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New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 62.1
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,367
Across
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Cobh's county. : CORK
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Fastening device. : SCREW
10
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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British crown colony. : ADEN
15
"Common Sense" author. : PAINE
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Kind of flight. : SOLO
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Where culture is taught. : FINISHINGSCHOOL
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Describing a method of placing things. : ENDTOEND
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Stitched. : TACKED
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Skin blemish. : WART
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Flower part. : SEPAL
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Strait-laced. : SEVERE
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Song of lamentation. : THRENODY
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Pseudonym. : ALIAS
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Verge. : BRINK
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Inlet of the Shetland Islands. : VOE
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Nasty look. : LEER
34
Bright lights. : NEONS
35
Degrees in education. : MEDS
36
Organized colliers. : UMW
37
Obfuscated. : VAGUE
38
River craft. : BARGE
39
Geneva conferee. : DIPLOMAT
41
Contact ___. : LENSES
42
Made of cereal. : OATEN
43
American philanthropist. : RIIS
44
Backbones. : SPINES
46
Acme. : PINNACLE
50
Customary recognition of VIP's. : HONORARYDEGREES
52
Baseball term. : OUTS
53
Actress Morley. : KAREN
54
Force. : DINT
55
Celtic. : ERSE
56
Jugs. : EWERS
57
Wild plum. : SLOE
Down
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Pousse-___, a liqueur. : CAFE
2
Host of Valhalla. : ODIN
3
Cleave. : REND
4
Sweaters. : KNITWEAR
5
The Earth. : SPHERE
6
"I ___ Say No." : CAINT
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Marmalade ingredient. : RIND
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Part of G. B. : ENG
9
Horse operas. : WESTERNS
10
Boiler room appurtenance. : ASHCAN
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Easy people to buy Christmas presents for. : BOOKLOVERS
12
Lily's cousin. : ALOE
13
Sign on a house. : SOLD
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Flies high. : SOARS
19
Czech playwright. : CAPEK
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Clean silver. : SHINE
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Spanish greeting. : SALUD
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Kind of resin. : ELEMI
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Opinions. : VIEWPOINTS
27
TV newscaster. : TROUT
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Clever device. : DODGE
29
Approves. : YESES
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Opened. : BEGAN
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Junior, for example. : NAMESAKE
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Garrets. : MANSARDS
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Member of the electorate. : VOTER
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Person. : BEING
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Woolly. : LANOSE
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Tablecloths. : LINENS
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A sliding weight on the beam of a scale. : RIDER
44
Wedgie. : SHOE
45
Decant. : POUR
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Combustible heap. : PYRE
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Designer Chapman. : CEIL
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Cotton fabric. : LENO
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The east wind: Span. : ESTE
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Inclement. : RAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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