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New York Times, Tuesday, March 17, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 15.6
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,532
Across
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Opposed to: Dial. : AGIN
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Begin. : SETIN
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"Leader of the band." : MACNAMARA
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Silly. : INANE
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Item in a one-room apartment. : MURPHYBED
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Dublin, Cork, Sligo. : PORTS
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Greek theatre. : ODEUM
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Narrow. : SLIM
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Skin excrescence. : WART
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K. O. count. : TEN
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Cuckoopoint. : ARUM
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Signal for help. : SOS
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Queen of the fairies. : MAB
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College official. : DEAN
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Daughter of Leban. : LEAH
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Western university. : UCLA
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Accomplished. : DID
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Woolly. : LANATE
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Movie substitute. : STANDIN
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Long curl. : RINGLET
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Tailor, in literary usage. : SARTOR
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Month: Abbr. : AUG
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French spirit. : ELAN
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Aromatic beverages. : TEAS
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Relative of "li'l." : SMA
51
Verse form. : ODE
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Ruling family of modena, 1288. : ESTE
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Give assent. : NOD
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Irish dancing family. : FOYS
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Kind of dance. : HULA
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Prospero's servant. : ARIEL
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Regale. : TREAT
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Familiar scene in the Orient. : RICEPADDY
69
Ah Sin's creator. : HARTE
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Table game. : KELLYPOOL
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County on the Thames. : ESSEX
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Sulphides and oxides. : ORES
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Having certain shade trees. : ELMY
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Shot and shell: Slang. : AMMO
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Eulogize. : LAUD
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Farm division. : ACRE
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Power in a storage battery. : INPUT
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Girl in a Ray Bolger song. : AMY
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Chatters: Colloq. : GABS
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Actor John ___. : IRELAND
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Low point. : NADIR
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Taste. : SIP
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Enough: Archaic. : ENOW
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One-time home of the harp. : TARASHALLS
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Musical preliminary: Colloq. : INTRO
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Snug places. : NESTS
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Ottoman sultan. : AHMED
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Stew. : MULLIGAN
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Madison Square Garden VIP. : NEDIRISH
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Signify. : MEAN
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Disarrange. : MUSS
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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Smooth talkers. : BLARNEYERS
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River in France. : AIN
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Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
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One of the opposition. : ANTI
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The "Fighting Irish." : TEAM
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Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
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Measured amount. : DOSE
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___ de Rivoli. : RUE
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Artist's worshop. : ATELIER
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Saponaceous. : SOAPY
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"The Wearing ___ Green." : OFTHE
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Mrs. Copperfield and namesakes. : DORAS
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Of Bayar's country. : TURKO
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Portiere. : DRAPE
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Cloy. : SATE
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Philippine tree. : ACLE
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Object of devotion. : IDOL
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Ancient kingdom also called Idumaea. : EDOM
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He wrote "Euphues." : LYLY
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Where Shamrock is: Abbr. : TEX
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Overhead railways. : ELS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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