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New York Times, Monday, December 12, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.2
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,358
Across
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Make a whistling sound. : PIPE
5
Musical passages. : CODAS
10
Shout to. : HAIL
14
Yucca's relative. : ALOE
15
Reason's companion. : RHYME
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Spanish kettle. : OLLA
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The Birmingham Blaze. : WILLIEMAYS
19
Makes a bow. : TIES
20
City in New Guinea. : LAE
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Fox's face. : MASK
22
Driest. : SEREST
24
Copy of a play. : SCRIPT
26
President Diem's capital. : SAIGON
28
Bamboolike grass. : REED
30
Hottest part of summer. : DOGDAYS
33
Stately. : REGAL
36
Product of Thailand. : EBONY
38
Strike a light blow. : TAP
39
Without restrictions. : OPEN
40
Crackles. : SNAPS
41
Lady of Olympus. : HERA
42
Racket. : DIN
43
Suitable for casual wear. : SPORT
44
Kind of vinegar. : CIDER
45
Craft for a water sport. : ICEBOAT
47
Murky air. : SMOG
49
Announced. : VOICED
51
Ditto 41 Across. : ATHENA
55
Hangbird. : ORIOLE
57
Tobacco kiln. : OAST
59
Dull brown. : DUN
60
Relative of a menu. : DIET
61
German adventurer, given to exaggeration. : MUNCHAUSEN
64
Early-bird Garroway. : DAVE
65
Girl in an old song. : ANNIE
66
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
67
Cutter. : SLED
68
Wants. : NEEDS
69
Noisy impact. : SLAM
Down
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Machine parts. : PAWLS
2
Of the hipbone. : ILIAC
3
Wheel horse. : POLER
4
___ wrack, a marine plant. : EEL
5
Fashion. : CREATE
6
Units of electrical resistance. : OHMS
7
Borneo aborigines. : DYAKS
8
Poetess Lowell. : AMY
9
Legislative meetings. : SESSIONS
10
Doctored jalopy. : HOTROD
11
Estranged. : ALIENATED
12
French islands. : ILES
13
Conclusive. : LAST
18
Urge forward. : IMPEL
23
Like custard. : EGGY
25
Member of Baghdad pact group. : IRAN
27
Votes to accept. : ADOPTS
29
Indicate. : DENOTE
31
Manageable, as a sailboat. : YARE
32
Gaff. : SPAR
33
Mediterranean island: It. spelling. : RODI
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Heroic in scale. : EPIC
35
Mlle. de Galard. : GENEVIEVE
37
Army firearm: Abbr. : BAR
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Astronaut. : SPACEMAN
41
Most important. : HIGH
43
Country. : SOIL
44
Ecclesiastical surplice. : COTTA
46
Kicked. : BOOTED
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Feeds for livestock. : MASHES
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English poet. : DONNE
52
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
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New: Spanish. : NUEVA
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Part of Indo-China. : ANNAM
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Unequal conditions. : ODDS
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Money in 25 Down. : RIAL
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Biting. : ACID
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French number. : UNE
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Us: German. : UNS

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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