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New York Times, Tuesday, December 26, 1950

52-Across : Inflict.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { C Q X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 555
Across
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Stock up unpatriotically. : HOARD
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American imprisoned in Hungary. : VOGELER
13
Island in Dutch East Indies, rebel stronghold. : AMBOINA
16
Indigo dye. : ANILINE
17
Rebounds. : RESILES
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Our Ambassador to England. : GIFFORD
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High in pitch. : ALT
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Double over. : LAP
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Nonsense. : ROT
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Negative conjunction. : NOR
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Oceans. : SEAS
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Louis Calhern's stage daughter. : REGAN
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Shift suddenly, as the boom of a sailboat. : JIBE
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Flower stalk. : STIPE
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Girl's name. : NAN
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Slumbers. : DOZES
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Part of a fishing line. : SNELL
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Without headliners. : STARLESS
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No: German. : NEIN
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Christmas card adjunct. : SEAL
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Worn by football players. : HEADGEAR
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Show pleasure. : SMILE
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Allen's former street. : ALLEY
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Ribbed fabric. : REP
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Not whispered. : ALOUD
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Subject of Marc Blitzstein's new music. : LEAR
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Inflict. : WREAK
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Member of the Ivy League. : YALE
55
Flatfish. : DAB
56
Through: Prefix. : DIA
57
Bulgarian coin. : LEV
59
Vietnam ruler, Bao ___. : DAI
60
Commentator who assays the news. : ANALYST
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Gives motive power to. : PROPELS
64
Corsi was one. : NOMINEE
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The meantime. : INTERIM
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Rubbers. : ERASERS
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Allays. : EASES
Down
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Weary. : HARASS
2
Luxury food. : OMELETS
3
Refrain from voting, U. N. style. : ABSTAIN
4
King: French. : ROI
5
British Field Marshal, only Britisher buried in Arlington. : DILL
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Idle wanderers. : VAGRANTS
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Indispensable flavoring agent. : ONION
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Christmas present. : GIFT
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Gremlin. : ELF
10
Treat as a V. I. P. : LIONIZE
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Puts on official garments. : ENROBES
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Set right what is wrong. : REDRESS
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Close. : NEAR
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Colorado city where the Goethe celebration took place. : ASPEN
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U. N. delegate from Australia. : SPENDER
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Commodity to be piped to New England. : GAS
27
Merrily. : JOLLILY
29
Thomas Gray's famous poem, 1751. : ELEGY
31
Tragedy and comedy. : DRAMA
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U. N. Secretary General. : LIE
35
Roman bronze. : AES
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Relates. : NARRATES
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English biologist who became a Marxist. : HALDANE
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Mrs. Belmont of the Opera Guild. : ELEANOR
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Tallulah's state. : ALABAMA
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Female ruff. : REE
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Dock workers. : LOADERS
45
Patron saint of Barcelona and of sailors. : EULALIE
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Feelers of insects, crustaceans, etc. : PALPI
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Beliefs about the existence of a God. : DEISMS
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More sensible. : WISER
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Composer of "Roberta," "Showboat," etc. : KERN
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Unit of force. : DYNE
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Right of suffrage. : VOTE
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Lily: French. : LIS
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Soup vegetable. : PEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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