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New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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Across
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Below, on shipboard. : ALOW
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Mountain pass, in India. : GHAT
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Deserve. : MERIT
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College man, for short. : SOPH
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Luxuriant. : RICH
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Boxing ring. : ARENA
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Deference. : OBEISANCE
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Hominy ___. : GRITS
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Stick-to-itiveness. : PERSISTENCE
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Receive. : GET
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Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
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Exclamation of disgust. : PAH
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Concerning: Lat. : INRE
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Appellation. : TITLE
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Scattered. : STREWN
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French friend. : AMIE
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___ de veau (calf's sweetbread): Fr. : RIS
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Amusement section of fair grounds. : MIDWAY
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Describing nontransparent glass. : FROSTED
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"___ Rainbow," musical of 1947. : FINIANS
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Camped. : TENTED
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Native ___. : SON
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"Vissi d' ___," Puccini aria. : ARTE
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Store sign. : ONSALE
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Grimace. : SNEER
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Go bargain hunting. : SHOP
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Compass point. : ESE
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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Cap. : TAM
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Type of theatrical worker. : TALENTSCOUT
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Aware. : ALIVE
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Spiritual beings (a term used by Emerson). : OVERSOULS
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Arrived. : GOTIN
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Where Lima is. : PERU
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Academy in Maryland. : USNA
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City in the Ruhr. : ESSEN
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Country south of Judaea. : EDOM
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Rend. : TEAR
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Soaked. : ASOP
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Ear part. : LOBE
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___ Overlord. : OPERATION
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Station in the sticks. : WHISTLESTOP
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Oats, for example. : GRASS
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Intimation. : HINT
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Believes in. : ACCEPTS
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Palm of the hand. : THENAR
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Old-time wizard. : MAGE
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Slip. : ERR
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Rule. : REIGN
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___ alia. : INTER
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Discernment. : TASTE
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Piece of land. : SITE
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___ de fer, French railroad. : CHEMIN
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Buffalo Bill, for example. : INDIANSCOUT
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Former Chief Justice. : TAFT
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Premier Nagy. : IMRE
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Caesar or Chaplin. : SID
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Triumph. : WIN
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1,450-mile waterway. : REDSEA
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Storage place. : WAREHOUSE
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Status quo ___. : ANTE
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Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Number of arms a squid has. : TEN
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Antagonist. : FOE
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Having arm coverings. : SLEEVED
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On a slant. : ASLOPE
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Back talk. : SASS
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The boards. : STAGE
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Luminous circles. : HALOS
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Leaves out. : OMITS
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Thrum. : STRUM
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State: Abbr. : TENN
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Adopted son of Claudius I. : NERO
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Forearm bone. : ULNA
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Ruler. : TSAR
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Compete. : VIE

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

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