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New York Times, Saturday, April 26, 1958

49-Down : Spring back.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,224
Across
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Tall quadrupeds. : GIRAFFES
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Rudimentary calculator. : ABACUS
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German Chancellor. : ADENAUER
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Testify. : DEPONE
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Chemical solutions for photographic plates. : IODIZERS
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Energetic. : ACTIVE
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Law degree. : LLB
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Samuel's mentor. : ELI
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Exclamation of horror. : UGH
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Gen. Shepherd's nickname. : LEM
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Songbird. : LARK
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Incline. : SLOPE
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Nazi salute. : HEIL
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"If you call ___ a leg, how many legs has a dog?" : ATAIL
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Affirmative. : YES
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Disconsolately. : SADLY
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Based. : RESTED
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Contradict. : REBUT
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M. D.'s. : DRS
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Lost and Found, for example. : ADS
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Color. : TAN
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Of long standing. : OLD
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Dutch Premier. : DREES
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Scottish seaport. : DUNDEE
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Wading bird. : HERON
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U. S. currency: Abbr. : DOL
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Questions to be solved: Abbr. : PROBS
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Assert. : AVER
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Vehicles. : TAXIS
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Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
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Goblin: Var. : NIS
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One hundred years: Abbr. : CEN
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Dine. : EAT
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Nautical direction. : ENE
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Sharpshooter. : SNIPER
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Aardvark. : ANTEATER
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Piece of pastry. : ECLAIR
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Put earnings back into a business. : REINVEST
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Obelisk. : NEEDLE
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Turkish Premier. : MENDERES
Down
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French Premier, Nov., 1957-April, 1958. : GAILLARD
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Worshiper. : IDOLATER
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Variety of bronze. : REDBRASS
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Black bird. : ANI
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Daunt: Colloq. : FAZE
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Petroleum products. : FUELS
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Weirdly. : EERILY
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Upper classmen: Abbr. : SRS
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Maxim. : ADAGE
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Luxembourgian Premier. : BECH
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Likely. : APT
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Twisted. : COILED
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Disclose. : UNVEIL
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Decorous. : SEEMLY
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Overturn. : UPSET
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Frontiersman Carson. : KIT
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Poetic contraction. : OER
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Chapeau. : HAT
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Ascertain. : LEARN
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Dawn. : SUNUP
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Initials of the C. in C. : DDE
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Incorrect. : BAD
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Vehicle. : SEDAN
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Instrument to measure distance traversed. : ODOMETER
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Near Easterner. : LEBANESE
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Pies. : DESSERTS
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Beetle. : DOR
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Red or White ___. : SOX
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New Deal initials. : NRA
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Danish Premier. : HANSEN
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Display. : EVINCE
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Spring back. : RESILE
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Property owner subject to a legal charge. : LIENEE
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Earth: Fr. : TERRE
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Shiny cloth. : SATIN
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Furnish with an overhead inside finish. : CEIL
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Take care of. : TEND
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Tablet. : PAD
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Branch. : ARM
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Nickname of N. Y. Governor. : AVE

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

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