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New York Times, Tuesday, December 29, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 10.9
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,819
Across
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Part of an apron. : BIB
4
Stick. : ROD
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Violent. : RABID
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Contemporary of Dickens. : READE
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Make clear. : ELUCIDATE
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Nobel prize poet. : ELIOT
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Romantic music. : SERENADES
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Contemporary singer. : CALLAS
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Curve. : BEND
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Make tired. : IRK
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Western warriors. : UTES
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Faith. : TRUST
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Literary collection. : ANA
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Color. : RED
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Field ___. : GOALS
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Thinking man, circa 400 B. C. : PLATO
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Find fault. : CAVIL
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Made grooves in. : GOUGED
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Tardy. : BELATED
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Bering Strait island group. : DIOMEDE
36
Kitchen gadget. : OPENER
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Pickles in brine. : CORNS
38
"The Old ___ Tale." : WIVES
39
Stage and screen star. : FONDA
40
Campus building. : LAB
43
Relative of ltd. : LIM
44
Epicist of 1300. : DANTE
45
Coin. : PESO
46
Humble abode. : COT
47
Go: Poet. : WEND
48
Kind of bread. : RAISIN
50
Trojan War hero. : AGAMEMNON
53
Open space in a forest. : GLADE
54
Substance used in synthetic rubber. : BUTADIENE
55
O. K.: Slang. : ROGER
56
Beginnings. : SEEDS
57
Society girl. : DEB
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Consumed. : ATE
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___ out. : BAILED
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Some movie stars. : IDOLS
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Second in a series. : BETA
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Thing: Law. : RES
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Norwegian violinist (1810–80). : OLEBULL
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Compulsion. : DURESS
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Coating. : RIND
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Oklahoma city. : ADA
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Joking. : BADINAGE
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Repeated. : ITERATED
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Furniture item. : DESK
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Come again to mind. : RECUR
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Make jubilant. : ELATE
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Per ___. : CENT
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"___ at Yale," by Owen Johnson. : STOVER
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Attack. : RAID
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Astringents. : ALUMS
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Saratoga commander. : GATES
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City of central Bombay. : POONA
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Literary form. : ODE
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Cave ___ (beware the dog): Lat. : CANEM
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Building beam. : GIRDER
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Crecy weapon. : BOW
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"A good play needs no ___." : EPILOGUE
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Float in the air. : LEVITATE
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A prohibition: Colloq. : DONT
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Overlook (an offense). : CONDONE
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Spread (out). : FANNED
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French novelist-dramatist. : LESAGE
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Actor's lines. : ASIDE
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Howler. : BONER
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Less than usual in size, power, etc.: Prefix. : DEMI
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Member of U. S. A. F. : PILOT
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Hacks. : CABS
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Unites. : WEDS
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City on Eisenhower's itinerary. : AGRA
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Wildly gay. : MAD
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Bird's beak. : NEB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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