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New York Times, Monday, October 30, 1950

42-Across : Confess.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 498
Across
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First name of chairman of Senate crime investigating committee. : ESTES
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Bivouac. : CAMP
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Spiny-finned fish. : BASS
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Elizabethan poet and playwright. : PEELE
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Miscellany. : OLIO
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Egyptian Jupiter. : AMON
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Gems of milky hue. : OPALS
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Man's nickname. : MORT
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Qualified. : ABLE
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C. G., Far East Air Forces. : STRATEMEYER
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Miss Gardner. : AVA
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Small shields. : ECUS
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Caught in a snare. : NOOSED
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Native of Pierre or Bismarck. : DAKOTAN
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Counterfoils. : STUBS
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Above. : UPON
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Druggist's nonofficial list of drugs: Abbr. : DISP
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Israeli statesman. : ELATH
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Sulky looks: Fr. : MOUES
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Province of Canada: Abbr. : QUE
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Miss Thompson of "Rain." : SADIE
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Confess. : ADMIT
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The sky: Comb. form. : URAN
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Units of volume for freight. : TONS
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Chemical sugar. : IDOSE
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Supreme Court Justice. : ROBERTS
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Where Monte Carlo is. : MONACO
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Abode of the fairies, in Ireland. : SHEE
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Choose. : OPT
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Popular orchestra conductor. : KOSTELANETZ
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An abrupt transition. : LEAP
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The tea plant. : THEA
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Your: Fr. : VOTRE
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Pisa is near the mouth of this river. : ARNO
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Cargo storage space. : HOLD
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Nickname of a beloved war correspondent. : ERNIE
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Craze. : RAGE
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Sheep. : EWES
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Countersinks. : REAMS
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Series of important events. : EPOS
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Seven: Prefix. : SEPT
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Spree: Slang. : TEAR
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Miss Cinders. : ELLA
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Part of a sonnet. : SESTET
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Message from MacArthur. : COMMUNIQUE
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Bitter drug. : ALOES
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Describing a road after rain. : MIRY
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Effective. : POTENT
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Animal's cry. : BAA
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Walter S. Gifford's new role. : AMBASSADOR
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Unriddle. : SOLVE
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Golf champion. : SNEAD
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Plant modified by environment. : ECAD
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Rakes. : ROUES
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Flattened at the poles, as the earth is. : OBLATE
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Council overthrown by Bolshevists in 1917. : DUMA
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Fabulous bird without feet. : APOD
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Chinese regime recognized by U. N. : KOUMINTANG
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Lake north of Syracuse. : ONEIDA
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They lead the attack. : SPEARHEADS
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Over: Prefix. : SUR
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Color diluted with white. : TINT
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Former Hitler aide. : HESS
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Foundation for soups. : STOCK
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___ Pierce Coward. : NOEL
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Pacify. : SOOTHE
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Man with a beard. : BEAVER
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The first permanent tooth. : MOLAR
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"Don Carlos" on Nov. 6. : OPERA
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Ancient milestone. : STELE
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Broadway offering. : SHOW
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Estuary of the Thames (with The). : NORE
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Site of Vulcan's forge. : ETNA
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Haircut. : TRIM
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Letters. : ZEES
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He lived in a cottage at Fordham. : POE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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