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New York Times, Thursday, December 9, 1954

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 65.5
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,990
Across
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Rumor personified. : FAMA
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Tubs. : BATHS
10
Willing: Abbr, : OBDT
14
Great mental burden. : LOAD
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He wrote "Murder in the Cathedral." : ELIOT
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Swarm. : POUR
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Community recently in the news. : EUROPEANDEFENSE
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Gets the attention of. : ATTRACTS
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Buyer. : VENDEE
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First two words of Genesis. : INTHE
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Sarcastic comment. : JEER
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Dutch theologian. : JANSEN
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___ box. : PANDORAS
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European country: Abbr. : ENG
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Review briefly. : SUMUP
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River at Lyons. : SAONE
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Partiality. : BIAS
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Docile. : TAMED
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Unit of force. : DYNE
39
Tree trunks. : BOLES
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Demolishes. : RASES
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Part of Scotland Yard. : CID
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Footwear. : SNEAKERS
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Lives alone: Slang. : BACHES
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Marcelled. : WAVY
49
Its capital is Pago Pago. : SAMOA
50
Italian astronomer, comet-discoverer : DONATI
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Breakfast food, in Philadelphia. : SCRAPPLE
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One of the Governors-elect. : AVERELLHARRIMAN
58
Plumbum. : LEAD
59
Napoleon in 1814. : EXILE
60
Ismay is its Secretary General. : NATO
61
Makes faux pas. : ERRS
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Covered with frost. : RIMED
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Antelopes. : GNUS
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Chigger. : FLEA
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August, in France. : AOUT
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Check on a horse's head. : MARTINGALE
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Decks. : ADORNS
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Three-cornered fruit of hardwood tree. : BEECHNUT
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Winged. : ALATE
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Kitchen canisters. : TINS
8
Trough for carrying bricks. : HOD
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Man's name. : STEVEN
10
Vagabond's way. : OPENROAD
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Uniting force. : BOND
12
Immortal actress. : DUSE
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Baobab. : TREE
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French delicacies. : PATES
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Eats. : FEEDS
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Plays tricks. : JAPES
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English Ambassador to France and family. : JEBBS
25
Negatively charged particle. : ANION
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Cougars. : PUMAS
27
Explorer Andrews. : ROYCHAPMAN
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Miss Laurie. : ANNIE
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Grains. : SEEDS
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Indeed!, in Shakespeare's day. : MARRY
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Away from terra firma. : SEAWARDS
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Prohibited. : DEBARRED
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Ray. : SKATE
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Philippine Island. : SAMAR
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More vicious. : EVILER
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Covering course of a wall. : COPING
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Dieter's mentor. : SCALE
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Mrs. Roy Rogers. : DALE
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Superior. : OVER
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St. Paul is to Minneapolis. : NEAR
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Wedge for leveling masonry. : SHIM
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Latvian monetary units. : LATU
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Biblical name. : ENOS
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61. : LXI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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