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New York Times, Friday, January 26, 1951

29-Down : Extort money from: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 586
Across
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Island named for its shape. : CUBA
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Word for 1950. : KOREA
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Breakwater. : MOLE
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Mighty small thing. : ATOM
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Pained. : ACHED
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Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
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Seasoning. : MACE
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"Goodnight ___." : IRENE
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Part of a harness. : REIN
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Hypocritical person. : PHARISEE
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Delicate shade of meaning. : NUANCE
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Mental image. : IDEA
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Soviet news agency. : TASS
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Typewriter part. : SPACER
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Recent meeting place of North Atlantic Pact nations. : BRUSSELS
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Tibetan priests. : LAMAS
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Pilot. : FLIER
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Dewey's former profession. : LAW
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Mother Machree's land. : ERIN
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Lucid. : CLEAR
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"___ is Bustin' Out All Over." : JUNE
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Laurette Taylor's famous role. : PEG
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One of man's first inventions. : WHEEL
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Symbol of authority. : BADGE
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Adorned with symbols of victory. : TROPHIED
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Nursery rhyme heroine. : BOPEEP
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Sing cheerfully. : LILT
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___ fide. : BONA
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Where Cracow is. : POLAND
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Winter clothing. : FLANNELS
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Sheep. : EWES
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Notorious gangster. : RELES
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Assumed name of Charles Lamb. : ELIA
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Eleven men. : TEAM
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Incident. : EVENT
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Part of a ship's keel. : SKEG
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Miss Best of the stage. : EDNA
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Wants. : NEEDS
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Being. : ESSE
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Dix, for instance. : CAMP
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Beehive state. : UTAH
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La ___, port of Balboa. : BOCA
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Devotee of freedom. : AMERICAN
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He is making tanks. : KAISER
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Sheath around the base of a leafstalk. : OCREA
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R. O. K. leader. : RHEE
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Even: Contr. : EEN
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West German chief. : ADENAUER
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Fen. : MORASS
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Sign. : OMEN
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Not of the clergy. : LAIC
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Sea eagle. : ERNE
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"Beware the ___ of March." : IDES
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Member of the U. N. : USSR
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"___ By Jury." : TRIAL
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Rested. : SLEPT
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Kitchen tool. : PARER
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Friend: Spanish. : AMIGO
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Extort money from: Colloq. : BLEED
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Evade. : ELUDE
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Foreign Minister of Norway. : LANGE
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Swift onward course. : SWEEP
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Admiral Sherman's command. : FLEET
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Subject of U. N. concern. : CHILDREN
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People of Hokkaido. : JAPANESE
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Furze. : WHIN
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Site of West German Government. : BONN
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What the Red Cross needs. : PLASMA
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Brags. : BOASTS
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Mix. : BLEND
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Man's nickname. : PETE
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Was indebted. : OWED
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Jack Sprat's diet. : LEAN
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Run away. : FLEE
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Fraternal organization. : ELKS
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Falsehoods. : LIES
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Wise man. : SAGE
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First lady. : EVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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