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New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 1951

55-Across : Usual sign in a public library.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { G J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 584
Across
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"The Devil and Daniel ___."—Benét. : WEBSTER
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Southern playland. : FLORIDA
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Disposed to love. : AMATIVE
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Caesar crossed this river. : RUBICON
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Air-raid warning devices. : SIRENES
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Metrical foot of three syllables. : ANAPEST
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Figure of speech, such as irony. : TROPE
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Port in South Korea. : PUSAN
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Note of the scale: Var. : LAH
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Hanks of twine. : RANS
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More prudent. : WISER
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See: Latin. : VIDE
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Employer. : HIRER
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Poison. : VENOM
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Erudite; learned. : LETTERED
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Gesture of affection. : CARESS
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God of war. : ARES
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Chums. : PALS
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Rodeo participants. : ROPERS
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Shakespeare's most famous comic character. : FALSTAFF
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Yale Bowl, Harvard Stadium, etc. : OVALS
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Southern beauty. : BELLE
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Philippine city. : DAO
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Beloved of Porgy. : BESS
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Biblical weeds. : TARES
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Exhibition of farm products, etc. : FAIR
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Hesitant syllables. : ERS
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He directed "Death of a Salesman." : KAZAN
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Pantomimists. : MIMES
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Country behind the "Iron Curtain." : RUMANIA
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Flowing forth. : EMANANT
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Former Russian ruler. : TSARINA
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Usual sign in a public library. : SILENCE
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Fulbright, Frear or Ferguson. : SENATOR
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Device on most automobiles. : STARTER
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Spendthrift. : WASTREL
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Domain of an Oriental ruler. : EMIRATE
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Degree of honor above a knight. : BARONET
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Footprints. : STEPS
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Prong of a fork. : TINE
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"All About ___." : EVE
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Breathes. : RESPIRES
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Chief river of British Columbia. : FRASER
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Orbed or crescent. : LUNAR
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Seaport in Scotland. : OBAN
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Victim of a long sleep. : RIP
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Graph showing the balance between ice and water. : ICELINE
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Sofa so constructed that the occupants sit back to back. : DOSADOS
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Patriotic songs. : ANTHEMS
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Put into service. : USED
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Telegrams. : WIRES
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Two-thirds of a mile, in Russia. : VERST
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Germans. : HERRS
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Ravel's "La ___." : VALSE
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Chinese weights. : TAELS
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Telephones. : CALLS
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Faintness. : PALENESS
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New Governor of Rhode Island. : ROBERTS
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Employ in excess. : OVERUSE
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Representative from Louisiana. : PASSMAN
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Wild animal: Latin. : FERA
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Unyielding. : ADAMANT
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Glazed pottery. : FAIENCE
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He wrote "A Passage to India." : FORSTER
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Oriental marketplace. : BAZAAR
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Indian aborigine of Haiti. : TAINO
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Sunnier. : FINER
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Ply the needles. : KNIT
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Miss Powers who plays Roxane. : MALA
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The Constellation Altar. : ARA
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College in Cambridge, Mass. : MIT

Answer summary:
18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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