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New York Times, Friday, November 10, 1950

15-Across : Modify.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15 Grid has duplicate clues.
David Steinberg notes:

In original, clues for 1- and 7-Across are bracketed, with "Welfare program" appearing at 1-Across and (uncapitalized) "recently enlarged" at 7-Across, as here.

1
S
2
O
3
C
4
I
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A
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L
7
S
8
E
9
C
10
U
11
R
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I
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T
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Y
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C
H
A
N
G
E
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P
R
O
M
O
T
E
S
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A
I
R
M
E
N
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A
I
R
P
L
A
N
E
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N
O
T
A
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S
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P
I
N
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I
L
L
E
R
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T
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H
E
I
N
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P
R
E
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A
27
P
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P
E
A
S
E
29
C
O
E
R
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C
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E
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S
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R
O
A
S
T
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T
35
A
O
S
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S
L
A
M
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G
O
P
38
S
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P
I
R
A
T
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E
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A
R
U
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O
L
E
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O
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U
S
E
R
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A
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R
R
E
T
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S
E
R
V
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A
N
T
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S
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C
R
E
E
D
S
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E
L
K
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M
E
A
N
T
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A
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V
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E
R
T
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F
E
R
N
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R
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E
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D
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S
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M
A
R
S
H
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A
L
L
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A
64
R
A
B
I
A
65
U
N
R
E
E
L
E
D
66
P
E
C
O
R
A
67
R
E
S
T
A
T
E
S
68
E
V
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 509
Across
1
Welfare program : SOCIAL
7
recently enlarged. : SECURITY
15
Modify. : CHANGE
16
Advances. : PROMOTES
17
Vandenberg's men. : AIRMEN
18
Jet. : AIRPLANE
19
The N in N. B. : NOTA
20
Automobile ride. : SPIN
22
Danube tributary at Ulm. : ILLER
23
The "caffein" in tea. : THEIN
25
Common prefix. : PRE
26
What we didn't do in Korea. : APPEASE
29
Forces to. : COERCES
33
Meat for a family. : ROAST
34
Celebrated New Mexico town. : TAOS
36
Loud noise. : SLAM
37
Forty-seven Senate seats. : GOP
38
Breathed, in phonetics. : SPIRATE
41
Island group off S. W. New Guinea. : ARU
42
Sold uncolored in N. Y. State. : OLEO
44
Consumer. : USER
45
An arrest: Fr. : ARRET
47
Domestic. : SERVANT
49
Diatribes. : SCREEDS
51
Member of B. P. O. E. : ELK
52
Intended. : MEANT
53
Turn aside. : AVERT
56
Oft potted plant. : FERN
57
North Koreans. : REDS
61
Defense chief. : MARSHALL
63
Where Hejaz is. : ARABIA
65
Loosened a fishing line. : UNREELED
66
937,060 votes. : PECORA
67
Phrases differently. : RESTATES
68
Not so rough. : EVENER
Down
1
Examine with care. : SCAN
2
Sen. Taft's native heath. : OHIO
3
Carry. : CART
4
Occupants. : INMATES
5
Lose elasticity. : AGE
6
Eyeglasses. : LENSES
7
Candidate for the family of nations. : SPAIN
8
Green land. : ERIN
9
The heart. : COR
10
World Series arbiter. : UMPIRE
11
Skates for the pavement. : ROLLERS
12
<em>Like this:</em> Abbr. : ITAL
13
Sorrow: Scot. : TENE
14
River through France and Belgium. : YSER
21
One specially devout. : PIETIST
24
Millinery. : HATS
25
"Book of Etiquette" author. : POST
26
Odysseus' faithful dog. : ARGOS
27
Pulitzer prize author, "The Harbor." : POOLE
28
Newsprint. : PAPER
29
Less refined. : COARSER
30
County in Ireland. : CLARE
31
Having handles. : EARED
32
South Africa's late statesman. : SMUTS
35
Exist. : ARE
39
Whippersnapper: Slang. : PUNK
40
Make money. : EARN
43
Put too much copy in type. : OVERSET
46
Go back the same way. : RETRACE
48
Gibson girl of the tennis courts. : ALTHEA
50
Dainty smorgasbord. : CANAPE
52
Announces for a score: Pinochle. : MELDS
53
Siberian river. : AMUR
54
Weathercock. : VANE
55
Mistakes. : ERRS
56
Leave in a rout. : FLEE
58
Jet. : EBON
59
Critical. : DIRE
60
German-French coal region. : SAAR
62
High: Music. : ALT
64
A spin of the prop. : REV

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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