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New York Times, Saturday, July 18, 1953

38-Down : Sign in a library.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,490
Across
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Horse of different colors. : PIEBALD
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Touch gently. : CARESS
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Man without a country. : WANDERER
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Spanish or Western, on the menu. : OMELET
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Characteristic mode of painting. : ARTSTYLE
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Image receiver of the eye. : RETINA
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Eté, printemps, hiver, automne. : SAISONS
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Carved ceremonial post of Indians. : XAT
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Flock. : HERD
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Decidedly unpleasant. : NASTY
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Formal procedure. : RITE
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Put in a vase. : URNED
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Spanish Mrs. : SRA
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Made public. : AIRED
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Hollywood tryout. : PREVUE
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Forever: Poetic. : ETERN
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Occupation for a visitor to New York. : SEEINGTHESIGHTS
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It follows: Music direction. : SEGUE
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Natives of "the roof of the world," Central Asia. : PAMIRI
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Gawks at. : GAPES
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Tactical Air Command. : TAC
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Of the life cycle of an area, biogeographically. : SERAL
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Hard to restrain. : AVID
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Kind of man without substance. : STRAW
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Snow on a glacier. : NEVE
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___-de-lance, rattlesnake relative. : FER
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Junior associates. : PUISNES
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Unfortunate Mr. McGrew. : DAN
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Worker on our Constitution. : FRAMER
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Of the body structure. : ANATOMIC
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What you can't take with you. : ESTATE
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Magazine story. : LOVETALE
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Fisherman. : REELER
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She's often "Carmen." : STEVENS
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First tier of boxes at the Met. : PARTERRE
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One held for political reasons. : INTERNEE
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Sullivan and Wynn. : EDS
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Transactions of chance. : BETS
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Type preferred by Hitler. : ARYAN
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A George Sand heroine and others. : LELIAS
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They're sometimes benefit performances. : DRESSREHEARSALS
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Old-fashioned: Slang. : CORNY
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Site of atomic laboratory in Iowa. : AMES
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Out of action: Abbr. : RET
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Sample from the fountain of youth. : ELIXIR
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Ninety-five men and one woman. : SENATE
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Said it was so. : STATED
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Ablutions. : WASHUPS
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Mexican grass used in basket weaving. : OTATE
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Invented. : DEVISED
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British bookies. : RINGMEN
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Sandy tracts. : DUNES
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Specialties of 62 Across. : ARIAS
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Ingredient of noodles. : EGG
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Extrasensory perception: Abbr. : ESP
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All together: Music direction. : TUTTI
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Farm worker. : HIREDMAN
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Labors. : TRAVAILS
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Sign in a library. : SILENCE
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An old man from the country. : GAFFER
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Loath. : AVERSE
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Fashion design stealer. : PIRATE
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"I ___ Sing the Old Songs." : CANNOT
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More certain. : SURER
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Spin. : WEAVE
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Man's nickname in an expression. : PETE
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Stave or stanza, in Norse verse. : STEV
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Man's nickname. : MAL
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Native of: Suffix. : OTE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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