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New York Times, Tuesday, March 22, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,093
Across
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Long river of Europe. : VOLGA
6
Door sidepiece. : JAMB
10
All smiles. : GLAD
14
Notions. : IDEAS
15
River of Europe. : URAL
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Actress Gam. : RITA
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Hollywood luxuries. : POOLS
18
Ballerina Kaye. : NORA
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Noble, in Kabul. : AMIR
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Little: Scot. : SMA
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Tittle. : IOTA
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Full of animation. : NIMBLE
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Gettysburg, Williamsburg, Vicksburg. : HISTORICSPOTS
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Benefits. : PROFITS
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Pronoun. : THOU
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Certain votes. : AYES
32
Ship's timbers. : KEELSONS
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Skipper's record. : LOG
37
Part of the globe. : FAREAST
40
Dunk in. : SOP
41
Neighbor of Somaliland. : ETHIOPIA
43
Levantine port. : ACRE
44
___ bien. : TRES
45
Awe-inspiring. : SUBLIME
48
Emulated Humpty Dumpty. : HADAGREATFALL
52
Good-luck piece. : AMULET
53
Do nothing. : LOAF
54
Jurisprudence. : LAW
57
Rajah's consort. : RANI
58
An ascent. : UPGO
60
Part of a bowling game. : FRAME
62
Relative of Vesuvius. : ETNA
63
Cut with a sickle. : REAP
64
Slackening: Colloq. : LETUP
65
Manner. : MIEN
66
Members of the flock. : EWES
67
Exercise. : EXERT
Down
1
Personages. : VIPS
2
Famous name in flying. : ODOM
3
Governor of Iowa. : LEOAHOEGH
4
Liquid measure: Abbr. : GAL
5
Birthplace of St. Francis. : ASSISI
6
Groups of political intriguers. : JUNTOS
7
Noisy. : AROAR
8
Impair. : MAR
9
Turns 28 Down. : BLANCHES
10
Relative of the dolphin. : GRAMPUS
11
Place of oblivion. : LIMBO
12
Slanting. : ATILT
13
Acts bold. : DARES
22
Baseball great. : OTT
24
Character in "Idylls of the King." : ISOLT
26
Suppositions. : IFS
27
Virginia willow. : ITEA
28
Not florid. : PALE
29
Peasant, in India. : RYOT
32
Sheep-killing parrot of N. Z. : KEA
33
Swing. : OSCILLATE
34
Pattern for a group. : NORM
35
Graf von ___. : SPEE
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Smithy. : FORGE
38
Keyhole. : APERTURE
39
Close a session. : RISE
42
Scelba or Einaudi. : ITALIAN
43
Without exception. : ALL
45
Features of brownstone fronts. : STOOPS
46
River in the south Urals. : UFA
47
Foil or check. : BAFFLE
48
Part of a Moslem's house. : HAREM
49
Compatriot of Guarneri. : AMATI
50
Creator of Mr. Dooley. : DUNNE
51
Green silk, sea moss, etc. : ALGAE
55
Asian border river. : AMUR
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Cried. : WEPT
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Place to sit. : PEW
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Mardi Gras King. : REX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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