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New York Times, Friday, August 16, 1957

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.2
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,971
Across
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Family name in Faulkner's "The Town." : SNOPES
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Historic Madrid museum. : PRADO
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B. C. writer of odes. : HORACE
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Broad-minded. : LIBERAL
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Purplish red. : MAGENTA
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Salad fruit. : AVOCADO
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Celestial altar. : ARA
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Armenian-American author. : SAROYAN
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Sen. Malone's state: Abbr. : NEV
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Kinfolk: Abbr. : RELS
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Sticky smear. : DAUB
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Golden ___. : EAGLE
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Site of Minoan civilization. : CRETE
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De ___ (too much): Fr. : TROP
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Israel's Foreign Secretary. : MEIR
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Become callous or set. : OSSIFY
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Digests. : SYNOPSES
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Highways: Abbr. : RTES
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Resentful: Slang. : SORE
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Red Sox centerfielder. : PIERSALL
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Dealer in textiles: Brit. : MERCER
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Unbleached. : ECRU
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Incursion. : RAID
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Mrs. Spewack. : BELLA
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Rate of motion. : TEMPO
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A year in the future. : MMIX
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Partial: Prefix. : SEMI
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Bon ___. : AMI
57
Became serious. : SOBERED
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High place: Abbr. : MTN
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Tropical shrub. : LANTANA
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Office equipment. : ERASERS
65
Enter uninvited. : SNEAKIN
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Moon goddess. : SELENE
67
Took a cut at the ball, à la Dizzy. : SWANG
68
African pest. : TSETSE
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Generous people. : SHARERS
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Arizona city, S of Tucson. : NOGALES
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Natural mineral. : ORE
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Criticizes: Slang. : PANS
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Outward: Anat. : ECTAD
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Old-time pirate. : SEARAT
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Gay blades. : PLAYBOYS
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Marlene's Maria. : RIVA
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Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
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Month: Abbr. : DEC
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Sources of vitamin C. : ORANGES
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___ Land, Antarctica. : ADELIE
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Tristan and Isolde, for example. : LOVERS
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Messer Polo. : MARCO
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Saddle attachment. : STIRRUP
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Electrical units. : AMPERES
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Salamanders. : EFTS
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___-Penh, capital of Cambodia. : PNOM
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Date. : YEAR
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Biblical name. : OREB
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Loudly and violently: Colloq. : SLAMBANG
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Flower parts. : PETALS
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Symbolic figure in O'Neill play title. : ICEMAN
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Furs. : ERMINES
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Fruit flavoring. : LIME
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Mark Twain. : CLEMENS
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New England's pride. : ELMTREE
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Tropic phenomena. : RAINS
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Worst. : DIREST
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City on Honshu. : OSAKA
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Sherry. : XERES
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Come ___! The water's fine! : ONIN
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Glen. : DALE
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Marble. : TAW
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Game, ___, match. : SET

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

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