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New York Times, Saturday, September 13, 1958

45-Down : French island group in Indian Ocean.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,364
Across
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Nile vipers. : ASPS
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Basketball player: Colloq. : CAGER
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Old French silver crowns. : ECUS
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TV's "talking" dog. : CLEO
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Convex molding. : OVOLO
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Bathe. : LAVE
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Moslem magistrate. : CADI
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Gives. : LENDS
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Metric unit of weight. : GRAM
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Too doting. : OVERFOND
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Card game for two. : ECARTE
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Wrong: Prefix. : MIS
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Tartufe's benefactor in Molière play. : ORGON
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Slave of Sycorax. : ARIEL
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"___ for every State ... " : ASTAR
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Old Greek dialect. : ELEAN
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Compass point. : ESE
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Future home of the Dodgers. : CHAVEZRAVINE
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Cotton fabric. : LENO
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Factory. : MILL
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Former home of the Giants. : COOGANSBLUFF
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Spanish national hero. : CID
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Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
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Norse gods. : AESIR
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Major constellation. : ORION
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French composer. : RAVEL
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Three: Comb. form. : TRI
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Swamp. : MORASS
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Reproves. : CENSURES
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Units. : ONES
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Swedish island in the Baltic. : OLAND
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"Nay, I am the very ___ of courtesy."—Mercutio. : PINK
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Quietude. : REST
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Greek goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
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Eleven: Fr. : ONZE
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Remnants. : ORTS
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Basketry willow. : OSIER
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Requirement. : NEED
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Virginia seaboard county. : ACCOMAC
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Servile. : SLAVISH
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Base of a lamp. : PEDESTAL
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Bon ___. : SOIR
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Vivid quality. : COLOR
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One who retaliates. : AVENGER
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Canalboat. : GONDOLA
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Olden times: Archaic. : ELD
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Eglantine. : ROSE
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English composer. : ELGAR
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"Sister ___." : CARRIE
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Grape conserves. : UVATES
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Goddess slain by the lightning of Zeus. : SEMELE
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Times of day. : FORENOONS
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Certain primitive savages. : CANNIBALS
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Where Boulder City is: Abbr. : NEV
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Objectives. : AIMS
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___ suit. : ZOOT
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She: Fr. : ELLE
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Sheeny fabric for linings. : LUSTRINE
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Teuton. : GER
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Colorful toucan. : ARACARI
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Nine-day devotions. : NOVENAE
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Italian name for Florence. : FIRENZE
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Gamboled. : FRISKED
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French island group in Indian Ocean. : COMORO
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Laundry worker. : IRONER
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Most dreadful. : DIREST
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Hop kilns. : OASTS
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Finisher. : ENDER
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Once fashionable London square. : SOHO
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Set ___ (assail). : UPON
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___ Alamos. : LOS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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