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New York Times, Friday, June 5, 1953

57-Down : Said: French.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,447
Across
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Sound effect for a ghost story. : SCREECH
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Worsted. : BESTED
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Popular reference book. : WHOSWHO
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Made melodious. : ATTUNED
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Oriental. : EASTERN
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Off-stage sound effect. : THUNDER
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Actress Joanne. : DRU
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Saw. : SIGHTED
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Former Government agency. : OPA
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Actress Raines. : ELLA
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Prop for "Hamlet," Act V, Scene 1. : SKULL
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Kind of school. : PREP
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Where Edwin F. Stanton is our Ambassador. : SIAM
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Behind the times. : PASSE
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Obliterating. : ERASING
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British jet transports. : COMETS
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Important navel base of S E Asia. : SINGAPORE
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Second highest dam in the world, 602 ft. : SHASTA
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Bad hombre in a Western. : RUSTLER
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Preserves. : CURES
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Product of Coosa County, Alabama. : TIN
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Two-dimensional extent. : AREA
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Coffeepots. : URNS
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Rich entertainment. : FEAST
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Persuade to buy. : SELL
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Diavolo or Angelico. : FRA
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Having a bias. : SLANTED
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Doily. : MAT
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A breach of etiquette. : FAUXPAS
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Learned. : ERUDITE
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Growth of trees. : SYLVAGE
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Rehearser. : RECITER
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Affects with sharp pain. : STINGS
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"___ Gold." : SUTTERS
Down
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Garbo and Bergman. : SWEDES
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Foreign traveler with Bergen. : CHARLIE
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Arranged like a rosette, in botany. : ROSULAR
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Id ___. : EST
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Domestic animals. : EWES
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Wrestler Zaharias. : CHRIS
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Another Far East naval base. : HONGKONG
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Governor of Virginia. : BATTLE
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Mrs. Mertz of "I Love Lucy." : ETHEL
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Ornamental knob. : STUD
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Large cask like a puncheon. : TUN
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Sanction. : ENDORSE
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Most profound. : DEEPEST
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Part of the décor. : DRAPES
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Magyar. : HUNGARIAN
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Accumulates. : AMASSES
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Mesdames Mason and North. : PAMELAS
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Houston or Corpus Christi. : PORT
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Fits. : SITS
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Feminine suffix. : INA
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Romaine lettuce. : COS
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Jokesmiths of a certain type. : PUNSTERS
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Slippers that are akin to mules. : SCUFFS
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Shouts of joy. : HURRAYS
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French author, (1766-1834). : ARNAULT
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Hermit. : EREMITE
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Teller of tales. : RELATER
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Vexes. : TEASES
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Changes. : ALTERS
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Hazel of the Broadway stage. : FLAGG
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Exclamation imitating a nightingale's note. : TEREU
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Nine inches. : SPAN
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Canal. : DUCT
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Louis ___, King of France, 1774-93. : XVI
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Said: French. : DIT

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4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later.

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