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New York Times, Saturday, April 28, 1956

48-Down : Ornamental stone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { G Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,496
Across
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Autumn pear. : BOSC
5
Man in a gun crew. : FIRER
10
Exclamation of surprise. : PHEW
14
Sunken yard. : AREA
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Harden. : INURE
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Large lake in Australia. : EYRE
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Plant of the lily family. : JACKINTHEPULPIT
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Toward the front. : ANTERIOR
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Plant of the lily family. : ONION
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Gullet. : MAW
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Good for nothing: Scot. : ORRA
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Starry. : ASTRAL
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Type of well. : ARTESIAN
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Protoganist. : HERO
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Lark. : SPREE
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Compass point. : ENE
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Woodland plants. : MAIDENHAIRFERNS
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Openers in poker. : PAIRS
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One. : UNIT
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Dead calms at sea. : DOLDRUMS
44
Foods for baby. : PUREES
46
Islets. : AITS
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It's cold outside! : BRR
48
Tenor Bjoerling. : JUSSI
50
Scribblers. : DOODLERS
55
Posy for a label. : BACHELORSBUTTON
57
Baseless. : IDLE
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Official decree. : UKASE
59
Facts. : DATA
60
Kodiak ___. : BEAR
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Faun's relative. : SATYR
62
Florist's. : SHOP
Down
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___ California, a peninsula in Mexico. : BAJA
2
Mediterranean port. : ORAN
3
Dukhobors, for instance. : SECT
4
Lady Baltimore ___. : CAKE
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Ornament at the top. : FINIAL
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Being dragged along. : INTOW
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Essen's locale. : RUHR
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Before. : ERE
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Denizen of the city room. : REPORTER
10
King who sent Jason after the Golden Fleece. : PELIAS
11
Fixing agent in photography. : HYPO
12
Green land. : ERIN
13
Describing certain weather. : WET
18
Role for Marie Wilson. : IRMA
19
Shake out sail. : UNREEF
23
Plant with fragrant root. : ORRIS
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Young son of Farouk. : AHMED
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International pact. : SEATO
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Test. : TRIAL
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Fisherman's pride. : ROD
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Armadillos. : APARS
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Ancient name for 12 Down. : IERNE
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Girl with a gun. : ANNIE
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Chinese soup ingredients. : NESTS
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Wedge-shaped pieces for leveling. : SHIMS
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Smitten: French. : EPRISE
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New type submarine. : NAUTILUS
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR
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Part of an old ice-cream freezer. : DASHER
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Investigator, as on a Congressional committee. : PROBER
45
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
47
Overbearing. : BOSSY
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Ornamental stone. : JADE
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West Coast university. : UCLA
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Mild oath. : DRAT
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English abbreviations, counterparts of Inc. : LTDS
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Northernmost Greenland town. : ETAH
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Part of a Sunday newspaper. : ROTO
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Energy: Colloq. : SNAP
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Baby garment. : BIB
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Orel's river. : OKA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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