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New York Times, Tuesday, June 4, 1957

9-Down : Famous tavern of Shakespeare's day.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,898
Across
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Greatest of India's Mogul Emperors. : AKBAR
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Walked awkwardly. : SHAMBLED
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Feudal lords. : LIEGES
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Increased power of action. : LEVERAGE
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Distinguished New York family. : DELANO
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"The Quiet ___." : AMERICAN
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Any whatever. : ALL
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Wide: Comb. form. : EURY
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Rewards: Poet. : MEEDS
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Colonel's insigne. : EAGLE
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Jack ___, comedian. : PAAR
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Quebec tourist mecca. : GASPE
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Parsley, water cress, etc. : GARNISHES
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Latvians. : LETTS
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Forty square rods. : ROOD
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___ king. : ALA
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Times. : ERAS
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Comedy character. : CLOWN
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Small amount: Brit. colloq. : SPOT
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Breeze. : AIR
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Proceeds. : GOES
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"Li'l Abner" character. : PAPPY
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Messengers or guides. : MERCURIES
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Single thickness. : LAYER
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Connectives. : ANDS
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Neckerchief. : SCARF
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Pierces. : STABS
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Inferior. : MEAN
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Unit in physics. : ERG
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Native dance. : HULAHULA
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Mixture. : MEDLEY
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Edible mollusks. : ABALONES
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Less interesting. : STALER
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Sea mammals. : MANATEES
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Columbia River tributary. : SNAKE
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Former Met star. : ALDA
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Canal in Germany. : KIEL
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Notorious outlaw of the Southwest. : BELLESTARR
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Moslem title. : AGA
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Makes a bridge faux pas. : RENEGES
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Destroy. : SLAY
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Edge. : HEM
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Supplication. : AVE
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Famous tavern of Shakespeare's day. : MERMAID
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Pipes. : BRIERS
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Bobbinet. : LACE
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Exclamation. : EGAD
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Caves as places to hide. : DENS
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Spiritual force. : SOUL
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Military unit: Abbr. : REG
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Living quarters: Abbr. : APTS
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Part of a ship. : PROW
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Presently. : ANON
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Appear suddenly. : GLEAM
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Nest. : AERIE
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Had origin. : AROSE
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Frank Loesser's favorite phrase. : HAPPYFELLA
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Skip out. : ELOPE
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Follower of Bacchus. : SATYR
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Twine. : CORD
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Wreaths. : LEIS
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Controversial European region. : SAAR
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Range of a weapon. : GUNSHOT
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Jupiter and Saturn. : PLANETS
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Mystical belief. : CABALA
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Compass point. : SSE
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Projections on a wheel. : CAMS
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Deception. : SHAM
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Musical instrument. : TUBA
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Footballer Ameche. : ALAN
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Aggregate. : MASS
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Give off smoke. : REEK
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Spiral motion. : GYRE
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One: Fr. : UNE
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Virginia immortal. : LEE
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Son of Jacob. : DAN

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

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