr. : ALBA
13
Highest point. : ACME
14
Resolves firmly. : WILLS
15
Favor sought: Archaic. : BOON
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One of the giveaways. : THEPRICEISRIGHT
19
Seaport of southwest Italy. : SORRENTO
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Duck. : EIDER
21
"___ Dinka Doo." : INKA
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At any time. : ONCE
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Sweet young things. : LASSES
26
Giving consent. : ACCEDING
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Friends in Amiens. : AMIES
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More appealing. : CUTER
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Source of the word "robot." : RUR
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Different spellings: Abbr. : VARS
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Systematic bodies of law. : CODES
35
See 46 Across. : MEDE
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Had a bite. : ATE
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March-April in the Hindu calendar. : CHAIT
38
Kitchen appliance. : RANGE
39
Polyglot. : LINGUIST
41
Tilt. : CAREEN
42
Acceptable contraction for "am not." : AINT
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Resting place. : LAIR
44
Four: Comb. form. : TETRA
46
People of Asia. : PERSIANS
50
Conductor. : ORCHESTRALEADER
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Export of Brussels. : LACE
53
Having notched edges, as leaves. : EROSE
54
A large part of Mongolia. : GOBI
55
Worker with clothing. : DYER
56
Nursemaid in India. : AYAH
57
Selves. : EGOS
Down
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Photographers' supplies. : MATS
2
Eight: Span. : OCHO
3
About a bushel, in Biblical days. : OMER
4
Songs repeated in musicals. : REPRISES
5
Sayings. : DICTA
6
Kind of oil. : OLEO
7
Middle of the 11th century. : MLI
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Perfumes. : ESSENCES
9
Remained true to (with "by"). : ABIDED
10
Opera house box. : LOGE
11
Danish physicist, Nobel Prize winner, 1922. : BOHR
12
Pismire. : ANT
14
Forty ___. : WINKS
17
Coty and Clair. : RENES
18
Handy device in the kitchen. : RICER
22
Singing group. : OCTET
23
Pierre of France (1883-1945). : LAVAL
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Valuable instrument. : AMATI
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Delilah. : SIREN
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Final statement of account. : AUDIT
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Daughter of Zeus and Themis. : IRENE
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Slight jog. : NUDGE
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Snowless. : GREEN
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Slide or ride. : COAST
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Part of the Pacific. : CHINASEA
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Inspiration for an epithalamium. : MARRIAGE
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To cook: Fr. : CUIRE
38
___ Cain. : RAISE
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Learn or infer from observation. : GATHER
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Singing star. : CARLE
43
Pet shop purchase. : LEASH
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Part of a steamer trunk. : TRAY
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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Sailing boat with outrigger. : PROA
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"I had rather be ___, and bay the moon ... " : ADOG
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Summit of Mount Pisgah. : NEBO
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Hindu titles. : SRIS
50
Time-honored. : OLD
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Effort: Colloq. : TRY

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

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