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New York Times, Wednesday, January 19, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 23.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,031
Across
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Flowing against. : LAVING
7
Baggage fastener. : STRAP
12
Globe lightning. : FIREBALL
14
Former U. S. President. : HOOVER
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Underhand plot. : INTRIGUE
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Compose and write. : INDITE
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Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
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Cotton cloth. : TERRY
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Sustained. : FED
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Artificial bait. : LURE
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Cakewalk step. : STRUT
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Assign to a minor league (with "out"). : FARM
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Secret agent. : SPY
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Channel markers. : BUOYS
27
Closed car. : COUPE
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Early American settler. : PENN
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Radio and TV commentator, Walter ___. : KIERNAN
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Mixed up as usual: Mil. slang. : SNAFU
33
Legible. : CLEAN
34
"Item, ___, indifferent red."—Twelfth Night. : TWOLIPS
36
Cashdrawer. : TILL
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Fasten firmly. : RIVET
38
___ hooks: Sign on a crate. : USENO
40
Live by sponging. : BUM
43
Pigmentary layer of the eye. : UVEA
44
Make happen. : BRING
45
Food list. : MENU
46
Hebrew letter. : MEM
47
Presents. : GIFTS
48
That is to say. : TOWIT
49
Notwithstanding. : ALBEIT
51
Including the latest facts. : UPTODATE
53
Obelisk. : NEEDLE
54
Ground. : POWDERED
55
Melancholy. : DREAR
56
Impressed designs, in bookbinding. : TOOLED
Down
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List of players. : LINEUP
2
Main road or channel. : ARTERY
3
African cape, at Dakar. : VERDE
4
Wading bird. : IBIS
5
Pony. : NAG
6
Person with a great capacity for something. : GLUTTON
7
Gambler's collateral. : SHIRT
8
Mr. Martin, singer. : TONY
9
Stick. : ROD
10
What bird watchers watch. : AVIFAUNA
11
Flying hero. : PETERPAN
12
Occupies. : FILLS
13
Suspicious: Colloq. : LEERY
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Indians. : REDMEN
20
Head of Rockefeller Foundation. : RUSK
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Break of day. : SUNUP
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Parchment for book covers. : FOREL
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Suit. : BEFIT
27
Pablo Casals' instrument. : CELLO
28
Flower bract. : PALEA
30
Hockey-puck maneuver. : ICING
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Pivoted. : SWIVELED
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Thirty days. : NOVEMBER
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Former U. S. President. : TRUMAN
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Waikiki attraction. : SURF
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Card. : TENSPOT
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Be surprised. : SITUP
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Watch out. : BEWARE
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Amalgamated. : UNITED
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Muffled. : MUTED
44
Near-gone fish. : BITER
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Style or design. : MODEL
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River in Arizona. : GILA
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Commotion. : TODO
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Netherlands town. : EDE
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Playing card. : TWO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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