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New York Times, Friday, November 16, 1951

5-Across : The Ob, for instance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 880
Across
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Eloquent pleader at the U. N. : JEBB
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The Ob, for instance. : RIVER
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Disguise. : MASK
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Wheelshaft. : AXLE
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Non-union. : OPEN
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Yard, court: French. : COUR
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Where the U. N. Assembly is meeting. : PARIS
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Symbolic bird. : DOVE
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Beria's headquarters. : KREMLIN
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___ of influence. : SPHERES
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Commercial exhortations. : ADS
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Brain product. : IDEA
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Tankers from Aruba. : OILERS
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Compares. : LIKENS
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Good earth. : LAND
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West of Broadway. : MAE
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President Wilson's son-in-law, former High Commissioner to the Philippines. : SAYRE
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Egypt's bird. : IBIS
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Ornamental finish along a seam. : WELT
36
Key man in Iran crisis. : MOSSADEGH
39
Wax: Latin. : CERA
42
Money in New Delhi. : ANNA
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Equestrian. : RIDER
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Malt product. : ALE
48
Celebrated French novelist. : LOTI
49
Caustic comedy. : SATIRE
50
He has an interim appointment at U. N. : JESSUP
52
Served like Sedgman. : ACED
54
Conjunction. : AND
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Stove fuel: 2 wds. : OVENGAS
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Agent of retribution. : AVENGER
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Sea or sky path. : LANE
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Bind for strength. : UNITE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Bait. : LURER
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Large containers. : VATS
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Kneehole item. : DESK
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Of excess girth. : OBESE
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TV character comic. : AMOS
Down
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Henchmen. : JACKALS
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Introductions of discourses. : EXORDIA
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___ law, to prevent sale of fraudulent securities. : BLUESKY
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Rampart ledge. : BERM
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White water. : RAPIDS
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Silly. : INANE
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Man: Latin. : VIR
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Bulldog team. : ELIS
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Answer. : RESPONSE
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Paragon. : MODEL
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An argument, in rhetoric. : APOREME
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Unspecific number. : SEVERAL
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Parliament of Israel. : KNESSET
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Line: Comb. form. : LINEO
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Stashed away. : HID
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Neighbor to Greece. : ALBANIA
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Ermentrude for short. : ERMA
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Opera set in Egypt. : AIDA
34
Negative verbal contraction. : ISNT
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Jot. : WHIT
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Brazil's second city. : SAOPAULO
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School mark. : GRADE
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Wheedled. : CAJOLED
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Uplift. : ELEVATE
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Takes umbrage. : RESENTS
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Working plan. : DIAGRAM
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Composer Lecuona. : ERNESTO
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Something done to make amends. : REDRESS
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Tote. : LUG
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Harsh. : SEVERE
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Undercover attack. : SNEAK
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Predecessor of Shepherd in marines. : CATES
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Jolt from a cold shoulder. : SNUB
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Choler. : IRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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