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New York Times, Monday, December 5, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 16-Across clue had "Lollabridgida"; corrected it to "Lollabrigida."

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,351
Across
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German shipbuilding center. : BREMEN
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"___ 17." : STALAG
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Does a tailoring job. : RELINES
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Legendary hero. : ALIBABA
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Lollabrigida, for instance. : ITALIAN
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"In the beginning ... " : GENESIS
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Dowry. : DOT
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Small drop. : DRIBLET
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Than: German. : ALS
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Goddess who threw the golden apple. : ERIS
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Get away fast. : SCOOT
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"Filled to the brim with girlish ___ ... " : GLEE
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Holes in wind instruments. : STOPS
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Site of Royal Botanic Gardens. : KEW
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Furnaces. : KILNS
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Tropical food fish. : SNAPPER
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Martinique volcano. : PELEE
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Bring up. : REAR
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Ancient sun god. : BAAL
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Water mist. : SPRAY
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Fond of (with "to"). : PARTIAL
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Guide. : STEER
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Farm animal. : PIG
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Cut through. : SEVER
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Bound. : TIED
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Beauty aid used by Cleopatra. : HENNA
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Shrub of the Western plains. : SAGE
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Do wrong. : ERR
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A misdemeanor. : FORGERY
51
Product of Isfahan. : RUG
52
Boiled sugar and nuts. : PRALINE
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Four o'clock. : TEATIME
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Symbol of poetic inspiration. : PEGASUS
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Early Moslem. : SARACEN
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Puts up. : ERECTS
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Completely withered. : SEREST
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Elsa and others. : BRIDES
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Laboratory equipment. : RETORTS
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High spirits. : ELATION
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Coin of Israel. : MIL
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City in Oklahoma. : ENID
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Wintry downpour. : SLEET
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Hue. : TINT
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Sarah Bush's stepson. : ABE
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Street in the heart of Chicago. : LASALLE
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Early home of Eisenhowers. : ABILENE
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Talks boastfully: Slang. : GASSES
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Sly laugh. : SNICKER
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Radiant. : AGLOW
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Fighter of 1899–1902. : BOER
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Boxed. : SPARRED
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Shoes that tie around the ankles. : GILLIES
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Weapon. : SPEAR
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"Ode to a Nightingale" author. : KEATS
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Salary. : PAY
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___ avion, on French airmail. : PAR
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Fisherman's gear. : BAGNETS
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Muddler. : STIRRER
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Noble rank. : PEERAGE
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Sound of glass breaking. : PING
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Deadly sin. : AVARICE
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Lima beans or peas. : LEGUMES
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Relative of a tundra. : STEPPE
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Marquette and others. : PERES
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University officer. : REGENT
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___ Wagner, immortal shortstop. : HONUS
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Expanses. : AREAS
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In printing, the index sign. : FIST
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Responding quickly to the helm. : YARE
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Resin. : LAC
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Pungent black liquid. : TAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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