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New York Times, Wednesday, July 25, 1956

8-Down : Gainsays.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,584
Across
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Comedian's repertoire. : GAGS
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Dressed. : CLAD
9
Part of Vietnam. : ANAM
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___ tree. : TULIP
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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"___ Marlene." : LILI
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Oscar winner in 1953. : BILLHOLDEN
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Pianist Petri. : EGON
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Worry and hurry. : ADO
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Slaughter of baseball. : ENOS
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Moved slowly. : INCHED
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Pensionable one. : RETIRER
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Banquet. : FEAST
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Surprise ending. : NEWTWIST
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Norris Dam agency. : TVA
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Link in N. Pacific defense. : ATTU
34
Rara ___. : AVIS
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Steel: Fr. : ACIER
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Plunger's slogan. : THESKYSTHELIMIT
40
American of Japanese parentage. : NISEI
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Outside: Comb. form. : ECTO
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Depend (with "on"). : RELY
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Neighbor of Que. : ONT
44
Universal. : CATHOLIC
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Member of F. D. R.'s Cabinet. : ICKES
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Hero of medieval romance. : RINALDO
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Negligent. : REMISS
55
Gem like moonstone. : OPAL
56
Part of S.A.C. : AIR
57
Keyhole. : SLOT
58
U. N. spokesman for Sweden. : OSTENUNDEN
61
Morning-glory. : VINE
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Stir up. : PROD
63
Greek island. : CRETE
64
Yields a return. : PAYS
65
Mediocre. : SOSO
66
Gov. Hall's state: Abbr. : KANS
Down
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Baedeker. : GUIDE
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Apportion. : ALLOT
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Slugger Hodges. : GIL
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Earth, sun or moon. : SPHERE
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Latest luxuries in some homes. : COLORTVSETS
6
The eyes have them. : LIDS
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Peer's mother. : ASE
8
Gainsays. : DENIES
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Templeton, Guinness, etc. : ALECS
10
Dark. : NIGHTTIME
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Plant like the yucca. : ALOE
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Overstreet's subject. : MIND
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Type of metal piece. : TBAR
17
Street sign. : ONEWAY
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Of birth. : NATAL
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Being put to service. : INUSE
25
Underwater missile. : FISHTORPEDO
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Dweller in the gingerbread house. : WITCH
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Conceal. : VEIL
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Pretentiously aesthetic. : ARTY
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Atomic number: Abbr. : ATNO
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Tenuous. : THIN
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Proof. : TESTIMONY
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Around; about. : CIRCA
38
Punts. : KICKS
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Borne by the wind. : EOLIAN
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___ Fables. : AESOPS
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Fortunate. : INLUCK
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Quotes. : CITES
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Fraught. : LADEN
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Legislatures of Japan, Denmark, etc. : DIETS
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Letters on an invitation. : RSVP
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He was a Lamb. : ELIA
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Tribe of Oklahoma. : OTOS
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Hit show initials. : SRO
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Blue Eagle letters. : NRA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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