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New York Times, Thursday, July 16, 1959

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 42.9
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,653
Across
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Rocky cliff. : SCAR
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N. T. book: Abbr. : MATT
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Opportunity. : SCOPE
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Adriatic port of Yugoslavia. : POLA
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Together: Mus. : ADUE
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Postpone indefinitely. : TABLE
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Traffic policeman in London. : POINTSMAN
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Close: Poet. : ANEAR
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Part of current title by 45 Across. : LIGHTINFANTRY
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Musical specialty. : DUET
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Killer whale. : ORCA
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___ to (part of some authorship lines). : ASTOLD
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A person of importance. : SOMEBODY
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Vermont resort. : STOWE
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Locales. : SITES
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Have: Scot. : HAE
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Zloty or forint. : COIN
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Tear to bits. : SHRED
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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___ but (nearly). : ALL
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Blacksmith. : SHOER
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More terrible. : DIRER
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Safe-conduct. : PASSPORT
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Units of pressure in early physics. : BARADS
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Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Top-notch. : AONE
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Novelist from New Orleans. : HAMILTONBASSO
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Port in a storm. : HAVEN
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Kitchen appliance. : EGGBEATER
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"Like ___ from the blue." : ABOLT
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Whirl. : REEL
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Café au ___. : LAIT
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V. P. in 1925. : DAWES
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Nothing more than. : MERE
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A Gardner. : ERLE
Down
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Species: Abbr. : SPP
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Nonchalant. : COOL
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Et ___. : ALII
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Lowered a curtain. : RANGDOWN
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Furnished with a spar. : MASTED
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Concede. : ADMIT
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Malaysian title. : TUAN
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Pole of a certain length. : TENFOOTER
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Postures. : STANCES
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British collegian, for short. : CANTAB
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Higher: Ger. : OBER
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Cavort. : PLAY
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Poetic adverb. : EER
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Arctic air base. : THULE
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Equipped for a joust. : ARMED
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Tinpan Alley group. : ASCAP
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Roman matron's garment. : STOLA
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Clutches. : TOILS
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River into the Danube. : SIRET
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Current bestselling author. : OHARA
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Passé. : DATED
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Measure of age. : YEARS
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A kind of loan. : SHORTTERM
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Reef. : SHOAL
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Occasion for bargains. : FIRESALE
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Dashes. : SPRINTS
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Mother of Perseus. : DANAE
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Daughter of Cadmus. : SEMELE
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Err, as a ballplayer. : BOBBLE
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Fury. : ANGER
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Lima bean: Span. : HABA
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Confess. : AVOW
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Type of arch. : OGEE
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Fomalhaut, for one. : STAR
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Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Acquired. : HAD
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Highway: Abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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