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New York Times, Saturday, December 29, 1951

27-Across : Shrub with rimelike leaves.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 923
Across
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Member of a sect in the Punjab. : SIKH
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A throne in India. : ASANA
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The "sacred river" in "Kubla Khan." : ALPH
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Where Norway's Storting sits. : OSLO
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Bronx cheer: Slang. : RAZOO
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Aria. : SOLO
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Dick Tracy's rank. : PLAINCLOTHESMAN
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Impressionable. : SENSITIVE
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Girl's name. : DIANE
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Unsubstantial. : THIN
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Creator of Pluto. : DISNEY
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A snake of Egypt. : ASP
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Shrub with rimelike leaves. : ICEPLANT
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"They ___ not pass." : SHALL
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Modern Greek folk dances. : ROMAIKAS
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The girl that Uncas loved. : CORA
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Pairs of horses. : SPANS
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Mount from which Moses saw Canaan. : NEBO
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Specialty of Southern cooks. : HOTBREAD
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Dancer de Mille. : AGNES
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Consequences. : OUTCOMES
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One of a Siouan tribe now in Oklahoma. : OTO
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Oscars. : AWARDS
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Nonsymmetrical. : ALOP
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Fail to follow suit. : RENIG
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Great new republic, proclaimed 1949. : INDONESIA
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Top noncommissioned army officers. : MASTERSERGEANTS
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Bacchanalian equivalent of "Yippee!" : EVOE
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Local unit of Fraternal Order of Eagles. : AERIE
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Letters. : CEES
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Scout cubs' groups. : DENS
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Goads. : PRODS
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Where it can't happen? : HERE
Down
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Bribes. : SOPS
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Promoter of Key West. : ISLE
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"Fiery Cross" men. : KLAN
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Elevator. : HOIST
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Region between Canada and Russia. : ARCTIC
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Briny. : SALINE
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Sea N. E. of Yalta. : AZOV
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Distinction. : NOTE
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Society of Irishmen. : AOH
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Helping. : ASSISTING
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Fredric March's current role. : LOMAN
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Flying boxcar. : PLANE
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Sweet thing. : HONEY
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Nothing. : NIHIL
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Edinburgh: Poetic. : EDINA
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Hoover, Shasta, Grand Coulee. : DAMS
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Author of "Moses." : ASCH
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Drive away. : SHOO
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Role in a play. : PART
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Fashionable boulevard in 44 Down. : PRADO
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Attlee, Bevan, Herbert Morrison. : LABORITES
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Game of chance. : KENO
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Encourage. : ABET
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Middling. : SOSO
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Author's complete works. : SETS
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Logger's winter half boot. : PAC
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Dickens' character. : RUDGE
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"Two can live as cheaply ___." : ASONE
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Plateau city on the Manzanares river. : MADRID
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Ecomiums. : ELOGES
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Ready for anything. : ARMED
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Move from side to side. : WEAVE
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Adrian "Cap" ___ of baseball's "Hall of Fame." : ANSON
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Its blossom is the state flower of Delaware. : PEACH
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Tributary of the Elbe. : ISER
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Symbol of tyranny. : NERO
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To cut (in phrases after snick). : SNEE
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Roman road. : ITER
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Hartebeest. : ASSE
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Criticize: Colloq. : RAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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