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New York Times, Monday, July 9, 1956

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.9
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,568
Across
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Bewailed. : WEPT
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Sailing ships. : BRIGS
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Orphan Jane. : EYRE
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Nest. : AERIE
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Ancient capital. : ROMA
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Kenneth Roberts novel. : BOONISLAND
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Talk: Slang. : CHIN
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Finder of Livingstone. : STANLEY
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British African protectorate. : UGANDA
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Extension. : ELL
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Correct. : AMEND
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Arouses. : STIRS
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___ Tech. : CAL
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___ Sainte Marie. : SAULT
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Bristles of barley. : AWNS
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Spiced cooky with nuts and raisins. : HERMIT
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Virgo's neighbor. : LEO
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Texas leaguer. : HIT
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New England Senator. : PASTORE
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Man's nickname. : LEN
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Homemade product. : ICE
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Arthurian lady. : ELAINE
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Summoning gesture. : BECK
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TV headliner. : BERLE
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___ Sea. : RED
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Glubb ___. : PASHA
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Cubicles. : CELLS
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Afflict. : TRY
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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6,080 feet. : SEAMILE
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Seed cases. : PODS
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Role for Ruth Gordon. : MATCHMAKER
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Phrase of understanding. : ISEE
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Emanations. : AURAE
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See 42 Down. : ROAN
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Comfort. : EASE
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Ray. : SKATE
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Fragments. : ENDS
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Woven fabrics. : WEBS
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Small island. : EYOT
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Malayan outrigger. : PROA
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Folding money. : TENNERS
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City on the Rhine. : BASEL
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Bank (on). : RELY
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Man's name. : IRA
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If, in Robert Burns' poems. : GIN
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Stonecrop. : SEDUM
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Secrets. : ARCANA
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Eisenhower aide. : JOHNDULLES
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Among. : AMID
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Frog genus. : RANA
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Troubles. : ILLS
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Deed: Archaic. : GESTE
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Jordan ___. : ALMOND
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Title for Kipling. : SAHIB
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Doubly. : TWICE
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Mediates. : INTERCEDES
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Composer Franck and others. : CESARS
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Mr. Shaw. : ARTIE
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Old-time physician. : LEECH
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___ bean. : TONKA
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One of the Marches. : HAL
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Where Munster is: Abbr. : IRE
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Trims away. : PEELS
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Horse of a certain color. : BAYMARE
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Renter. : LESSEE
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Baby coach. : PRAM
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Actor Fernando. : LAMAS
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Show amusement. : TEHEE
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English portrait painter. : OPIE
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___-dos, type of sofa. : DOSA
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Begone! : SCAT
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Religious picture. : IKON
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Direct. : LEAD
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Arctic bird. : AUK
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Refrain syllable. : TRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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