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New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 1955

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.8
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,150
Across
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Stock market. : CURB
5
In pieces. : APART
10
Polaris. : STAR
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Tract. : AREA
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Landed estate. : MANOR
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Where Zanesville is. : OHIO
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Johnson and McCormack. : MAJORITYLEADERS
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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Netherlands commune. : EDE
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Gen. Shepherd's nickname. : LEM
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Mountain ___. : ASH
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Nominal capital of Bolivia. : SUCRE
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Cease. : DESIST
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Spent the summer. : ESTIVATED
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Office worker. : STENO
34
Scene of "Something of Value." : KENYA
35
Lovely child. : CHERUB
36
Southern delicacies. : HAMS
39
Skin. : DERMA
41
Italian wine. : ASTI
42
Leaves out. : ELIDES
44
Former king of Transjordan. : TALAL
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Former Premier. : MALAN
47
Subject of a Berlin song. : CHRISTMAS
51
Old World lizards. : AGAMAS
53
Jostle. : SHOVE
54
Faint. : WAN
56
Top of a hill. : COP
57
Wrath. : IRE
59
Pedagogical organization. : NEA
60
News of a special sort. : ELECTIONRETURNS
64
Decree ___, in law. : NISI
65
Ran for office. : STOOD
66
Celebrated possum. : POGO
67
Haberdashery. : TIES
68
Aquatic birds. : TERNS
69
Viewed. : SEEN
Down
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Dressing gown. : CAMISE
2
Seventh planet. : URANUS
3
Throw away. : REJECT
4
___ Dai. : BAO
5
Surrounded by. : AMID
6
Food made of goose livers. : PATE
7
At all. : ANY
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Cycled. : ROLLED
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Much-quoted poem. : TREES
10
Turf. : SOD
11
Scenes of action. : THEATERS
12
"Londonderry" and others. : AIRS
13
___ Hashana, Jewish New Year. : ROSH
18
He told one of the "Canterbury Tales." : REEVE
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"Plain and Fancy" group. : AMISH
25
Swedish Parliament. : RIKSDAG
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Famines. : DEARTHS
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Secrecy. : STEALTH
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Ampersands. : ANDS
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Nautical rope. : TYE
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Cashew. : NUT
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Sash. : OBI
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City in Colombia. : CALI
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Sound of doubt. : HEM
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Certain Italians. : MILANESE
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Damage. : MAR
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Pass a law. : ENACT
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Desirable thing. : ASSET
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"House of Flowers" author. : CAPOTE
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Film queen. : MONROE
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Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
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Beginning of equinox or solstice. : SEASON
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Humid. : MOIST
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Resulted. : WENT
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Et ___. : ALII
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Unbending. : IRON
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Ball team. : REDS
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On this side of: Prefix. : CIS
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European country: Abbr. : NOR
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Raises. : UPS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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