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Charles C. Allen
Charles C. Allen

New York Times, Friday, August 22, 1958

5-Down : Automotive service.

Author:
Charles Allen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Charles C. Allen has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Charles Allen is an alias for Charles C. Allen.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,342
Across
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Succor. : HELP
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Certain college students: Colloq. : COEDS
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The Middle ___. : AGES
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Political name of 1956. : ADLAI
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Ophelia, for instance. : ROLE
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Rotational tournament. : ROUNDROBIN
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Inlet. : COVE
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Phrase for a joint proprietor. : PARTOWNER
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Hart's "Heathen Chinee." : AHSIN
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California peak. : SHASTA
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Diminutives of a girl's name. : EMMIES
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Swimming pool demonstration. : SWANDIVE
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Supped. : ATE
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Soon afterward. : THEN
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Prepared for exhibition. : STAGED
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"The Grapes of ___." : WRATH
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Disc jockeys, for short. : DJS
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Prominent labor union. : ILGWU
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One of the Philippines. : NEGROS
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Legislator: Abbr. : SEN
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Name for the Twentieth Amendment. : LAMEDUCK
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Denominate: Archaic. : BENAME
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"Ten cents ___ ... " : ADANCE
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Curl. : TRESS
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Fans of 37 Across. : LISTENERS
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Toy. : YOYO
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Dance of the ragtime era. : TURKEYTROT
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"To a Skylark." : POEM
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Robin of song. : ADAIR
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Shout at a bacchanal. : EVOE
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Ends' companions. : ODDS
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Between 12 and 20. : TEENS
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Small rooms. : DENS
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Accompaniment for heavenly choirs. : HARPS
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God: Hebrew name in Book of Job. : ELOAH
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Petrarch's lady. : LAURA
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Measures of capacity. : PINTS
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Automotive service. : CARWASH
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Tooth: Comb. form. : ODON
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River into the North Sea. : ELBE
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Manchurian industrial city. : DAIREN
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Wrong. : SIN
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Of public records. : ARCHIVAL
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Certain sports scores: Slang. : GOOSEEGGS
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Name cherished by teen-agers. : ELVIS
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Experienced. : SEEN
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Part of the Morse Code. : DOT
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Friendship: Fr. : AMITIE
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Men of the caduceus: Abbr. : MDS
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Espouse. : WED
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Historical region of NW France. : ANJOU
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Barley beard. : AWN
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Three: Ital. : TRE
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Keenly observant. : EAGLEEYED
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Name meaning a twin. : THOMAS
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Female animal. : EWE
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Drab color. : DUN
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Types of hinged windows. : TRANSOMS
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"___ transit gloria mundi." : SIC
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School: Abbr. : SEM
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Rink patrons. : SKATERS
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Beguile. : DELUDE
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Bird's family. : BROOD
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Ruler of old Algiers. : DEY
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Chipped in. : ANTED
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Give courage to. : NERVE
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Sing, as a lullaby. : CROON
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Colorado park. : ESTES
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Newspaper error: Slang. : TYPO
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Dies ___. : IRAE
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Integument. : SKIN
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Do ornamental netting. : TAT

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

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