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New York Times, Thursday, September 9, 1954

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 34.0
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,899
Across
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Gershwin and others. : IRAS
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Nodding: Poet. : ABOB
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Fundamental. : BASAL
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Mr. Dykes' bailiwick. : BALTIMORE
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Oil-rich Caribbean isle. : ARUBA
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Jakarta is its capital. : INDONESIA
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Poetry's lost missile. : ARROW
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Dye. : STAIN
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That which has the same value as something else. : HOMOLOGUE
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The Confederacy: Abbr. : CSA
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Eastern university: Abbr. : NYU
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Brings. : GETS
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Dennis and Gary. : CROSBYS
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Social gathering. : TEA
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___ Paul Kruger. : OOM
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Brother of Romulus. : REMUS
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Recent winner over Hogan. : SNEAD
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French film star. : RAIMU
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Function. : USE
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Descriptive of yesterday's news. : STALE
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Grotesque. : ANTIC
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Miss Gustafson. : GARBO
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Bordeaux. : VIN
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Firmament. : SKY
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Feathered headdresses of American Indians. : BONNETS
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Obscure (with "out"). : BLOT
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To the point. : APT
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More: Music. : PIU
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Make ready again. : REPREPARE
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Experience. : TASTE
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Train accommodation. : UPPER
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Prefabricated dwelling. : NISSENHUT
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Filch. : STEAL
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Aging. : SENESCENT
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Author Bret. : HARTE
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River into the North Sea. : YSER
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Fencer's weapon. : EPEE
Down
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Bird known to Cheops. : IBIS
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Discourse turgidly. : RANT
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Musical star, Robert ___. : ALDA
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Impassive people. : STOICS
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Soul; French. : AME
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Nonsense! : BOSH
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Betelgeuse's constellation. : ORION
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Sending out light. : BEAMY
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False god. : BAAL
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Haughty. : ARROGANT
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Sudden rise. : SURGE
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In the vicinity. : ABOUT
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He wrote "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing." : LAWES
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Austrian city, in the Tyrol. : INNSBRUCK
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Pitcher's goal. : OUT
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Always: Archaic. : AYE
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Girl's name. : CORA
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Imitation morocco leather. : ROAN
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Skip over. : OMIT
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Complacent. : SMUG
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Dark-brown garnets. : ESSONITES
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Our armed forces. : USA
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Croat's neighbor. : SERB
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Roof edge. : EAVE
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Came down. : ALIT
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Haunts. : DENS
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Abuse. : MISTREAT
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Music à la Armstrong. : BOP
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Caroline island. : YAP
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Subtle shading. : NUANCE
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Fox's tail. : BRUSH
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Smallest Greek coins. : LEPTA
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Cartoonist of Alphonse and Gaston. : OPPER
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Heartsease. : PANSY
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Attempts. : TRIES
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Man's name. : ERLE
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Slave of 1066. : ESNE
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Band leader Fields. : SHEP
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Rodgers' forte. : TUNE
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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About 2 lbs, in India. : SER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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