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New York Times, Thursday, October 31, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 18.7
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,047
Across
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Full of zip. : PEPPY
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Without symmetry. : SHAPELESS
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Worship. : ADORE
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South American region. : PATAGONIA
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Greek persuader in the wooden horse legend. : SINON
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Jungle beast. : ORANGUTAN
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Mythical river. : STYX
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Diving bird. : AUK
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Winter: Lat. : HIEMS
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Candy. : MINT
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Articles. : THES
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Meal. : FARINA
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Manhattan mecca. : BROADWAY
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___ squash. : ACORN
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Leaflike part. : FROND
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Color. : HUE
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Artifice. : RUSE
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Commands. : FIATS
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Antony's attire. : TOGA
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Used up. : ATE
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Drama duo. : LUNTS
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Puzzling problem. : POSER
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Looks down on. : DESPISES
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Promising ones: Slang. : COMERS
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Maple tree genus. : ACER
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Boorish. : RUDE
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Soprano Lehmann. : LOTTE
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Energy. : VIM
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Cape. : WRAP
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Transferred ownership of (property). : ALIENATED
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Sierra ___. : LEONE
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Eastern school. : PENNSTATE
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Joint. : ELBOW
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Owner. : POSSESSOR
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Valleys. : GLENS
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Go by. : PASS
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Do journalistic work. : EDIT
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Equine. : PONY
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Newest Senator. : PROXMIRE
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Oriental money. : YEN
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Speak pompously. : SPOUT
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Listen! : HARK
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___ loss. : ATA
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All: Comb. form. : PAN
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Role for Karl Malden. : EGGHEAD
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___'or, old French coin. : LOUISD
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Grafted: Her. : ENTE
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Asian land. : SIAM
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Without: Poet. : SANS
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Collection of facts. : ANA
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Colonial meeting place. : INN
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Certain gaits. : TROTS
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Titles of courtesy: Abbr. : HONS
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Electrical unit. : FARAD
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Sharp-pointed. : ACUTE
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Jacqueminots. : ROSES
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Teacher's tormentors. : BRATS
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Pronoun. : WHOSE
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Tool. : AUGER
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Periods of time. : YEARS
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More subtle. : FINER
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Insert in an electric circuit. : FUSE
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"Tunnel of Love" player. : TOMEWELL
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Permit formally. : LICENSE
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Seed container. : POD
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Metal disks. : PATENS
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With: Lat. : CUM
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Ranchhand. : RIDER
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Native of the Far North. : LAPP
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Containers. : TINS
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Refuse consent to. : VETO
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Garment. : ROBE
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Presently. : ANON
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Church equipment. : PEWS
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Army transport group: Abbr. : ATS
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Heap; pile: Fr. : TAS
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Triangle side. : LEG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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