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New York Times, Monday, September 25, 1950

61-Across : Common to both sexes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 463
Across
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Senator from Oklahoma. : THOMAS
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Wise lawgivers. : SOLONS
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Guessing game. : CHARADE
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Teaches. : EDIFIES
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Red satellite nation: Var. : ROMANIA
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Establish business connection with: Slang. : CONTACT
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Provide with. : ARM
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Midnight service in early Christian church. : NOCTURN
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Pikelike fish. : GAR
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Cold ___. : FEET
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Fermented. : SOUR
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Graduated series. : SCALE
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Italian playing card. : TAROT
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Again; once more: German. : ABER
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Range. : AREA
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Basic ingredient of whodunits. : SUSPENSE
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What catchers do before chasing a foul. : UNMASK
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Capital. : SEAT
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Part of an envelope. : FLAP
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Lace trimming. : EDGING
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Meat-cooking vessel. : FLESHPOT
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___ Sea, in Palestine. : DEAD
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Girl's name. : SARA
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Miss Liberty's symbol. : TORCH
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British ___. : ISLES
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Watch over. : TEND
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Roster. : ROTA
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Giants 4, Dodgers 4. : TIE
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Tramped upon. : TRODDEN
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Flat-crowned hat. : TAM
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Anniversary speech. : ORATION
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Common to both sexes. : EPICENE
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Train. : RETINUE
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Pens up again. : RECAGES
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Having small notches. : DENTED
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Donors of Nobel prizes. : SWEDES
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Famous eccentric naturalist. : THOREAU
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Iron curtain symbols. : HAMMERS
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Pray: Latin. : ORA
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Horace ___, American educator. : MANN
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Good-by. : ADIOS
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Land open to naval attack. : SEACOAST
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Safe. : SECURE
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Waterfalls in Scotland. : LINNS
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"___ in the stilly night." : OFT
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River connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. : NIAGARA
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Cereal grasses of the rye family. : SECALES
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Building trades. : CRAFTS
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Flash or go rapidly. : STREAK
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Transportation to New Jersey. : TUBE
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On deck: Colloq. : TOPSIDE
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Product of Japan and Formosa. : CAMPHOR
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Age of swoon. : TEEN
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Govern. : RULE
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Henpecks. : NAGS
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Political cartoonist, creator of symbolic elephant and donkey. : NAST
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Memorable fields of Belgium. : FLANDERS
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What Maxwell Perkins was. : EDITOR
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Wished for. : DESIRED
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Helmet-shaped. : GALEATE
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Mr. Waring. : FRED
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Adopted one. : PROTEGE
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Hydrocarbons in aviation gasolines. : OCTANES
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Setting of Oxford-Cambridge boat-race. : THAMES
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Expiated. : ATONED
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Task assigned. : STINT
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Chauncey M. ___. : DEPEW
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Profligate. : ROUE
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Resort on the Riviera. : NICE
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Export from Malaya. : TIN
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No gentleman. : CAD

Answer summary:
18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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