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New York Times, Saturday, March 22, 1958

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.0
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,189
Across
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Air Force ICBM. : ATLAS
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Stage requisite. : PROP
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Song. : CHANT
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Where Diamond Head is. : OAHU
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Astronomical bear. : URSA
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Coast: Span. : COSTA
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Thrust of the pre-jet age. : PROPELLER
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Annoyed exclamation. : TUT
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Bargain basement sign. : SALE
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Lightest. : PALEST
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Dog star. : ASTA
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Orpheus' instrument. : LYRE
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Source of Canada's emblem. : MAPLETREE
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Alphabet soup letters. : ESSES
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Mrs. Martin Gabel. : ARLENE
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___ Sea. : DEAD
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In the fashion of. : ALA
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___ pas. : FAUX
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Aft. : STERN
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Medley. : OLIO
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Son (of), in Arabic names. : IBN
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Source of power. : ATOM
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Source of Alaskan industry. : SALMON
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Inquired of. : ASKED
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Vanguard I. : SATELLITE
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Army men: Abbr. : COLS
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Girl's name. : OLGA
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Wilted. : DROOPY
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Give way to anger. : FUME
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Encircle: Poet. : ORB
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Army missiles. : REDSTONES
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Fare. : RIDER
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Baba and others. : ALIS
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Heroine of Edward Sheldon drama. : NELL
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U. N. Delegate Dunne. : IRENE
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Newcastle's river. : TYNE
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Position of a town, building, etc. : SITE
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City in N. E. Ohio. : AKRON
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Man of figures: Abbr. : ACCT
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Poetic pronoun. : THOU
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Most recent. : LAST
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Grasshopper's advisor. : ANT
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Gopher now a Keystoner. : STASSEN
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Cottonwood. : POPLAR
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Thin. : RARE
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Exclamation of surprise. : OHO
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Mud ___, a kind of salamander. : PUPPY
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Cabinet member. : DULLES
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Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
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Makes a practice of. : USES
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Tavern missile. : DART
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Describing some owls and seals. : EARED
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Bear witness. : ATTEST
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Relative of Sandy. : ALEX
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Oglish glance. : LEER
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Underworld group. : MAFIA
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T. E. Lawrence's interest. : ARABS
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Drop down heavily: Colloq. : PLUNK
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Swelling. : EDEMA
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Ragout of game. : SALMI
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American educator and college president. : ELIOT
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Rhone tributary. : SAONE
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Man's name. : ANSELM
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Chuck. : TOSS
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Mexican pot. : OLLA
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Vote to accept. : ADOPT
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Gaillard's colonial problem. : ALGERIA
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Scotland: Fr. : ECOSSE
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Rumple. : TOUSLE
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Silk center of France. : LYONS
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Put trust in (with "upon"). : RELY
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Eddaic deity. : ODIN
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Relative of baize. : FELT
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River into the Baltic. : ODER
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
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British gun. : BREN
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Queen Juliana's former colony: Abbr. : NEI
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Trouble. : IRK

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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