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New York Times, Friday, June 17, 1955

5-Down : Daggers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,180
Across
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Heat almost to boiling point. : SCALD
6
Pixy. : ELF
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Where Toledo is. : SPAIN
14
Capital of North Vietnam. : HANOI
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A dozen. : XII
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Range of the Rockies. : UINTA
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Famous financier. : ASTOR
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Novel by Thackeray. : PENDENNIS
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Turn to the right. : GEE
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Well-known industrialist. : KAISER
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Relish. : ZEST
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Conspirator against Caesar. : CASCA
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Constellation, "The Altar." : ARA
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British gun. : STEN
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Celebrated pianist. : ITURBI
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College dance. : HOP
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City in Poland. : LODZ
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Take sustenance. : DINE
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North American desert plant. : AGAVE
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Form of witchcraft. : OBEAH
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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More irritated: Colloq. : SORER
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___-nez. : PINCE
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Matgrass. : NARD
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Forbids. : BANS
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Common suffix. : ENT
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"___ Marco Polo." : MESSER
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Existence. : ESSE
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Offer. : BID
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Fastens. : NAILS
55
Larch. : PINE
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Public orders. : EDICTS
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Queen in "Romeo and Juliet." : MAB
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Film actress. : IRENERICH
66
City in Belgium. : LIEGE
68
Inventor of dynamite. : NOBEL
69
Letter. : VEE
70
Actor Truex. : ERNIE
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Difficulties. : KNOTS
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Slip. : ERR
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Incite. : SETON
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Coarse tobacco. : SHAG
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Senator from South Dakota. : CASE
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Prior. : ANTECEDENT
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Card game. : LOO
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Daggers. : DIRKS
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Amends. : EXPIATIONS
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Fabrications. : LIES
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Very well: Colloq. : FINE
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Take to court. : SUE
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Popular singer. : PINZA
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Queen ___ style of furniture. : ANNE
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"___ later than you think." : ITIS
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19th Cen. cartoonist. : NAST
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Yellowish brown. : DRAB
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___ test. : ACID
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Soldier from down under. : ANZAC
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Long, narrow inlets. : RIAS
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Rising ground. : SLOPE
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Member of Truman Cabinet. : TOBIN
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J. F. Cooper's Mohican. : UNCAS
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Thrifty fellow. : RETRENCHER
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Worry. : HARASSMENT
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Heating devices. : OVENS
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By itself. : PERSE
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Lonesome George. : GOBEL
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Half: Prefix. : HEMI
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Minced oath. : DRAT
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River in Germany. : EDER
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He wrote "Western Star." : BENET
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British ___. : ISLES
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Color. : PINK
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Niblick. : IRON
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Biblical mountain. : NEBO
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Airplane maneuver. : DIVE
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Refrigerator. : ICER
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Money changing fee. : AGIO
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Existed. : BEEN
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Systems of transportation. : ELS
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Anger. : IRE

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

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