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New York Times, Friday, May 31, 1957

26-Down : Band on a rifle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 333 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12 Grid has duplicate clues.
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B
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,894
Across
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Navy recruit: Slang. : BOOT
5
Viva ___. : VOCE
9
Girl's name. : MABEL
14
King Arthur's sword. : EXCALIBUR
16
Lessen. : ABATE
17
Untidy picnickers. : LITTERERS
18
Two-faced figure. : JANUS
19
Poem. : ODE
20
Court star. : HOAD
21
Old-time garment. : WESKIT
22
Somewhat damp. : WETTISH
24
Baffling problem. : POSER
25
21 plus. : AGE
26
Cessation of work. : SHUTDOWN
29
Passenger car. : COACH
32
Roman author. : PLINY
33
Columbia's Little. : LOU
34
One of the "Sebastians." : LUNT
35
First-grader. : CHILD
36
Kind of sandwich. : CLUB
37
Numerical prefix. : OCT
38
Excelled. : SHONE
39
Thickets. : BOSKS
40
Literary composing for another. : GHOSTING
42
Life: Comb. form. : BIO
43
Senator Revercomb's colleague. : NEELY
44
Encloses in a parcel. : WRAPSUP
48
Place to wear one's heart. : SLEEVE
50
Senior member. : DEAN
51
Slangy "all right." : OKE
52
Oscar or Cornel. : WILDE
53
Topic of front-page news. : SUEZCANAL
55
Steverino. : ALLEN
56
Student of Asian culture. : INDIANIST
57
Bridal attendants. : MAIDS
58
Bea Lillie's name. : PEEL
59
Cards. : ACES
Down
1
Unworthy of. : BELOW
2
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
3
Singing group. : OCTET
4
Work with a shuttle. : TAT
5
Poisonous. : VIROSE
6
Voodoo. : OBEAH
7
Coagulated part of milk. : CURD
8
Stammering sounds. : ERS
9
Stateliness. : MAJESTY
10
Humbled. : ABASED
11
Supplies of paper currency. : BANKROLLS
12
French sewing-case. : ETUI
13
For fear that. : LEST
15
River in Pennsylvania. : LEHIGH
21
Twisted. : WOUND
23
Savoir-faire. : TACT
24
Loving: Comb. form. : PHILE
26
Band on a rifle. : SLING
27
Creator of Marjorie Morningstar. : WOUK
28
Knobs. : NUBS
29
Type of dance. : CLOG
30
Hurt exclamation. : OUCH
31
Giant hurler. : ANTONELLI
32
Four-flusher. : PHONY
35
Country on the South Pacific. : CHILE
36
Pen for poultry. : COOP
38
Producer-director of "Giant." : STEVENS
39
Sister of the "Shrew." : BIANCA
41
Sowed. : SEEDED
42
Where to spend cruzeiros. : BRAZIL
44
Broadway's "Happy Fella." : WEEDE
45
___ barrier. : SONIC
46
Proclamation. : UKASE
47
Fur pieces. : PELTS
48
Did the side stroke. : SWAM
49
Girl's name. : LILA
50
Desert high spot. : DUNE
53
Taste. : SIP
54
Curious items. : ANA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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