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New York Times, Friday, September 21, 1951

48-Across : Founder of the Ottoman Empire, 1259-1326.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
David Steinberg notes:

In clue for 36-Down, added umlaut over "e" in "A Brontë Jane."

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C
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O
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L
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O
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N
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E
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L
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G
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R
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O
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M
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Y
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K
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O
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A
V
O
C
A
D
O
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L
E
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I
E
N
T
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F
I
R
E
M
E
N
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O
P
E
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A
I
R
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E
D
D
A
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N
E
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H
R
U
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A
R
T
A
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N
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I
S
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E
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D
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E
R
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B
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A
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S
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N
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P
R
A
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S
E
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R
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S
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E
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T
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N
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C
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A
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A
S
T
U
T
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E
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E
T
O
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U
L
U
L
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A
T
E
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C
R
Y
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P
E
R
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S
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A
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D
R
E
N
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C
H
E
R
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R
E
P
T
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L
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C
R
E
P
E
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O
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M
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N
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L
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O
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I
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N
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F
O
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A
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G
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L
E
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W
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H
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O
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A
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M
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L
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A
N
D
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E
A
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R
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G
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P
L
O
E
S
T
I
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S
C
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E
N
C
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S
E
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R
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S
S
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S
H
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D
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 824
Across
1
Mr. Truman's rank in Reserves. : COLONEL
8
Soviet chief at San Francisco. : GROMYKO
15
Alligator pear. : AVOCADO
16
Tempered with mercy. : LENIENT
17
Important city employes. : FIREMEN
18
Type of concert at Stadium or Tanglewood. : OPENAIR
19
Icelandic literature. : EDDA
20
Indian chief. : NEHRU
22
Gulf in N. W. Greece. : ARTA
23
Kobold. : NIS
25
Downy Arctic duck. : EIDER
27
Area drained by a river. : BASIN
30
Hallelujah chorusers. : PRAISERS
33
Cattle ranch: So. America. : ESTANCIA
35
Shrewd. : ASTUTE
37
Europe, as a war area. : ETO
38
Howl. : ULULATE
40
Street vendor's call. : CRY
41
Old Iran. : PERSIA
43
Soaker. : DRENCHER
45
Snakes and saurians. : REPTILIA
47
Crinkley fabric. : CREPE
48
Founder of the Ottoman Empire, 1259-1326. : OSMAN
49
A lion in the sky. : LEO
50
Inside dope: Slang. : INFO
53
New slant. : ANGLE
55
Brake for Dobbin. : WHOA
59
Star of "Rhubarb." : MILLAND
61
Breadwinning power. : EARNING
63
Oil city of Rumania. : PLOESTI
64
Field of knowledge. : SCIENCE
65
Lady who looks ahead. : SEERESS
66
Failed to complete the electrical circuit. : SHORTED
Down
1
Bistro. : CAFE
2
Roman poet. : OVID
3
Pauline ___, famous actress. : LORD
4
All the Pacific isles. : OCEANIA
5
North Korean chief at Kaesong talks. : NAM
6
Arcadia, Utopia, etc. : EDENS
7
Forlorn. : LONE
8
Star of "Sunset Boulevard." : GLORIA
9
Disclaim. : REPUDIATE
10
Monogamous limit. : ONE
11
A tower in Mecca. : MINARET
12
Full round of the seasons. : YEAR
13
Furrowed, as the brows. : KNIT
14
Norwegian river emptying into the Skagerrak. : OTRA
21
Announcing with fanfare. : HERALDING
24
American Eskimos. : INNUITS
26
Vital spirit. : ESSENCE
27
Sound of a car horn. : BEEP
28
Starlike flower. : ASTER
29
Supply. : STORE
30
More: Musical direction. : PIU
31
Plaited frilling. : RUCHE
32
Kind of sore throat, for short. : STREP
34
People with rights. : CLAIMANTS
36
A Brontë Jane. : EYRE
39
Macaw. : ARA
42
Thread winder. : SPOOLER
44
Climax; topper. : CROWNER
46
Baseball's most famous commissioner. : LANDIS
49
Separate by washing with some solvent. : LEACH
50
Gamins. : IMPS
51
The White or the Blue. : NILE
52
Ice at sea. : FLOE
54
Not as much. : LESS
56
Clue. : HINT
57
"___ aboard the lugger." : ONCE
58
Spry no more. : AGED
60
Ibsen character. : ASE
62
Port of many cruise ships. : RIO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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