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New York Times, Monday, May 3, 1954

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 28.1
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,770
Across
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___ d'art. : OBJET
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Misses Murray and West. : MAES
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Southwest Africa. : SWA
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Dylan Thomas records. : POEMS
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Subject for the Geneva Conference. : INDOCHINA
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Lower. : ABASE
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She won an Oscar. : DONNAREED
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Rockfish. : REINA
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Diminutive of Helen. : NELLA
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Card game of Spanish origin. : OMBER
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Began to grow. : BUDDED
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Blue: Ger. : BLAU
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Declare. : ASSERT
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Without any changes: Business phrase. : ASIS
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Supplied goods, as in 1941. : LENDLEASED
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Companions of neithers. : NORS
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Two-wheeled carriage. : GIG
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Gibson's middle name. : DANA
40
Armor for men or ships. : KNEEPLATES
44
Do they justify means? : ENDS
45
Texas border city. : LAREDO
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Greenland base. : ETAH
47
Rose and vanished. : LIFTED
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Alexandre, père ou fils. : DUMAS
53
Of the Far East. : ASIAN
54
Submarine. : UBOAT
57
Southern tuber. : YAM
59
Britain's Chancellor of Exchequer. : RABBUTLER
61
Where James Bowie died. : ALAMO
63
Chairman in the headlines. : KARLMUNDT
64
Chinese province. : HONAN
65
Letter. : CEE
66
Angler's prize. : BASS
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Pretentious: Slang. : SWANK
Down
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Gem of many colors. : OPAL
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He turned back Kid Gavilan. : BOBOOLSON
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French dancer on Broadway. : JEANMAIRE
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German river. : EMS
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Hebrew vowel point: Var. : TSERE
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The south of France. : MIDI
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Presently. : ANON
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Actress Best. : EDNA
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Young man. : SON
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Particle. : SHRED
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Exercise, as power. : WIELD
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Anoint: Obs. : ANELE
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Ruler of three kingdoms, but not the waves. : CANUTE
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Babylonian god of the wind. : ADAD
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Of a historical period. : ERAL
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He blows a muted trumpet. : BUSSE
25
Barrel: Abbr. : BRL
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A heap of clouds. : BANK
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Product of Tampa: Var. : SEGAR
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Snuff: Scot. : SNITE
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Sharpened. : EDGED
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Revoke legally. : ADEEM
34
Author of "The Last Puritan." : SANTAYANA
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Book and play about military school. : ENDASAMAN
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Spirited quality. : DASH
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Opposite of vacuum. : PLENUM
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Stripling. : LAD
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Baking ___. : SODA
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Songbird. : LARK
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Character in "Ivanhoe." : ISAAC
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Thread. : FIBRE
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Place to eat. : TABLE
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Enemies of the Pueblo Indians. : UTAHS
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Bone. : ULNA
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Strata. : BEDS
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Scraps of food. : ORTS
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Recluse. : MONK
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"Three men in a ___." : TUB
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Softly. : LOW

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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