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New York Times, Saturday, March 3, 1956

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 42.4
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,440
Across
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Miami's county. : DADE
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Distaff side. : WOMEN
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Barristers' headgear. : WIGS
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Subject of A. C. Spectorsky's book. : EXURBANITE
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Swift rodent. : HARE
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Author of "Red Roses For Me." : SEANOCASEY
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Neighbor of Muscat. : OMAN
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Loafer. : IDLER
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Piece of prose or property. : TRACT
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Defy. : DARE
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___ far niente (sweet idleness): Ital. : DOLCE
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Reporters: Slang. : LEGMEN
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Often-revived drama. : RAIN
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Egyptian spirit. : AKH
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Englishmen of former days. : EDWARDIANS
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Capt. Hook's henchman. : SMEE
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Mellowers. : AGERS
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Where Hamilton is: Abbr. : ONT
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Unfilled pie crust. : SHELL
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Subsided. : SANK
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Milieu of racketeers. : UNDERWORLD
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Ballplayer Palica. : ERV
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Bivalve. : CLAM
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Southern melon-like fruit. : PAPAYA
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Cherchez la ___. : FEMME
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Not genuine: Abbr. : IMIT
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Abraham's wife. : SARAI
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Peer Gynt's mother. : ASE
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Musical rates of speed. : TEMPI
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Large African antelope. : KUDU
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What some cakes are. : UPSIDEDOWN
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Middlecoff weapon. : IRON
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Members of a new French faction. : POUJADISTS
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Darn. : MEND
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Seated: Fr. : ASSIS
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___ pilot. : TEST
Down
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Monday night comic. : DESI
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Chopped. : AXED
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Two-fold. : DUAL
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Sea bird. : ERNE
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Col. Galloway's girls. : WAC
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Where the happy walk. : ONAIR
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A couple. : MISTERANDMISSUS
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Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
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French Marshal. : NEY
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Circular ridge of a fingerprint. : WHORL
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Earlier Julie Harris hit. : IAMACAMERA
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Daughter of noted oarsman. : GRACEKELLY
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Dispatched. : SENT
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Where flowers grow. : BORDERS
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Very large amount: Colloq. : TON
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Connective. : AND
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Prefix of negation. : DIS
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Rent. : LEASE
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Figure in the French elections. : EDGARFAURE
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Broadway's "Lola." : GWENVERDON
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Starting line of a race. : MARK
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In front of: Prefix. : ANTE
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___ brief for (defended): Colloq. : HELDA
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Westchester college. : IONA
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Go to market. : SHOP
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Hit a fly. : SWATTED
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE
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Troy college. : RPI
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901. : CMI
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Varying weight of India, Iran, etc. : MAUND
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Name for the reign of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1867–1912. : MEIJI
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Glide. : SKIM
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G. I. addresses. : APOS
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Work on mss. : EDIT
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"Ol' man" of song. : MOSE
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Pennyweights: Abbr. : PWTS
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"Yours of the 15th ___ ... " : INST
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___ tree (in a difficult position). : UPA
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"___ Kapital." : DAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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