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New York Times, Tuesday, June 12, 1951

50-Across : The king with the ass' ears.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 723
Across
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U. N. delegate concerned with Japanese treaty. : DULLES
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Governor in Topeka. : ARN
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First name of author of "A Soldier's Story." : OMAR
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Tennyson's heroine. : ELAINE
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One's self: Fr. : SOI
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Varying measure in South America. : VARA
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Place on an island. : ENISLE
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Gathered around a focal point. : CENTERED
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Columbus' ship, "___ Maria." : SANTA
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Central American republic. : COSTARICA
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Splendor. : ECLAT
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Member of the heroic British 29th Brigade in Korea. : HUSSAR
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Native of Pusan. : KOREAN
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Serpent. : ASP
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Optical instrument used in trenches. : PERISCOPE
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Senator from Montana. : ECTON
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Things of the kind just mentioned. : ONES
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Pours out. : TEEMS
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Beach resort near Venice. : LIDO
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Celeste and Eleanor. : HOLMS
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Tribal magician, now a cloud-seeder. : RAINMAKER
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Harry's initial. : ESS
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Less rigid. : LOOSER
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Moth's hideaway. : CLOSET
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The king with the ass' ears. : MIDAS
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Menzies' land. : AUSTRALIA
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Province in NE India. : BIHAR
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Left on the plate. : UNTASTED
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City near Chicago. : CICERO
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Flying jib. : SAIL
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Festival land: Abbr. : ENG
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Where de Gasperi is Premier. : ITALIA
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Inland sea. : ARAL
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Female rabbit. : DOE
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She wrote "Bad Girl." : DELMAR
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Low marks on a report card. : DEES
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Forearm bone. : ULNA
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Had reclined. : LAIN
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Antiseptic method introduced by pioneer British surgeon. : LISTERISM
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Entwines. : ENLACES
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Understand. : SEE
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Scene of British steeplechase. : ASCOT
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Fish food. : ROES
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Fractions. : NINTHS
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Shots that go beyond the target. : OVERS
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Husbands: French. : MARIS
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Genus of palms. : ARECA
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Radio detecting and ranging. : RADAR
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Popular carpet color. : TAUPE
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Lucky vacationers. : CANOERS
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Milk: Comb. form. : LACT
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Game like lotto. : KENO
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City in Black Earth area of Russia. : OREL
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Mother of the twins in "A Comedy of Errors." : AEMILIA
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Exclamation of contempt. : POH
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Sweet ___. : PEA
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Adhering to traditional forms. : CLASSICAL
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Small child: Var. : TIKE
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Smooth; cunning: Scot. : SNOD
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Foretellers. : SEERS
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Ancient Semite. : MOABITE
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Set forth formally. : STATED
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___ sine qua non. : CAUSA
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Resembling the moon. : LUNAR
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The port of Rome. : OSTIA
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Booth for selling merchandise. : STALL
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Cousin of the gnat. : MIDGE
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Curtain fabric. : LENO
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Tiller. : HELM
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The Jewel Song, for instance. : ARIA
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Sound inside a conch shell. : ROAR
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Criminal Investigation Department. : CID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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