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New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1951

24-Across : Law of Moses: Var.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 741
Across
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Male lead of G. W. T. W. : GABLE
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Redolence. : ODOR
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Time of Caesar's assassination. : IDES
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Revoke legally. : ADEEM
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Astrologer's stock in trade. : HOROSCOPE
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"The biggest show on earth." : BARNUMANDBAILEY
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Toward the center. : INTO
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Peter the Cartoonist. : ARNO
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Brazilian seaport city, on the Pará river. : BELEM
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Correlative. : NOR
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Tarry. : STAY
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Law of Moses: Var. : TORA
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At a loss. : ASEA
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Ink stain. : BLOT
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Agency that electrified farm areas. : REA
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Country in Indo-China. : ANNAM
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Snakeless land. : ERIN
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Month of Jewish calendar. : ADAR
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English prudery of the middle 1800's. : MIDVICTORIANISM
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Japanese perfume receptacle. : INRO
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Wild ox. : ANOA
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Diarist who wrote in shorthand (1633-1703). : PEPYS
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India's U. N. representative. : RAU
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Horny bill. : BEAK
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Orange or Cotton, for instance. : BOWL
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Mr. Musial. : STAN
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Henry ___. : FORD
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Chester Bowles headed this. : OPA
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Japanese immigrant in U. S. : ISSEI
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Dog-headed ape sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. : AANI
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Last word of a prayer. : AMEN
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Cannan. : THEPROMISEDLAND
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Sunstroke, in medical parlance. : CALENTURE
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Former diplomat ___ Straus. : OSCAR
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Matter, in philosophy. : HYLE
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Formerly. : ERST
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Writer who was also doctor, whaler, athlete, spiritualist. : DOYLE
Down
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Jean ___, French actor. : GABIN
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Scene of a Hersey novel. : ADANO
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Nobel Prize winner in 1950. : BERTRANDRUSSELL
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Gauzy fabric. : LENO
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Flightless bird. : EMU
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Maureen of Dublin. : OHARA
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Riotous affairs formerly held in Ireland. : DONNYBROOKFAIRS
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___ naturae (natural sequence): Lat. : ORDO
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Scott's hero, ___ Roy. : ROB
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More frigid. : ICIER
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Foreign dealings for monetary gain. : DOLLARDIPLOMACY
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Fencing weapon. : EPEE
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435-mile river in the Ukraine. : SEYM
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Wooden shoe. : SABOT
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___ Hari. : MATA
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Approximately half. : SEMI
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Girl's nickname. : TONI
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Jimmy ___, pantomimist. : SAVO
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Coin of Italy. : LIRA
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Imaginary street of prosperity. : EASY
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What Venus lacks. : ARMS
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Prince of Afghanistan. : AMIR
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Smallest of Columbus' vessels. : NINA
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Volcano, 10,758 ft. high. : ETNA
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Over again. : ANEW
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Seaport in northern France. : CAEN
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Footless animal. : APOD
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Child, in Scotland. : BAIRN
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Cheese made in France. : BRIE
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Sitting Bull slept here. : TEPEE
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Of punishment. : PENAL
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In cahoots with Benedict Arnold. : ANDRE
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Restless hankering. : ITCH
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The Deacon's one-horse vehicle. : SHAY
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River forming north border of Manchuria. : AMUR
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Likewise. : ALSO
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Inhabitant of: Suffix. : OTE
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Die used in making pipe. : DOD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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